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The document outlines a Diction course for the 2024/2025 session at Light Tower Private School, focusing on speech sounds and their symbols. It includes multiple-choice questions for students to identify words that match specific phonetic sounds and a theoretical section requiring definitions and transcriptions of speech terms. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding acoustics and articulation in English pronunciation.

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Diction

The document outlines a Diction course for the 2024/2025 session at Light Tower Private School, focusing on speech sounds and their symbols. It includes multiple-choice questions for students to identify words that match specific phonetic sounds and a theoretical section requiring definitions and transcriptions of speech terms. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding acoustics and articulation in English pronunciation.

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LIGHT TOWER PRIVATE SCHOOL

TERM: /w^n/ SESSION:2024/2025


SUBJECT: DICTION in English course

Section A Acoustics /O.B.J category


Choose the word that carries the speech sounds as the symbols in slashes
as the question below from a-d.
Section A
From options lettered A-D choose the word that carries same speech
sound as the question below.
1. / u:/ as in (a) tomb (b) tower (c) dramatic (d) weighty
2. / æ / as in (a) gasoline (b) grand Prix (c) wordy (d) database
3./ i:/ as in (a) People (b) frantically (c)wickets (d) vision
4./3:/ as in (a) Sir (b) hear (c) massive (d) gnawed.
5. / l / as in (a) message (b) hugely (c) cease (d) decoyed
6. /e/ as in (a) many (b) upheaval (c) cousin (d) frown
7. /s/ as in (a) forces (b) wheeled (c)mundane (d) desire
8. / z/ as in (a) cause (b) course (c)draws (d) mind set
9./ f / as in (a) photo (b)Shepherd (c)campaign (d) Townsend
10./^/ as in (a) sometimes (b)January (c) hours (d) gotten
Section B
From options lettered A-D choose the word which maybe articulate same
sound when pronounced below.
11. womb and____ (a) wool (b)football (c) cotton (d) gruesome
12. dirt and____ (a) serve (b) pendants (c)status (d) wizard's
13. cord and___ (a) fork (b) works (c) classic (d) drugs
14.caste and___ (a) faster (b) bottles (c) Under (d) halves
15. Hall and___(a) drawer (b) poison (c) county (d) Grady
16. jeopardy and___ (a) penury (b) beauty (c)broth (d) warmth
17.language and__ (a) salvage (b) bunny (c)candlelight (d) deviate
18.eight and__(a) capable (b) balloon (c)studying (d)freshmen
19.thermostats and __(a) person (b) fecklessly (c) knowledge (d) grinded
20.scroll and (a) whisky (b) sock's (c) strolling (d) diamondback
Section B
Theory attempt all questions below and transcribe with a pencil where
required

1.Define these speech terms:a.diphthongs b.short sounds.c.transcription


d.long sounds. (4marks)

2.Transcribe these words correctly: consonant,diphthong,


voice,voiceless,glide,intonation (5marks)

3.Explain the meaning of consonant'.(2marks)

4.Draw the only four diphthongs speech sound symbols (3marks)

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