Question

(a) Give phonetic transcription for any
seven of the following: 1x7=7
Cat, girl, pen, bat, examine, oil, tree, fan,
magic, church​

Answer 1

Phonetic transcription

Explanation:

• Phonetic transcription or phonetic spelling is a system in which each letter or character represents only one phonetic sound.
• This system of spellings is deviced because in English language, not all words are spoken exactly like they are written and that could cause a lot of confusion.
• Even letters when paired with another letters create a different sound. For example: The letter 'T' sounds different in the words 'Tiger' and 'The'.
• Phonetic spellings allow people to pronounce correctly as in phonetic spellings, the words are pronounced only as they are written. Each letter is pronounced as per its designated sound and there is no silent letter.

Following are phonetic spelling of words given in the question:-