Activity 1. Transcription.

I am not sure that I am well liked by so many people you

see. The gospel is always divisive and it’s divisive here

in England. You can get an argument and fight with

almost everybody right now. By can you imagine

what would have happened with Peter and Paul when they

performed their miracles if the’d had television cameras and

all the rest of it at their particular meetings. . .

Solution:

Activity 2. Assimilation.

The following words have an alternative derived by assimilation. Write their main pronunciation along with the pronunciation with assimilation.

 

Word	Pronunciation	Assimilation
cranberry	krænbəri	kræmbəri
unbalance	ʌnbæləns	ʌmbæləns
input	ɪnpʊt	ɪmpʊt
ungrateful	ʌngreɪtfəl	ʌŋgreɪtfəl
weedkiller	wi:dkɪlə	wi:gkɪlə
tube	tju:b	tʃu:b
mildew	mɪldju	mɪldʒu
adduce	ədju:s	ədʒu:s
amplitude	æmplɪtju:d	æmplɪtʃu:d
reduce	rɪdju:s	rɪdʒu:s
education	edjukeɪʃən	edʒukeɪʃən

Activity 3. Tongue twisters.

A jester from Leicester

went to see Esther,

but as Esther was taking her siesta

the jester from Leicester didn’t see Esther.

A selfish shellfish smelt a stale fish.

If the stale fish was a smelt

then the selfish shellfish smelt a smelt.