EXERCISES

Accordingtothesound,writeinalphabeticalorderthe26letters
intheblanksbelow.
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
____A______,_____H_____,_____J______,____K______
____B____,____C____,____D_____,____E____,____G____,
____P____,____T____,____V_______F_____,_____L_____,
_____M_____,_____N_____,_____S___,_____X____,____Z____
____I____,____Y________O_________Q____,_____U____,
____W_________R___

Matchthesoundsandthewords:
Peter,tree,sea,pea,
marker,car,dark:cat,apple,fat,maths,blacka:ice,eye,five,
my

:ten,pen,hen,bedo:nose,ghost,boat,go
Contenido
THE
ALPHABET................................................................................................
...................................................3WhatisthePhoneticAlphabet
(IPA)?.........................................................................................................
..4Thegeneral
principle......................................................................................................
...............................4Typesof
transcription.................................................................................................
...................................5

EXERCISES...............................................................................................
...........................................................6Accordingtothesound,writein
alphabeticalorderthe26lettersintheblanksbelow..............................6
Matchthesoundsandthe
words:..........................................................................................................
.......7

THEALPHABET
THEVOWELS

e
I

uaaeoe
cup, luck arm, father

THECONSONANTS
bad,labddid,lady

find,ifggive,flag
hhow,hello
j
mman,lemonnno,tensing,fingerppet,map
rred,tryssun,miss
t

cat, blackmet, bedaway, cinema fturn, learn

hit, sitting see, heat

hot, rock call, four
put, could blue, food five, eye
now, out say, eight
go, home boy, join
where, air near, here
pure, tourist

yes,yellowkcat,backlleg,little

she,crash
tea,gettingtcheck,church

think, both
vwzd
Itisanalphabeticsystemofphoneticnotationbasedprimarilyon
theLatinalphabet.TheIPAisdesignedtorepresentonlythose
qualitiesofspeechthatarepartoforallanguage:phones,phonemes,
intonation,andtheseparationofwordsandsyllables.IPAsymbols
arecomposedofoneormoreelementsoftwobasictypes,letters
anddiacritics.

Thegeneralprinciple
ThegeneralprincipleofIPAistoprovideoneletterforeach

distinctivesound:
this,mothervoice,fivewet,windowzoo,lazypleasure,visionjust,
large

WhatisthePhoneticAlphabet(IPA)?

Itdoesnotnormallyusecombinationsofletterstorepresentsinglesoundsorsingle

representmultiplesounds.
Therearenolettersthathavecontextdependentsoundvalues

Finally,theIPAdoesnotusuallyhaveseparatelettersfortwosoundsifnok

languagemakesadistinctionbetweenthem.

Typesoftranscription
TherearetwoprincipaltypesofbracketsusedtosetoffIPA
transcriptions:
[squarebrackets]areusedwithphoneticnotations,possibly

includingdetailsofthepronunciationthatmaynotbeusedfor
distinguishingwordsinthelanguagebeingtranscribed,butwhich
theauthornonethelesswishestodocument.
/slashes/areusedforphonemicnotations,whichnoteonly

featuresthataredistinctiveinthelanguage,withoutanyextraneous
detail.
Doubleslashes//...//,pipes|...|,doublepipes||...||,orbraces

{...}maybeusedarounda

wordtodenoteitsunderlyingstructure,moreabstracteventhanthat
ofphonemes.

EXERCISES
Accordingtothesound,writeinalphabeticalorderthe26letters
intheblanksbelow.
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
__________,__________,___________,___________________,
_________,__________,_________,_________,_________,
__________,__________________,__________,___________,
__________,_________,_________,__________________,
___________________________,_________,_________________

Matchthesoundsandthewords:
cat,tree,maths,market,black,Peterice,hen,eye,five,car,my,ten,
sea,pen,dark,bed,nose,apple,ghost,peaboat,fat,go

:a::
o:
Contenido
PREPOSITIONSOF
TIME...................................................................................Error!
Marcadornodefinido.
AT................................................................................................................
.Error!Marcadornodefinido.
IN................................................................................................................
.Error!Marcadornodefinido.
ON................................................................................................................
Error!Marcadornodefinido.NO
PREPOSITION.........................................................................................
Error!Marcadornodefinido.

EXERCISES...............................................................................................
...........................................................3Putinthecorrectpreposition(in,
on,at).IfnoprepositioninneedputinX...............................................3
Cualquierutilizacin,divulgacinocopiadeestedocumentosinpreviaautorizacin
expresadeiCursea,estterminantementeprohibida,conlascorrespondientes
implicacionesdelaLeyvigente.

EXERCISES
Putinthecorrectpreposition(in,on,at).Ifnoprepositionin
needputinX.
th

1)JuansarrivingONJunethe13 ATeightoclockINthe
morning.
2)TheweathersoftenterribleinGaliciaINJanuary.
3)ItisbettertogetataxiifyoureoutaloneATnight.
4)HegotmarriedINDecember.
5)WeusuallygotothesouthofSpainINthesummer.
th

6)ColumbussailedtotheAmericasINthe16 century.
7)TheBeatleswerepopularINthe1960s.
8)YougraduatedfromuniversityIN2007.
9)HerbirthdayisINOctober.
10)TheyusuallygotoherparentshouseATChristmas.Theyeat
turkeytogetherON
ChristmasDay.
11)ThebusleavesXtomorrowafternoonAT9:00pm.

12)IlovegoingskiingINFebruary.
13)WemetattherestaurantAT8:30pm.
14)TheclassisAT10:00amONTuesdaymornings.
15)IliketodrinkcoffeeINthemorningandteaINtheafternoon.
16)TheywentoutfordinnerXlastmonth.
th

17)IleftLondonONthe14 ofMay.
18)TheyhadapartyONtheirbirthday.
19)AnawenttoNewYorkATNewYear.
20)WearemeetingATlunchtimeXnextMonday.