BA 4th Semester English Spoken English KKHSOU | English Spoken English Chapter 8 Sounds of English II Question & Answer |

Sounds of English II

Chapter 8

Q1. Give brief answers to the following questions:

(a) Define the concept of the syllable.

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(b) Explain what you mean by tone group.

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(c) What class of words are generally stressed in a sentence?

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(d) Define the term intonation.

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Q 2. Answer the following questions.

(a) Rewrite the following words by breaking them into syllables: 

(i) ability

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(ii) cigarette

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(b) Put appropriate stress marks in the following words 

(i) obey

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(ii) democratise

(c) Put appropriate stress marks on the following: 

(i) Conduct as noun and verb 

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(ii) Perfect as noun and verb

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(d) Put appropriate stress and intonation marks in the following dialogue.

A: Where did you go this morning?

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B: We went to the park.

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Q 3. Answer the following questions.

(a) Discuss the grammatical function of stress with examples.

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(b) What are compound words? Explain the stress pattern of compound words.

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(c) Write a dialogue between two persons where A makes enquiries and B provides information. Put appropriate stress and intonation marks.

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Type By- Bikash Bora