Language analysis course: connected speech

Multiple-choice exercise
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Choose the correct answer for each question.

  1. In ask for more the middle word would be transcribed as:
    1.   /fə/
    2.   /fuː/
    3.   /fɔː/
  2. We will usually pronounce the 'n' in ten bits as:
    1.   /m/
    2.   /n/
    3.   /p/
  3. The usual transcription of too is:
    1.   /tə/
    2.   /tɔː/
    3.   /tuː/
  4. 'd is the contraction of:
    1.   did not
    2.   had and would
    3.   did
  5. The usual way to say What does he do? in rapid speech is as:
    1.   What's he do?
    2.   What has he do?
    3.   What'd he do?
  6. The full form of You shouldn't've is:
    1.   You would not have
    2.   You should have
    3.   You should not have
  7. The word been is often pronounced in normal speech to rhyme with:
    1.   tin
    2.   team
    3.   beam