PHONษTIQUE

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La mani่re dont sont orthographi้s les mots ne correspond pas toujours au m๊me son : si les signes en API (alphabet phon้tique international) qui suivent un mot vous posent probl่me, reportez-vous au d้but du dictionnaire o๙ ces signes sont expliqu้s.

1. Comment se prononcent les lettres "ch" dans les mots ci-dessus? Cochez la case correspondante. Cherchez la prononciation dans votre dictionnaire si n้cessaire.

1. Comment se prononcent les lettres "ea" dans les mots ci-dessous ? Inscrivez les mots sur les lignes correspondantes. Cherchez la prononciation dans votre dictionnaire si n้cessaire.

Clean, pleasant, spear, bread, hear, team, treat, real, feasible, break, near, dead, health, meant, ready, mean, gear, cream, heart, read (present tense), read (past tense), measure, rear, beach, steak, dear, feature, wealth, great.

[i:] clean, team, treat, feasible, , mean, cream, read (present tense), beach, feature

[e] pleasant, bread, dead, health, meant, ready, read (past tense), measure, wealth.

[ei] break, steak, great.

[iB] spear, hear, real, near, gear, rear, dear,

[a:] heart

2. Comment se prononcent les lettres "ou" dans les mots ci-dessous. Inscrivez les mots dans le tableau ci-dessous. Cherchez la prononciation dans votre dictionnaire si besoin est.

mouth, troupe, fought, courage, sound, poultry, coupon, group, couple, foul, route, pouch, doughnut, loud, stout, ought, pour, trouble, soup, source, double, doubt, surround, shoulder, tough, Houston, through, though, thought.

1. Dans ces phrases, cherchez le mot soulign้, indiquez sa cat้gorie grammaticale, puis son sens. Soulignez la syllabe accentu้e.

1. We had to record that song eight times before we were satisfied.

record :

Cat้gorie grammaticale :    verbe

Sens :     enregistrer

2. I've been to several music shops but I can't find the rolling Stones record I'm looking for.

record:

Cat้gorie grammaticale :     nom

Sens :     disque

3. My boyfriend used to give me the most wonderful presents.

present:

Cat้gorie grammaticale :      nom

Sens :      cadeau

d. You'll have to present your report to the director on Thursday.

present :

Cat้gorie grammaticale :      verbe

Sens :      pr้senter

e. I don't object to his being late once in a while.

object :

Cat้gorie grammaticale :      verbe

Sens :      s’opposer, protester

1. In the US, you can get a driver's permit when you're 15, but you have to have an adult with you when you drive.

permit

Cat้gorie grammaticale :      nom

Sens :      permis

2. My mother will never permit the sale of her house.

permit :

Cat้gorie grammaticale :      verbe

Sens:      permettre

3. Did you take notes on the content of the report?

content :

Cat้gorie grammaticale :      nom

Sens :      contenu

4. He makes decorative objects out of sea shells.

objects :

Cat้gorie grammaticale :      nom

Sens :      objets

5. He was quite content with our work.

content :

Cat้gorie grammaticale :      adjectif

Sens :      satisfait

1. Certains suffixes d้placent l'accent de mot du radical. Soulignez la syllabe accentu้e dans les mots suivants, en vous reportant au dictionnaire.

1. economy - economic - economical
2. biology - biological
3. mathematics - mathematical
4. grammar - grammatical
5. politics - political
6. solid - solidity - solidify
7. identity - identification
8. preserve - preservation
9. lament - lamentation
10. innovate - innovation
11. advertise - advertisement - advertising
12. democrat - democratic - democracy