TR - Final - Pronunciation - 09.2021 (1)

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HOCHIMINH CITY
UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS & LITERATURE
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS

Transfer Program

Student’s full name: _______________________________
Student ID: ______________________________________
Class: __________________________________________
Instructor: ____________________________________________

FINAL EXAMINATION
Course: PRONUNCIATION
Time Allotted: 60 minutes

Exam Date: September 03, 2021
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Approved by

Proctors
(CBCT)

Examiner(s)

Oral
score
(40%)!

Written
score
(60%)!

Total Score
(100%)!

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1.

In figures:

2.

2.

In words:

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Đặng Thị Vân Di

Notes:

Materials and dictionaries of all kinds are NOT allowed.
Students write their answers on a separate blank sheet of paper.

TEST PAPER

SECTION 1

Listen and underline the word or phrase you hear in each sentence. Write your answers
on the answer sheet. You will listen to the recording TWICE. The first has been done for
you as an example. (1.5 points)

0.! It’s cool in the shed / shade.
On the recording you hear “shade”, so on the answer sheet write __shade__.
1.! Did you see the man / men?

6.! I got a good price / prize for that painting.

2.! Have you seen my cap / cup?

7.! I don’t know where he sat / he’s at.

3.! She put her hand on her hat / heart.

8.! They didn’t suit / shoot him.

4.! I’ve got a pain / pen in my hand.

9.! I’ve saved / shaved a lot in the past few days.

5.! There are bugs in this hay / hair.

10.!We didn’t sink / think.

SECTION 2

Listen and fill in the blanks. Each blank contains one word. You will listen to the
recording TWICE. The first has been done for you as an example. (2 points)

0.! I was just going to ___bed___ when the __doorbell__ rang.
From what you hear on the recording, the gaps can be filled with “bed” and “doorbell”, so on the answer
sheet write __bed__ and __doorbell___.
Speaker 1: I first came out here to stay with friends for a few months after I left university, but ended up not
going back. I couldn’t believe how laid back it was all here. Everyone is every (1) ________ and informal and
in the part of the continent where I live, I really loved – and still do love – the fact that you can more or less
be (2) ________ for much of the year. This also means you can get away with (3) ________ on very little here
because you don’t have to pay heating (4) ________. Interestingly, though, the thing I miss most about Britain
is the seasons – the leaves falling in autumn and the first daffodils in spring. It also feels a long way away
from Europe and I feel as if I’ve lost (5) ________ with what’s going on there.

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Speaker 2: I went there to teach English, and immediately fell in love with the (6) ________ so ended up
staying for several years. Their priorities are different – for example, people still tend to sit down at lunchtime
and eat home-made food together, whereas in the US we just (7) ________ something on the move – you
know, it’s just functional and people are always in a (8) ________. Also, because of the climate, people tend
to have a nap or relax after lunch and then work until later, which means (9) ________ shut over the lunch
period. It took me ages to get used to that, and also to not having dinner until around 9 or 10 in the evening.
Unfortunately, I ended up spending too much time with other Americans and so I didn’t really become as (10)
________ as I would have liked.
SECTION 3

Form minimal pairs by changing the sound of the underlined part in each of the given
words. The first has been done for you as an example. (1.5 points)
0.

write

___ride____

peek

___pick____

1.

glamor

__________

6.

baize

__________

2.

thud

__________

7.

school

__________

3.

fleas

__________

8.

vein

__________

4.

babble

__________

9.

quay

__________

5.

cache

__________

10.

must

__________

SECTION 4

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined
part is pronounced differently from the other three. The first has been done for you as
an example. (1.5 points)

0.

A.! pain

B.! plaid

C.! stain

D.! slain

1.

A.! snack

B.! sandy

C.! many

D.! candy

2.

A.! conserve

B.! reserve

C.! desert

D.! observant

3.

A.! seizure

B.! measure

C.! confusion

D.! tension

4.

A.! thing

B.! hunger

C.! singer

D.! boring

5.

A.! choice

B.! noise

C.! choir

D.! toilet

6.

A.! ticked

B.! checked

C.! booked

D.! naked

7.

A.! foot

B.! pool

C.! moon

D.! food

8.

A.! chunk

B.! Christmas

C.! chimney

D.! chocolate

9.

A.! graduate

B.! gradual

C.! odor

D.! soldier

B.! tighten

C.! brighten

D.! frighten

10. A.! fasten
SECTION 5

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from
the other three in the position of the primary stress. (1.5 points)

0.

A.! complain

B.! comment

C.! noisy

D.! future

1.

A.! synopsis

B.! hypnosis

C.! kinesis

D.! emphasis

2.

A.! continue

B.! unitary

C.! embarrass

D.! personify

3.

A.! support

B.! address

C.! income

D.! affect

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4.

A.! admirable

B.! biography

C.! curriculum

D.! compulsory

5.

A.! lemonade

B.! chimpanzee

C.! volunteer

D.! wonderful

6.

A.! student

B.! complain

C.! moment

D.! question

7.

A.! commercial

B.! constructive

C.! essential

D.! national

8.

A.! diagonal

B.! dialect

C.! diagram

D.! diamond

9.

A.! reservoir

B.! register

C.! respondent

D.! regional

B.! dangerous

C.! generous

D.! courageous

10. A.! accident
SECTION 6

Write complete sentences based on the transcription. The first has been done for you as
an example. (2 points)

0.! | ɪt wəz ˈverɪ leɪt | jet ðə ˈlɪtl ˈmɜ:meɪd kəd nɒt teɪk!ər!aɪz frəm ðə ʃɪp | ɔ: frəm ðə ˈbju:tɪfl prɪns |
It was very late; yet the little mermaid could not take her eyes from the ship, or from the beautiful prince.
1.! | wi ɪksˈpektɪd eə pəˈluːʃən tə rɪˈbaʊnd əz ˈlɒkdaʊnz ə ˈlɪftɪd əˈkrɒs ðə ˈgləʊb |
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2.! | ə wɜːd ɪz ded wen ɪt ɪz sed | sʌm seɪ | aɪ seɪ ɪt ʤəst bɪˈgɪnz tə lɪv ðət deɪ |
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3.! | ɪf aɪ riːd ə bʊk ənd ɪt meɪks maɪ həʊl ˈbɒdi səʊ kəʊld nəʊ ˈfaɪə kən ˈevə wɔːm miː | aɪ nəʊ ðət s ˈpəʊɪtri |
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4.! | ˈnəʊ wʌn kən kənˈstrʌkt fə ju ðə brɪdʒ əˈpɒn wɪtʃ prɪˈsaɪsli ju məst ˈkrɒs ðə striːm əv laɪf / ˈnəʊ wʌn bət
ju jɔːˈself əˈləʊn |
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5.! | ˈsʌmtaɪmz ˈpiːpəl dəʊnt ˈwɒnt tu hɪə ðə truːθ bɪˈkɒz ˈðeɪ dəʊnt ˈwɒnt ðeər ɪˈluːʒənz dɪˈstrɔɪd |
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