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THE WHODUNNIT SINGING CHALLENGE

LETS PLAY WITH ENGLISH SOUNDS !

You will be practicing the PHONEMIC CHART through songs.

Before you listen, take a look at some lyrics and find the rhymes.
A-

BABY - ME - FUNNY - PHONE - NAME - HEART - QUEEN FOUND - STOLE - FRAMED - WHERE - WERE

B- HONEY- GIRL- NAME - LOUD KEEN - PHONE HOLMES DARK CHAN MYSTERY ANYWHERE - SHADY
Before you listen, match the lyrics with their phonetic transcription.

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murder
born
write
face
breathe
bright
dark
people
heart

abcdefghijkl-

/hat/
/brt/
/k/
/ (r)l/
/br/
/ m(r)d(r)/
/mtv/

/fes/
/rat/
/d(r)k/
/b(r)n/

/pip()l/

10- motive
11- girl
12- think
Use what you have learnt and your logic and try to identify some famous hits .
a-

/ppl() / / hlp/ // /ppl() /

d- /wevz/

e- /:l/ /v/ /m/

b- /let/ /h/ /g/

f- /se/ /sm/

i- /dktd/ /t/ /j/

g-/ mdk /

j- /hudnt/

c- /sarnz/ /kl/
h- /b / /b/

 Here are the names of some famous singers written in phonetics. Can you guess their names?

d- /bd/

c- // /gret/ /bg/ /wld/

b- /psnd(r)/

a- /kldple/

e- /kts/ /n/ / triz/

f-/dn/ /led()nd/

g- /dft/ /pnk/

THE PHONEMIC CHALLENGE ! Listen to the songs and complete the listening tasks.
CHALLENGE N1 :

Circle the words you actually hear!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H16bkxFjidE

TAVARES : WHODUNIT !
Whodunit
Who [stole -love]

my [baby -money]

Whodunit
Everyone in the [groom - room]

looks [baby - shady]

Whodunit
Who [stole - phone] my [girl -gun]

from me (Yeah)

Whodunit
Who [book - took]

my [honey - money]

Whodunit
I [ knew - know ]

the [motive - murder]

was not [bunny - funny]

Whodunit
It's a bedside [mean story -mystery]
Hey, [wheres - where]
[someone somebody ]

(Yeah, yeah)

the [fun - phone]

to [call - calm]

Sherlock Holmes

took my baby

I've been [named framed fired ]

by what's his name

And he's getting [ away- no way ]

Charlie Chan, see if you [calm - can]

[beg - help]

[these- those]

me [found - find]

two, [want- wont]

you?

 CHALLENGE N2 : Put the lyrics back to order !

were - the - the - where - night - 12th - you - on - of ?

. ?

by - was myself - I

dancing - dark the - dark - went - she - in .

..

her - stole - heart - somebody

.

Queen - if - re - keen - so - you - Ellery

thing - help - you - my - wont - me - sweet - find .

....

CHALLENGE N3 : Tick the consonant sound you actually hear !

Whodunit [/w/

- /h/]

Who

[/w/ - /h/]

stole my baby

Whodunit
Everyone [/v/ - / /] in the [/v/ - / /]
Whodunit
Who stole my girl [/ / - /g/]

room [/r/

- / w /] looks shady [// - /t /]

from me (Yeah) [/j / - /h /]

Who took my honey [/w/ - /h/]

Whodunit
I know [/k/ - /n/]

the motive[/v/ - / /]

was not funny [// - /f/]

It's a bedside [/s/ - /z/] mystery [/r / - / w /]

CHALLENGE N4 : Tick the vowel sound you actually hear !

The place [/ai/ - /ei/ ] is surrounded [ / / - / / ]

The [ / / -/ /] place [ /e / -/ / ] is surrounded [ /i / - // -/ / ]
Nobody [ / / - / / ] leaves [ /i / - // ] till [ /i / - // ] I found [ / / - / / ]
her
Nobody [ / / - / / - / / ] leaves till I found her [ / / - / : / ]
Until this [ /i / - // ] case [/ai/ - /ei/ ] is solved [ / / - / / - / / ]
It's up [ / / - / / - / / ] against [/ai/ - /ei/ - / e / ] the wall [ / / - / /]
, you [/u / - /u/ ] all !

 CHALLENGE N 4 : Identify the words written in phonetic symbols !

/hudnt/ .
I /wnd(r)/ .

, wonder /hu/ .

Who /stul / my baby

Whodunit
Whodunit
/evriwn/ . in the room /lks / . shady
Whodunit
/ai/ wonder who, was /wz / it you ?
Who stole my /(r)l/ . from me
Hey Baretta, won't you /pliz/. go get her
Whodunit
For ' /kra/ out /lad/ .
Who /tk/ my /hni/ ..
Whodunit
Somebody /kl/ .. McCloud
I /n/ .. the/mtv/.. was not
/fni/..
Whodunit
/we(r)/ .. is my baby
It's a bedside /mstri/ ..