Aspects of connected speech

Aspects of connected speech

Multiple Choice

Find the assimilation in the following sentence:

"He is a bad boy."

• is a: /s/ assimilates /i/

• bad boy: /d/ assimilates /p/

• is a: /s/ links /a/

• bad boy: /d/ assimilates /b/

Fill in the Blank

What aspect of connected speech is in this sentence?

“Would you like a cup of tea?”

Multiple Select

What aspect of connected speech is in that sentence?

“He‘s a great king.”

• assimilation and linking

• contraction and assimilation

• linking, intrusion, assimilation

• assimilation, linking and contraction

Multiple Choice

“I agree."

How can we use linking in this sentence?

• add /r/ to between /aɪ/ and /ə/

• add /j/ to between /aɪ/ and /ə/

• add /w/ to between /aɪ/ and /ə/

• /aɪ/ assimilates /ə/

Fill in the Blank

“I saw it happen."

We add /...../ between /ɔː/ and /ɪ/.

Multiple Choice

What aspect of connected speech is in the following sentence?

“Who is?”

• assimilation

• elision

• linking

• contraction

Multiple Select

What happens in the underlined words in this sentence.

She watched pizza-making videos a lot, she certainly can make it.

• /t/ in "watched" elides

• /d/ in "watched" assimilate /p/

• /r/ appears between /s/ in "video" and /ə/ in "a"

• 3 above phenomena appear

Fill in the Blank

"I really like this shelf."

/....../ can assimilate /ʃ/ in this sentence.

Multiple Choice

What is correct if we use the contraction?

• can't - /kant/

• he’s - /hiz/

• would've - /wudv/

• you’re - /jɔ:r/

Fill in the Blank

/v/ can ........... in "of", before consonants.

"It's a complete waste of time!"