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Phonology activities

Try to transcrive these sentences:

- I can speak English.

- Where do they live?

- Where does Peter work?

- They are tired.

- This letter is for John.

- Tim comes from London.

- He always comes late.

Try to transcrive these tongue twisters:

 There was an old person of Putney,

 Whose food was roast spiders and chutney, 

 Which he took with his tea,

 Within sight of the sea,

 That romantic old person of Putney.

There was an old man on whose nose

Most birds of the air could repose;  

But they all flew away

At the closing of day,                                                     

Which relieved that old man and his nose.

There was a young lady Clare, 

Who was sadly pursured by a bear;

When she found she was tired,

She abruptly expired,

The unfortunate lady of Clare.

There was a young lady of Parma,

Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer;

When they said: “Are you dumb?”

She merely said,“Hum!”

That provoking young lady of Parma.

Try to translate this text:

I don´t feel myself as a foreigner at all but I certainly

feel myself as a Melshman. I´m proud of my heritage and

I hope, you know, God willing that I´ll never lose that. And,

well, we have a culture of our own. You´re brought up

to think about rugby, especially down in the valleys.

It´s the crowning glory for anybody to play for Wales.