week 3

A _______ is one of the speech sounds or letters of the alphabet that is not a vowel.

• 1. Consonant

• Diphthong

• Articulation

• Vibration

How many manners of articulation ?

• 4

• 5

• 3

• 6

3. Nasal is____

• produced with a lowered velum in the mouth, allowing the air to escape freely through the nose.

• 1. complete closure of the articulators involved so that the airstream cannot escape through either the mouth or nose.

Fricative is a type of closure or_______: the two organs approximate to such an extent that the__________passes through them with friction. Sounds with this manner of articulation can be prolonged as long as the breath holds out.

• Extending-air steam

• Extending-alveolar

• Narrowing-air steam

• Narrowing-soft palate

When we pronounce ____, the lower lip is pressed against the upper teeth and causes the air to force its way between them. There is vibration in the vocal cords.

• 1. /f/

• 1. /v/

• 1. /θ/

• 1. /ð/

There are_types of the fricative consonants

• 5

• 2

• 3

• 4

The main difference between /d/ and /z/ is ?

• 1. Manner of articulation

• 1. Place of articulation

• Voicing

• Length

Sounds produced with a momentarily total obstruction to the air flow are

• 1. Plosives

• Fricative

• Nasals

• Approximant

_________ are produced with the contact between lower lip and upper teeth.

• Alveolars

• Bilabials

• Labio-dentals

• Dentals

Which of the following statements is not true?

• Plosives are produced with the total or partial obstruction of the air stream.

• Nasals are continuant vowels.

• Hissing sound is a characteristic of fricatives.

• The fortis fricatives and plosives in final position often shorten the vowel preceding

  them.