Pronunciation miniquiz

• English
• Secundair onderwijs

Did you pay attention to the 'I love Lucy'-fragment? Ricky had a problem with the many pronunciations of 'ough'

How many different pronunciations of /ough/ are there, you think? Think of words like:

enough, bough, through, rough, cough, bought, plough, trough, breakthrough, borough, ought, thorough, hiccough, lough, hough,...

How many different pronunciations of /ough/ are there, you think?

1. 10
2. 8
3. 6
4. 4

Which of these words has three different vowel sounds?

1. resonance
2. federal
3. interesting
4. accomplishment

How many syllables do these words have?
interesting completely organized

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

How many syllables do these words have?
jewelry chocolate Wednesday

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

When the stress is on the last syllable, is 'record' a noun or a verb?

1. noun
2. verb

In which of these words are not all the letters pronounced?

1. tomb
2. psychology
3. sugar
4. receipt