Pronunciation 1

BBC | British Council PRONUNCIATION 1 For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer.

1. a. b. c. d.

Which of the following jobs has the stress on the first syllable? biologist photographer psychiatrist secretary

2. a. b. c. d.

Which word sounds different? debt fret treat sweat

3. a. b. c. d.

Which word sounds different? mother bother brother another

4. a. b. c. d.

Which word sounds different? hot knot taught what

5. a. b. c. d.

Which word does not rhyme? through sew due do

6.

Which word has the correct stress in British English? (Stressed syllables are in CAPITALS) ADvertisement adVERtisement adverTISEment advertiseMENT

a. b. c. d.

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BBC | British Council PRONUNCIATION 1 answers 1. a. b. c. d.

BiOlogist has the stress on the second syllable. PhoTOGrapher has the stress on the second syllable. PsyCHIatrist has the stress on the second syllable. Correct - SECretary has the stress on the first syllable. The others are all stressed on the second syllable.

2. a. b. c. d.

debt - /dEt/ fret - /frEt/ Correct - treat /trI:t/. The other words all have the vowel sound /E/. sweat - /swEt/

3. a. b. c. d.

mother - /'mVDe/ Correct - bother /'boDe/. The other words all have the vowel sound /V/. brother - /'brVDe/ another - /e'nVDe/

4. a. b. c. d.

hot - /hot/ knot - /not/ Correct - taught /tO:t/. The other words all have the vowel sound /o/. what - /wot/

5. a. b. c. d.

through - /TrU:/ Correct - sew /seu/. The other words all have the vowel sound /U:/. drew - /drU:/ do - /dU:/

6. a. b. c. d.

Incorrect Correct - AdVERtisement is the correct pronunciation. Incorrect Incorrect

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