PHONETICS II IES OR FES EXAM
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is stress? - Answers -Intensity, pitch variation, vowel quality, vowel duration
IES - Answers -Initial element stress. With main stress on the first part of the
compound.
FES - Answers -Final element stress. With main stress on the last element of the
compound.
Compounds written with 1 word - Answers -IES
Non-manufactured items. Example: Apple-tree - Answers –IES
Compounds with room: living room - Answers -IES
Parts of building: back door, bedroom window
Exception: front room - Answers -FES
Where positioning of any sort is involved: left wing, upper class, bottom line. - Answers
-FES
Time location: morning star, afternoon tea, January sales, summer holiday, April
showers. - Answers -FES
Manufacture rule: if the compound includes a material used in its manufacture.
Example: apple pie is a pie made of apples - Answers -FES
Street names that has the word Street in it - Answers -IES
Location rule: if the first element is the name of a country, region, or town. Example:
Turkish delight, Bermuda shorts
Vast majority of place-names, geographical feature, etc. à 1. Regions, towns, district,
natural features. Ex: New York, Castle Bromwich
2. Bridges, tunnels, parks, public buildings, and sport clubs. Ex: Hyde Park, Severn
Bridge, Paddington
3. al street names, EXCEPT street itself. Ex: Church 'Road - Answers -FES
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is stress? - Answers -Intensity, pitch variation, vowel quality, vowel duration
IES - Answers -Initial element stress. With main stress on the first part of the
compound.
FES - Answers -Final element stress. With main stress on the last element of the
compound.
Compounds written with 1 word - Answers -IES
Non-manufactured items. Example: Apple-tree - Answers –IES
Compounds with room: living room - Answers -IES
Parts of building: back door, bedroom window
Exception: front room - Answers -FES
Where positioning of any sort is involved: left wing, upper class, bottom line. - Answers
-FES
Time location: morning star, afternoon tea, January sales, summer holiday, April
showers. - Answers -FES
Manufacture rule: if the compound includes a material used in its manufacture.
Example: apple pie is a pie made of apples - Answers -FES
Street names that has the word Street in it - Answers -IES
Location rule: if the first element is the name of a country, region, or town. Example:
Turkish delight, Bermuda shorts
Vast majority of place-names, geographical feature, etc. à 1. Regions, towns, district,
natural features. Ex: New York, Castle Bromwich
2. Bridges, tunnels, parks, public buildings, and sport clubs. Ex: Hyde Park, Severn
Bridge, Paddington
3. al street names, EXCEPT street itself. Ex: Church 'Road - Answers -FES
