Knowing the phonetic symbols and the sounds they represent can really help your pronunciation. These quick exercises will help you learn the symbols.
Students often find that they can pronounce a ‘difficult’ word much more easily once they see it written phonetically, because English spelling is often quite treacherous, so to speak!
You will also see how often the schwa sound is used in English.
Can you ‘decipher’ these 12 words related to Television and Film? Scroll down for the answers.
Check out the main Quick English Pronunciation Exercises page with the full list of exercises and links to very useful pronunciation videos.
Answers
1.sitcom
2. series
3. repeat
4. character
5. performance
6. plot
7. costume
8. subtitles
9. sequel
10. audience
11. screen
12. role
More pronunciation exercises:
Football
Health
Work
Common words (1)
Common words (2)