Exercise 87.1: Food Services and Restaurant Vocabulary


Vowel Sounds ɪ, e, ɛ, ər, u


Listen to  the dialogue.  Answer the questions.

See Appendix 18 for a transcript of this dialogue.

Click on the icon to listen to the dialogue taking place in a restaurant between a manager and a server. comic and mp3

Please refer to the CPA if needed.

1. Read the following word aloud: assist /əsɪst/. Select the word below that contains a similar /ɪ/ sound.

meat
appetite
lift
great

2.  Choose the correct transcription for the word “taking” from the list below:

teekIŋ
takIŋ

tackIŋg

3. Read the following word aloud: booster /bustər/.  Select the word below that contains a similar /u/ sound

tunnel
telephone
rusty
truth

4. Read the following word aloud: set /sɛt/.  Select the word below that contains a similar /ɛ/ sound

head
free
meat
seat

5.  Choose the correct transcription for the word “utensils” from the list below:

utɛnsəlz
jutɛnsəlz
jutɛnsills
yutɛnsəlz

6. Which of the following words contains the sound /e/ as represented in the IPA?

make
server
utensils
taking