Modern Grammar - Assignment 2 James Madison University

Instructions: [This assignment will be marked only as an acceptable or unacceptable effort.]

1. Give an example of each of the following (not one from a textbook or other grammar reference source:
   1. A pair of homophones in English.

   2. Two words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. (homographs)

   3. A word spelled with one or more silent letters.

   4. A word that starts with a voiceless sound.

2. Make up four new words" that sound like English (don't worry about meaning) and that you think could be spelled in more than one way. Write down your own spelling choice for just two of these fiour "words". Then recruit at least three friends as anonymous volunteers and do the following:
   Show your two written down "words" to your volunteers and ask them how they'd pronounce them. Were they sure? Was it what you expected?
   SAY the OTHER two words aloud and ask your friends how they'd spell them. Write down the results, labelling your friends just person1, person2, etc.

3. Give an example of a "minimal pair" demonstrating that /f/ and /v/ are different sounds in English: _______________ and ______________

4. Of the following sounds, which one is a voiced stop? {/t/, /z/, /d/, /s/}