Sounds of English 1 (ENGA2101)

BA. English Language - ENG

Semester: First Semester

Level: 200

Year: 2016

Answers (200 )
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THE UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA
FACULTY OF ARTS
END-OF-SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
DEPAPARTMENT: ENGLISH COURSE INSTRUCTORS: PROF MBANGWANA/DR ASONGANYI
MONTH: APRIL COURSE CODE: ENGL 201
YEAR: 2016 COURSE TITLE: SOUNDS OF ENGLISH 1
TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS CREDIT VALUE: 6
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER ANY TWO (2) QUESTIONS
Answer two questions, choosing one from section A and another from section B.
Section A
I. Write out the sounds of the underlined letters. E.g. rice (5mks)
a) congregation d) university g) laptop
j) sk
irt
b) Psalm e) breath h) chores
c) their
f) woman
i) dug
II. Write out another word that sounds the same like each of the following and transcribe to show
that they both sound the same. (10mks)
Word Homophone transcription
e.g bear bare /beǝ/
great ______________ ________________
1. ants ______________ ________________
2. browse ______________ ________________
3. ceiling ______________ ________________
4. capital ______________ ________________
5. kernel ______________ ________________
6. pidgin ______________ ________________
7. pain ______________ ________________
8. holy ______________ ________________
10. use ______________ ________________
III. Copy and underline the words that begin with the required sounds below. (10mks)
e.g velar consonant: knot got lot cot hot pot
a) bilabial consonant: met net set bet pet let
b) labiodental consonant: fat cat that mat chat
vat
c) alveolar consonant : zip nip lip sip tip dip
d) denial consonant: pie guy
thigh
thy high
shy
e) palato alveolar consonant:
sigh sin tie thigh
thy lie
f) lateral: nut lull bar rob one tell
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g) approximant: we you run mat chat vat
h) rounded vowel: who me us but him dip
i) back vowel: maid weep
cob good cake shy
j) high vowel:
sat good
got meet mud lie
IV.
Draw the syllable trees and provide the syllable structures for the following
words (5 mks)
a) cry b) yam c) share d) correct e) tomorrow
V.
Identify the sounds at the beginning and at the end of the following words,
(5mks)
e.g.: bags /b/ and /z/
a) cats b) you c) juice d) xylophones e) shear
Section B
Question 1
"Sounds are not letters and letters are not sound”. With ample examples, discuss the validity of this
statement in relation to the on grapheme.
Question 2a
Using the 10 L, transcription system, transcribe the following words
1.
debt
2
labour
3. colonel
4. blood
5. brook
6. late
7. sunk
8. mass
9. leather
10.
many
11.
above
12.
wear
13.
dear
14.
driving
15.
book
Question 2b
Write out and describe the consonant sounds represented by the underlined graphemes in the words listed
above. Where there is no sound write zero sound.
Question 3
With a well-drawn diagram, succinctly discuss the articulators responsible for the production of the
following speech sounds [ʧ, ʤ]. [ʃ, ʒ] [w, m] [j] [l, r] [θ, ᶞ], [h], [f, v], [ŋ, k, g].