Question

Fill out the names of major accents of English.

2. Give the pronunciation forms for RP and Gen Am.

№ Word RP/BBC English GenAm

1 address, n

2 advertisement

3 adult, adj, n

4 ate (past form of eat)

5 attitude

6 borough

7 cigaret, cigarette

8 complex, adj

9 costume

10 courage

11 depot

12 direct

13 docile

14 encourage

15 erase

16 education

17 figure

18 hero

19 herb

20 inquiry

Answer 1

Ответ:

Here's the list with the pronunciation forms for RP (Received Pronunciation/BBC English) and General American (GenAm):

1. address, n - [əˈdrɛs] (RP) / [ˈædˌrɛs] (GenAm)

2. advertisement - [ədˈvɜːtɪzmənt] (RP) / [ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənt] (GenAm)

3. adult, adj, n - [ˈædʌlt] (RP) / [ˈædʌlt] (GenAm)

4. ate (past form of eat) - [eɪt] (RP) / [eɪt] (GenAm)

5. attitude - [ˈætɪˌtjuːd] (RP) / [ˈætɪˌtud] (GenAm)

6. borough - [ˈbʌrə] (RP) / [ˈbʌroʊ] (GenAm)

7. cigaret, cigarette - [ˌsɪgəˈret] (RP) / [ˌsɪɡəˈrɛt] (GenAm)

8. complex, adj - [ˈkɒmpleks] (RP) / [ˈkɑmˌplɛks] (GenAm)

9. costume - [kɒsˈtjuːm] (RP) / [ˈkɑsˌtum] (GenAm)

10. courage - [ˈkʌrɪdʒ] (RP) / [ˈkɝːɪdʒ] (GenAm)

11. depot - [ˈdiːpəʊ] (RP) / [ˈdiːpoʊ] (GenAm)

12. direct - [dɪˈrɛkt] (RP) / [dɪˈrɛkt] (GenAm)

13. docile - [ˈdəʊsaɪl] (RP) / [ˈdɑsəl] (GenAm)

14. encourage - [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ] (RP) / [ɪnˈkɜrɪdʒ] (GenAm)

15. erase - [ɪˈreɪs] (RP) / [ɪˈreɪs] (GenAm)

16. education - [ɛdʒʊˈkeɪʃən] (RP) / [ˌɛdʒəˈkeɪʃən] (GenAm)

17. figure - [ˈfɪgə] (RP) / [ˈfɪɡjər] (GenAm)

18. hero - [ˈhɪərəʊ] (RP) / [ˈhɪroʊ] (GenAm)

19. herb - [hɜːb] (RP) / [ɝːb] (GenAm)

20. inquiry - [ɪnˈkwɪəri] (RP) / [ɪnˈkwaɪəri] (GenAm)