L8 – 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.             braid

2.             plait

3.             camel

4.             consultation

5.             personal

6.             basis

7.             discussion

8.             broad

9.             expanse

10.         tomb

11.         bomb

12.         thumb

13.         watches

14.         babies

15.         rates

16.         raids

17.         frocks

18.         frogs

19.         five sixths

20.         for a few months

21.         We danced on the carpet all night.

22.         She longed for a little more excitement.

23.         He was hated and feared by his colleagues.

24.         The raid touched off angry protests.

25.         She mouthed something I couldn’t make out.