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There are ..... voiceless sounds in English

• 35

• 20

• 24

• 9

Phonetics describe the.....in a language

• syllable

• Sounds

• Vowel

• Sound

International Phonetic Alphabet consists of a set of.....in which one symbol always represents one sound

In many languages the word for "language" is also the word for.......

• Tongue

• Lips

• Nose

• Mouth

The oral cavity which is the air passage within.......

Speech sounds which are produced with the vocal cords vibrating are called

• Voiced

• Voiceless

Vowels and consonants can be distinguished on the basis of differences in articulation, as well as acoustically and......

Vowels are less sonorous than consonants

• True

• False

In counting the syllables in words, we are in fact counting the vowels

• True

• False

A vowel is said to form the...of a syllable