Phonetics_ST7

Rhythm is about how we use a combination of stressed and unstressed words in sentences.

• True

• False

English is timed by the ....................... we stress.

The unit of rhythm is.................

• A beat

• A syllable

• Time

• A foot

What is is the most familiar way of linking the words together?

• Linking /r/

• Intrusive /w/

• Intrusive /j/

How to pronounce “The idea of it”?

• ði aɪdɪər əv ɪt

• ði aɪdɪəw əv ɪt

• ði aɪdɪəj əv ɪt

Regressive is…….

• The phenomenon in which the phoneme that comes first is affected by the one that comes after it.

        

• A sound when it is influenced by one of its neighbors.

• The phenomenon in which the phoneme that comes first affects the one that comes after it.

How do you pronounce “blood pressure”?

• /blʌd 'preʃər/

• /blʌb 'preʃər/

What is the definition of the elision?

• What happens to a sound when it is influenced by one of its neighbors.

• When we join words together (sound), the final sound in a word with the initial one in the next word.

• The omission of sounds in connected speech.

How to pronounce “I want to go”?

    

• /aɪ ˈwɒnt tǝ gǝʊ/

•  /aɪ ˈwɒntǝ gǝʊ/

• /aɪ ˈwɒn tu gǝʊ/