L6 – HOMEWORK – Transcription from a written text


Transcribe the following words + phrases or short sentences, and be critical to your own
transcription, particularly to the shape of the symbols. Don’t forget to indicate primary as well
as secondary stress. Use phonemic transcription (= in slant brackets /…/).


1.             crazy

2.             pity

3.             dough

4.             erosion

5.             flown

6.             compare

7.             medicine

8.             swear

9.             pear

10.         analysis

11.         clear

12.         cheers

13.         finally

14.         foreign

15.         I met him in a university town.

16.         for the rest of us

17.         We can see the sea.

18.         the green of spring

19.         They arrived at the same time.

20.         a few famous artists among them

21.         There are beautiful views.

22.         to the south and west

23.         It’s a real show of gold in late summer.

24.          The snow is not often deep.

25.         It’s a matter of his bad manners.

26.         one way or another

27.         She seems to agree.

28.         I’d like to eat.

29.         in the autumn

30.         It is really two hills.