Articulatory Phonetics: vowels and consonants

The parts of the vocal tract that are responsible for sound

production are called

• articulatory phonetics

• articulators

• oral cavity

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract is called

• a vowel

• a consonant

• a suprasegment

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.K.2C

Nasal sounds are produced when the velum is open

• True

• False

[f] is a:

• voiced labiodental fricative

• voiceless dental fricative

• voiceless labiodental fricative

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.K.2C

[ ʒ ] is a:

• voiced post-alveolar fricative

• voiceless glottal fricative

• voiced high central consonant

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.K.2C

The final sound of a vowel and consonant is created during the

• initiation process

• phonation process

• oro-nasal process

• articulation process

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.K.3B

The location of the part of the vocal tract in producing a sound is called

• place of articulation

• manner of articulation

• voicing

A sound pronounced with the air escaping through a small passage, making a hissing sound is called

• a nasal

• a lateral

• a fricative

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.K.2C

A sound pronounced simultaneously (at the same time as) with the following vowel is typically

• [z]

• [t]

• [h]

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.K.2C

[k] is a:

• voiceless, plosive, velar

• low central vowel

• voiced, plosive, velar