The document discusses various linguistic concepts related to phonetics and phonology in English, including:
- Classification of consonant sounds according to place and manner of articulation (e.g. bilabial, alveolar, stop, fricative)
- Properties of vowels like height, backness, rounding
- Syllable structure and concepts like stress
- Phonetic transcription and its use in showing fine details of pronunciation
It contains examples testing the reader's knowledge of these concepts through exercises identifying sounds in words based on their place/manner of articulation, vowel quality, stress patterns, etc.
The document discusses various linguistic concepts related to phonetics and phonology in English, including:
- Classification of consonant sounds according to place and manner of articulation (e.g. bilabial, alveolar, stop, fricative)
- Properties of vowels like height, backness, rounding
- Syllable structure and concepts like stress
- Phonetic transcription and its use in showing fine details of pronunciation
It contains examples testing the reader's knowledge of these concepts through exercises identifying sounds in words based on their place/manner of articulation, vowel quality, stress patterns, etc.
The document discusses various linguistic concepts related to phonetics and phonology in English, including:
- Classification of consonant sounds according to place and manner of articulation (e.g. bilabial, alveolar, stop, fricative)
- Properties of vowels like height, backness, rounding
- Syllable structure and concepts like stress
- Phonetic transcription and its use in showing fine details of pronunciation
It contains examples testing the reader's knowledge of these concepts through exercises identifying sounds in words based on their place/manner of articulation, vowel quality, stress patterns, etc.
The document discusses various linguistic concepts related to phonetics and phonology in English, including:
- Classification of consonant sounds according to place and manner of articulation (e.g. bilabial, alveolar, stop, fricative)
- Properties of vowels like height, backness, rounding
- Syllable structure and concepts like stress
- Phonetic transcription and its use in showing fine details of pronunciation
It contains examples testing the reader's knowledge of these concepts through exercises identifying sounds in words based on their place/manner of articulation, vowel quality, stress patterns, etc.
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Circle the correct answer:
1._____ sounds are the vocal cords drawn apart so that the air can pass out freely between them and there is no vibration. A.voiced B.voiceless C.oral D.nasal 2.Sounds made with the connection between the tounge and the alveolar ridge are_____. A.palatal B.bilabial C.lateral D.alveolar 3.In_____ consonants the breath is completely stopped at some point in the mounth by the lips or tounge-tip or tounge-back,and then realeased with a slight explosion. A.fricative B.approximant C.lateral D.stop 4.In all nasal consonants the____is lowered and at that time the mounth passage is blocked at some point sothat all the air is pushed out of the nose. A.tounge B.soft palate C.lower lip D.upper lip 5.In the word"fragment",the explosion of the stop is______ A.lateral B.nasal C.incomplete 6.When there is a glide from one vowel to another one and then to the next,we have a____. A.diphthong B.triphthong D.monophthong 7.When a vowel sound stands before a nasal sound in utterances,it will be______ A.nasalised B.velarised C.gottalised D.devoiced 8.There are ____vowels in English A.12 B.24 C.20 D.8 9.In general,stress tends to be on syllable containing a_____or ending with_____ A.long vowel or a diphthong/a vowel B.short vowel/a consonant C.long vowel or a diphthong/more than one consonant. 10.When a vowel stands finally or before voiced consonants,it is______ A.lengthened B.shortened C.nasalised D.retracted. II.Fill into the blank with a suitable word or words: 1.________ is a group of sounds in which the central part is a vowel or a vowel- like sound,thats means a _______. 2.If there are two levels of stress in a word,the strongest is called_______. 3.No English word ends with _______four consonants and begins with more ehan three consonants. 4._______shows the finer point of pronunciation,i.e,describe how sounds are pronounced in speech more_____. 5.English consonants are classified according to three ways:the place ______ ,________, and the voice. I. Circle the correct answer: 1._____ sounds are the vocal cords drawn apart so that the air can pass out freely between them and there is no vibration. A.voiced B.voiceless C.oral D.nasal 2.Sounds made with the connection between the tounge and the alveolar ridge are_____. A.palatal B.bilabial C.lateral D.alveolar 3.In_____ consonants the breath is completely stopped at some point in the mounth by the lips or tounge-tip or tounge-back,and then realeased with a slight explosion. A.fricative B.approximant C.lateral D.stop 4.In all nasal consonants the____is lowered and at that time the mounth passage is blocked at some point sothat all the air is pushed out of the nose. A.tounge B.soft palate C.lower lip D.upper lip 5.In the word"fragment",the explosion of the stop is______ A.lateral B.nasal C.incomplete 6.When there is a glide from one vowel to another one and then to the next,we have a____. A.diphthong B.triphthong D.monophthong 7.When a vowel sound stands before a nasal sound in utterances,it will be______ A.nasalised B.velarised C.gottalised D.devoiced 8.There are ____vowels in English A.12 B.24 C.20 D.8 9.In general,stress tends to be on syllable containing a_____or ending with_____ A.long vowel or a diphthong/a vowel B.short vowel/a consonant C.long vowel or a diphthong/more than one consonant. 10.When a vowel stands finally or before voiced consonants,it is______ A.lengthened B.shortened C.nasalised D.retracted. II.Fill into the blank with a suitable word or words: 1.Syllable is a group of sounds in which the central part is a vowel or a vowel-like sound,thats means a syllabic consonant. 2.If there are two levels of stress in a word,the strongest is called stresed. 3.No English word ends with more than four consonants and begins with more than three consonants. 4.Phonetic transcription shows the finer point of pronunciation,i.e,describe how sounds are pronounced in speech more accurate. 5.English consonants are classified according to three ways:the place of articulation, maner of articulation, and the voice. 1. Circle the words that being with a bilabial consonant: mat gnat sat bat rat pat
2. Circle the words that begin with a velar consonant:
knot got lot cot hot pot
3. Circle the words that begin with a labiodental conso-
nant: fat cat that mat chat vat
4. Circle the words that begin with an alveolar consonant:
zip nip lip sip tip dip
5. Circle the words that begin with a dental consonant:
pie guy shy thigh thy high
6. Circle the words that begin with a palato-alveolar con-
sonant: sigh shy tie thigh thy lie
7. Circle the words that end with a fricative:
race wreath bush bring breathe bang rave real ray rose rough
8.Circle the words that end with a nasal:
rain rang dumb deaf
9.Circle the words that end with a stop:
pill lip lit graph crab dog hide laugh back
10.Circle the words that begin with a lateral:
nut lull bar rob one
11.Circle the words that begin with an approximant:
we you one run 12.Circle the words that end with an affricate: much back edge ooze
13.Circle the words in which the consonant in the middle
is voiced: tracking mother robber leisure massive stomach razor