Phonetic text drills

COMPREHENSION CHECK

Exercise 1

Answer the following questions:

1. Where does Alyssa come back from?

-Alyssa comes from a musician contest where she won a prize.

2. Why is Diane angry with Amanda at the beginning of the film?

-Diane is angry with Amanda because she doesn’t want to go to the house of her new family.

3. What kind of surprise has Alyssa’s father prepared for her?

-Alyssa’s father met her in their wonderful country house with his bride Clarice.

4. How does Diane manage to persuade Amanda to go to the camp?

-Diane managed to persuade Amanda to go to camp giving her money.

5. Does Amanda like Clarice Kensington? Why?

-No. Amanda doesn’t like Clarice Kensingston because she was nincompoop, didn’t like children, her father and house at all.

6. How do Diane and Roger meet for the first time?

-Diane and Roger meet for the first time riding the horses, while girls suddenly escaped from them.

7. Why does Clarice decide to marry the next day?

-Clarice decides to marry the next day because when she returned home and looked though the spyglass she saw Roger and Diane swimming in a river together.

8. How does Amanda make Vincenzo believe that she was not Alyssa?

- Amanda makes Vincenzo believe that she was not Alyssa when she showed him her spots, moles, scar from a rusty nail.

9. Why do the Butkises adopt children?

-Butkises adopt children because they make them working at father’s factory, collect boys and girls and give them their private names.

10. Who helps Diane to get Alyssa back from the Butkises?

-Vincenzo helps Diane to get Alyssa back from Butkises.

Exercise 2

Combine the following descriptions with the people they refer to

doesn't make promises that can't be kept, is pretty cool for a grownup, awesome, an angel of mercy	Diane
hasn't been much of a father, rich, made money the old-fashioned way, is probably worth billions, totally cute	Roger
penguin guy, is the best man, is supposed to come up with words of wisdom, knows everything about Alyssa	Vincenzo
seems nice, hates the house, scary blond lady, absolutely horrid, looks better with the mask, is a big phoney-baloney	Clarice

PHONETIC TEXT DRILLS

Exercise 1

Divide words into groups according to the phonetic phenomena they have:

Nasal plosion	Lateral plosion	Linking r	Loss of plosion	Double assimilation	Regressive assimilation
Let me That mean	Little Football Please	After you For you Choir boy Better idea	Cocktails Got to Football Reject Build the camp	choirboy	Dress Equestrian Filthy

Words: little, dress, that thing, after you, equestrian, cocktails, please, filthy, got to, for you, let me, football, great, that mean, reject, choirboy, build the camp, better idea.

Exercise 2

Find all phonetic phenomena in the words:

It's the bottom (nasal plosion), from the Shelter (regressive assimilation), in that dress (regressive assimilation), bloodshed, miss the bus (regressive assimilation), trying to place (regressive assimilation), you're a dead man (nasal plosion), let's blow off (lateral plosion), glad to see you (lateral plosion), preparing for your arrival (linking r), don't make promises (nasal plosion), didn't tell me (nasal plosion), got to see (loss of plosion), can't wait to sell (double assimilation), hates this house (regressive assimilation), big dinner (loss of plosion).

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