Introduction to the IPA: Exercises in English

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Level: Basic
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Now we have the letters of Transcription.  Remember it might not be your dialect, but it should be close enough. Let's see if you can figure out what words these are (remember that some words can be spelled two different ways in english):
1./ɹajd/     2./ʃɔɹ/   3./fɪʃ/    4./mown/    5./mejk/
6./dɛbɪt/ 7./howpfʊli/ 8./jɛlow/ 9./tʃejɹ/  10./ɹɛd/
11./sin/ 12./jək/ 13./hæv/ 14./si di/ 5./ənəðəɹ/

Now try these words into your dialect of English.
One can use http://www.linguiste.org/phonetics/ipa/chart/keyboard/ 
to type it out in IPA unicode
1.right    2.king     3.kind   4.morning  5.scissors
6.sword  7.tape    8.joy    9.guitar    10.world

Now try figuring out what these transcribed sentences mean.
1. /aj dont now waj pipəl stɪl hæv fæks məʃinz/
2./hi tɔld mi ðæt hi wəntɪd tu ɡow tu nɔɹwej nɛkst spɹɪŋ/
3./ðiz dejz kɪdz æɹ ɡɛtɪŋ mɔɹ ænd mɔɹ kɹejzi/
4./ow now aj fɔɹɡɔt əbɔt ðə təɹki ɪn ðə əvɪn/
5./ə ɡaj wɔlks ɪntu ə bæɹ.../
6./aj ləv tu plej ðə ɡɪtæɹ wɛn aj æm bɔɹd/


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