Speech and Vocabulary

Identify the odd word out.

• exaggerate

• embellish

• understate

• hyperbole

What is the primary articulatory feature of post-alveolar consonants?

• Tongue against the hard palate.

• Tongue behind the alveolar ridge.

• Tongue against the post-alveolar ridge.

• Tongue against the velum.

Post-alveolar sounds are ________________ fricatives.

• voiceless

• voice

• affricate

• articulatory

In the word 'she' which type of consonant sound is represented by the initial sound?

• palatal

• post-alveolar

• alveolar

• bilabial

What distinguishes a palatalized consonant from its non-palatalized counterpart?

• Articulation with the velum.

• Articulation with the alveolar ridge

• Raising the tongue towards the hard palate.

• Vibration of the vocal folds.

In the word 'judge', which type of consonant sound is represented by the initial sound?

• velar

• palatal

• alveolar

• labiodental

In the word 'measure', which type of consonant sound is represented by the initial sound?

• palatal

• retroflex

• alveolar

• post-alveolar

Extricate is to liberate as ensnare is to ________________.

• remove

• insnare

• trap

• disentangle

These are antonyms of the 'tendency' except ____________.

• propensity

• reluctance

• aversion

• disinclination

The place and manner of articulation involves ______________

• the location in the vocal tract where air is constricted and how the airflow is restricted when making a sound.

• the narrowing of airflows to create friction between speech organs.

• the production of contact with the alveolar ridge.

• the vibration of vocal cords while producing the sound.