PHONETICS

What does ‘orthography’ means?

• sound

• spelling

• alphabet

• speech

What does the place of articulation means in phonetics studies?

• The way how the airstream is obstructed

• The point where the outward flow of air is obstructed

• The state of glottis

• The place of stress mark

This vowel is the most weak and unstressed.

• Allophone

• Clusters

• Schwa

• Epenthesis

This sound is produced when the velum is lowered, air escapes through both nose and the mouth.

• nasal

• fricatives

• affricates

• plosives

What is the similarities between /m/, /p/ and /b/?

• They are voiceless.

• Their manner of articulation is affricates.

• Their place of articulation are bilabials.

• The articulators involved are lips and teeth.

Which of the following modify the vowels sound?

• Shape of the lips.

• Shape of the tongue.

• Shape of the larynx.

• Shape of the nose.

Which of the following words contain triphthongs?

• Boy

• Shirt

• Coin

• Fire

Which of the following is monothongs?

• Boy

• Shirt

• Coin

• Fire

Which of the following word contains vowel 'ei'?

• Tie

• Care

• Gate

• Here

A colon is used to symbolized the lengthening of a vowel song.

• True

• False