Phonetic transcription practice

Transcribe each word using Standard Canadian English pronunciation.

Consonant survey
Word Transcription

pear

bear

tear

dare

care

glare

chair

Jerry

fair

very

there

share

hair

Larry

rare

wear

mare

nary

where

theory
Vowel survey
Word Transcription

head

hood

heed

had

hide

Floyd

whod (contraction of who would)

fade

hoed (past of hoe)

flawed

batted

flood
Assorted words
Word Transcription

fan

thigh

zip

pleasure

yelling

weather

plush

liar

boot

elephant

boyish

book

total

climb

jerked

attachment

Susan

although

of

greyhound

confusion
Reverse
Identify the word from its phonetic transcription.
Word Transcription

[rajz]

[flu]

[now]

[naw]

[n]

[fajv]

[t]

[tm]

[fgr]

[hej]

[kwkli]

[dz]

[srkl]

[tm]
Sentences
Transcribing a sentence is just a somewhat longer version of transcribing a single word. For
now, try deciphering the following transcribed sentences. You will not be required to
transcribe or recognize whole sentences on an exam. It is just a good, useful skill to start
working on, if you are interested.

Transcription: [pir pjpr pkt pk v pkld pprz]

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Transcription: [fzi wzi wz br fzi wzi hd now hr]

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Transcription: [ ijikwlzmsiskwrd]

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Transcription: [ltslivttfrtudej]

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