Pronunciation

Recall the pronunciations of the following words. Then go to the Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary, look up these words, try to pronounce them, and note down their phonemic transcriptions:

1. Tortoise

2. Epitome

3. Pizza

4. Elite

5. Economy

6. Entrepreneur

7. England

8. Restaurant

9. Yacht

10. Tuition

11. Reservoir

12. Cuisine

13. Tomb

14. Bomb

15. Wednesday

16. Onion

17. Debut

18. Debt

19. Pronunciation

20. Develop

21. Honour

22. Singer

23. Indigestion

24. Iron

25. Women

26. Adjacent

27. Lettuce

28. Almond

29. Stomach

30. Gesture

31. Colleague

32. Poem

33. Determine

34. Bicycle

35. Vegetable

36. Jewellery

37. Vehicle

38. February

39. Mosquito

40. Police


Words ending with -et

Cricket

Locket

Basket

 

Words ending with -ment

Entertainment

Ornament

Enjoyment

 

Words (other than verbs) ending with -tain

Certain

Fountain

Curtain

 

Words (having at least two syllables) ending with -age

Language

Village

Cottage

(Exceptions: Words borrowed from French: collage, sabotage, mirage, etc.)


Words (having at least two syllables) ending with -able

Palpable

Capable

Workable


Words ending with -stion

Question

Suggestion

Digestion


Words ending with -cial

Social

Racial

Official

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