Plosives

How many plosive consonants Englis has?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

/p/ and /b/ are labial plosives

• True

• False

Plosives in fact are the stronger sound that we can find in pronunciation.

• True

• False

Glottal stop are an important part of pronunciation of /t/ plosive

• True

• False

The plosives p, t, k are always .......

• voiceless

• voiced

Every Plosive sound are voiced

• True

• False

What are the plosive sounds?

• Plosive consonants are made by completely closing the mouth and breathing.

• Plosive consonants are made by completely blocking the flow of air as it leaves the body, normally followed by releasing the air.

• Plosive consonants are made by completely opening the mouth.

What are the consonants that make up the plosive sounds? Select more than one.

• t, d

• k, z

• p, m

• t, n

What are bilabial letters? 

• K

• G

• B

When the glottal stop occurs?

• When /t/ appears at the end of a syllable and the following sound is a consonant.

• When /t/ appears at the end of a syllable and the following sound is a consonant.

• When /t/ appears at the end of a syllable and the following sound is a vowel.