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WorksheetsEnglish Phonetics and Phonology I - Review Consonants and Patterns of Simplification
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 15mins
Consonants can be grouped as lenis or fortis according to…
whether the production of them causes the vocal folds to vibrate or not.
the amount of energy with which they are articulated and perceived.
the phonetic environment that surrounds them.
What happens with the consonants which are not considered either lenis nor fortis?
They are neither voiced nor voiceless.
They belong to the no opposition group.
They do not belong to any category.
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
Consonants can be grouped as voiced or voiceless according to the vibration of the vocal folds.
English consonants can be safely classified as either voiced or voiceless.
Voiced consonants can lose part of their voice depending on their phonetic environment.
The release stage in the production of plosive sounds is always present?
True.
False.
When the velum is lowered and there is a stricture of complete closure in the mouth, the sound is...
oral.
nasal.
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
The velars /k, g/ can be articulated further front or further back no matter what type of vowels follow them.
The alveolars /t, d, n, l/ are never influenced by dental sounds.
Nasals are articulated labio-dentally when followed by labio-dental sounds.
Which is the correct label for the following sound?
/dr/
Voiced-lenis post-alveolar affricate.
Voiced-lenis alveolar affricate.
Voiced-lenis post-alveolar plosive.
Which is the correct label for the following sound?
/j/
Voiced-lenis palatal semi-vowel.
Voiced palatal semi-vowel.
Voiceless palatal semi-vowel.
Which is the correct label for the following sound?
/h/
Voiceless glottal fricative.
Voiced glottal fricative.
Fortis glottal fricative.
Consonant sounds are those sounds in forming which the air stream…
meets a stricture of complete oral closure.
meets a stricture of intermittent oral closure.
meets a stricture of partial oral closure.
meets a stricture of either complete oral closure, or one of intermittent oral closure, or one of partial oral closure.
Consonants are the syllabic element in the syllable.
True.
False.
The process of compression takes place when…
a sound disappears.
sounds are modified in context.
sounds are produced in a shorter space of time.
Which of the following cases of assimilation of voice is incorrect?
How can you explain the process of simplification in the phrase...?
It´s assimilation of place, a nasal sound followed by a velar sound becomes velar.
It´s assimilation of manner, an alveolar sound followed by a velar sound becomes velar.
It´s assimilation of place, an alveolar sound followed by a velar sound becomes velar.
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
Elision of the alveolars /t, d/ is by far the most frequent case.
Elision of the glottal fricative occurs in unaccented structure words no matter their position in the utterance.
Elision of the lateral takes place when preceded by the mid-back rounded vowel.
Elision of the voiced labio-dental fricative occurs in unaccented structure words followed by consonants.
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
Compression does not affect vowels.
Syllabic consonants can become non-syllabic.
Pure vowels can never become semi-vowels.
