The following sentences have been partially transcribed, but the vowels have been left blank. Fill
in the vowels, taking care to identify which vowels are weak; put no vowel at all if you think a
syllabic consonant is appropriate, but put a syllabic mark beneath the syllabic consonant.



1 A particular problem of the boat was a leak

       p   t kj 1   pr  bl  m  v  ð   b   t  w z    1   k

2 Opening the bottle presented no difficulty

       p n ŋ   ð     b t l   pr z  nt  d n   d f   k lt

3 There is no alternative to the government’s proposal

   ð    r    z n     lt   n  t v   t   ð   ɡ   v   nm  nt  spr  p  zl

4 We ought to make a collection to cover the expenses

    w           t t   m  k     k  l   k ʃ  n t   k  v   ð      ksp ns z

5 Finally they arrived at a harbour at the edge of the mountains

   f  n  1   ð        r  v  d   t    h   b    r  t  ð       dʒ  v ð    m    nt   nz