Practice Questions #2

/g/ is a:

(more than one answer)

• stop

• fricative

• velar

• alveolar

• round

The difference between /o/ and /u/ is:

• /o/ is fronter than/u/

• /o/ is unrounded, and /u/ is rounded

• /o/ is a laxed vowel, and /u/ is a tensed vowel

• /o/ is lower than /u/

• /o/ is higher than /u/

The difference between /f/, /s/, /ʃ/, and /χ/ is:

• manner

• place

• voicing

• none of them

Look at these three pairs:

/i/-/ɪ/, /u/-/ʊ/, and /y/-/ʏ/

What is the difference that all of the pairs exhibit?

• one is voiced and one is voiceless

• one is tensed and one is laxed

• one is rounded and one is unrounded

• one is a vowel and one is an approximant

Look at these four pairs:

/k/-/g/, /ʃ/-ʒ/, /p/-/b/, /f/-/v/

What is the difference that all pairs exhibit?

• manner

• place

• voicing

• none of them

Schwa (ə) is a...

(more than one answer)

• reduced vowel

• lax vowel

• high vowel

• unrounded vowel

• rounded vowel

On a spectrogram:

If we want to find the vowel's features we will look at:

• F(1) and F(2)

• F(2) and F(3)

• F(0) and F(1)

• F(1) and F(3)

• F(0) and F(2)

In the English word church, there are more:

• stops

• fricatives

• affricates

• nasals

Consonants are less open than vowels.

• True

• False

• Depending on the consonants/vowel

Fill in according to the picture:

In the ___ cavity

we can find the (6) ___ and the (4)___.

Lower we can find the (10) ___.

(a)