Question

a. Read the following transcriptions and write in ordinary spellings:

(i) /siti/

(ii) /bizi/

(iii) /t^b/

(iv) /fɑːst/

(v) /ˈʃʊɡə/

(vi) /ɑːsk/

(vii) /pa:t/

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Answer 1

Answer:

3 tub ,4, fast, ask, past

Answer 2

i) city

ii) busy

iii) tub

iv) fast

v) judge

vi) ask

vii) part

About phonetics and their usage:

• Phonetics is the sound or pronunciation of words.
• Every word has an individual sound which is written in a phonetic transcription.
• Phonetic language must always be written within a pair of slash (/)
• Based on the transcriptions the given words can be found out. They are:

i) /siti/ -city

ii) /bizi/ -busy

iii) /t^b/ -tub

iv) /fɑːst/ -fast

v) /ʃʊɡə/ -judge

vi) /ɑːsk/ -ask

vii) /pa:t/ -part

• The letter 'c' can sometimes be pronounced as 's' in 'city' and sometimes as 'k' in 'cut'. So there is no phonetic symbol using 'c'. It is either 's' or 'k'.
• Similarly, 's' can be pronounced like 'z' in 'knees' and as 's' in 'snake'.
• That is why phonetics is very important to learn pronunciation most appropriately.