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ENGLISH TEST
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 Take the QUIZ!

What is the phonetic symbol for the “unstressed “ sound  ?  / /

What is the English equivalent for : “ accent tonique ”  Word stress

Complete some basic rules :

Règle N° 1 : Avec les Noms et Adjectifs de 2 syllabes, l’accent tonique est normalement sur la première
syllabe, comme dans : human

Avec les Verbes de 2 syllabes, l’accent tonique est normalement sur la deuxième syllabe,
Règle N° 2 :
comme dans : resist

Les mots se terminant en –ION, -IAN, - IOUS sont habituellement accentués sur la syllabe qui
Règle N° 3 :
précède le suffixe , comme dans : declaration

Règle N° 4 : Les mots finissant par –IC / -ICAL sont habituellement accentués sur l’avant dernière
syllabe, comme dans : pessimistic à l’exception de : politics

Les mots finissant par –CY / -TY –PHY / -GY / -TY sont habituellement accentués sur l’avant
Règle N° 5 :
avant dernière syllabe, comme dans : humanity

Can you identify the word behind the symbols ?

 /ˈmuːvmənt/ /ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ/ /ˈreɪʃ(ə)l/  /ˈvaɪələns / /pi;s /  /ˈɪntɪ

ˌɡreɪtɪd/
movement encourage racial violence peace
integrated
/vɜː(r)s / verse /ˈmesɪdʒ/ message
Where’s the unstressed syllable ? Circle it!
 nation  human  people  title  chorus  tatoo
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 CHALLENGE N°1 :

a- Listen and count the number of syllables.

1 syllable 2 syllables 3 syllables 4 syllables 5 or +

peace nation united Declaration organization

feedom
humanity

b- Listen and underline the stressed syllable.

protection - love – respect – security – action - peace - dignity - shining – smiling - face

c- Consonant sounds . Match each phonetic symbol to the corresponding

picture .

 c-  d-  f- 

g-  h-  b-

 e-  a-

 CHALLENGE N°2 :

“HERE I AM”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpgHFvDd03g

 Tick the sound you actually hear!

 Listen again . Focus on the words (protection / respect / security / action /

dignity / shining / smiling / face / answer ) and underline the stressed syllable.

Here is my song /ɒ /  /ʌ/  for my protection

A song of love /ʌ /  /ɒ /  , respect and security
Here /ɪə /  /eə /  I am /æ /  /ai /  - let's get /e /  /æ /  in action
Let´s live /ɪː /  /ɪ /  in peace /ɪː /  /ɪ /  and dignity
What's /ɒ /  /ʌ / behind a shining face /ɑɪ /  /eɪ /  ?

How /æ /  /ɑʊ /  do you describe a smiling /ɑɪ /  /eɪ /  face?

What is wrong /ɒ /  / ʌ /  ? What is right /ɑɪ /  /eɪ /  ?

There is one /ɒ /  /ʌ /  answer : Love /ʌ /  /ɒ /  is the key /ɪː /  /ɪ / 
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Listen to the chorus and identify the different sounds.

Write the lyrics under the corresponding sounds in the chart .
Here I am, - with a right for shelter, and a right for care.
Here I am, - I've got the right for shelter and the right for love.
Here I am, - do you know how I feel, and do you see what I see?
Here I am, - and I want to take part - to make all of this real.

/əʊ/ /ɑɪ/ /ɪ ə / /eə / /eɪ/ / ɑʊ /

know I here care take how

right real make

/ɒ/ /ʌ/ /æ / /ɑː / /ʊː/ /e / /ɪː/

got love am part do shelter feel

what you see
want

 CHALLENGE N° 3 :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=i41qWJ6QjPI
 Listen carefully and write down the words you actually hear with the help of the phonetic
symbols. 
I wanna /liː v/ leave my footprints on the sands of /taɪm/ time
/nəʊ/ know there was something that, that something that I /left/ left /bɪˈhaɪnd/
behind.
/wen/ When I leave this /wɜː(r)ld/ world , I'll leave /nəʊ/ no regrets
Leave /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ something to remember, so they /wəʊnt/ won’t forget
I /wəz/ was here
I /lɪvd/ lived , I /lʌvd/ loved
I was /hɪə(r)/ here
I did , I've /dʌn/ done everything that I /ˈwɒntɪd/ wanted
And it was /mɔː(r)/ more than I /θɔːt/ thought it /wʊd/ would be
I will leave my /mɑː(r)k/ mark so everyone will /nəʊ/ know
I /wəz/ was /hɪə(r)/ here
I wanna /seɪ/ say I lived each /deɪ/ day , until I /daɪ/ die
And know that I meant something in somebody's /laɪf/ life
The /hɑː(r)ts/ hearts I have touched will be the /pruːf/ proof that I /lɪvd/ lived
That I /meɪd/ made a difference, and this /wɜː(r)ld/ world , will /siː / see , I
/wəz/ was hereI /lɪvd/ lived , I /lʌvd/ loved .