ASSIMILATION

WHAT IS ASSIMILATION?

• Assimilation describes how to write the word and always appears in the middle of the words.

• Assimilation is when two sounds come together and change or melt into a new sound. Assimilations may happen inside a word, or between two words.

• Both are correct.

The phonemes /t/, /d/ and /n/ often become...

• bilabial before bilabial consonants consonants /p/, /b/ and /m/

• palatal before bilabial consonants /k/, /g/ and /m/

• labiodental before bilabial consonants /j/, /b/ and /p/

The phoneme /t/ assimilates to /k/ before /k/ or /g, what are the correct examples?

• that sea, what is, what beautiful!.

• those cats, that chair, that man.

• that clear, that girl, that cat.

What are the phonemes that coalesce to form / t ʃ /?

• t/ and /j/

• t/ and /g/

• t/ and /d/

/ d / and / j / coalesce to form / dʒ /. which example is correct?

• would like

• would choose

• would you

What is the assimilation of / z /?

• /ʃ/

• /dʒ/

• /ʒ/

would you like to take a cup of coffee?

In the previous sentence, which of the phonemes does it coalesce?

• /d/ and /j/

• /d/ and /y/

• /d/ and /z/