WorksheetsConnected speech
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the common feature among these sounds?
/p/ /b/ and /m/
Bilabial
Nasal
Alveolar
Labio-dental
What is the common feature among these sounds?
/t/, /d/, /n/, /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/
Bilabial
Velar
Alveolar
Dental
What is the common feature of the following sounds?
/p/, /t/, /k/ and /b/, /d/, /g/
Voiced plosives and unvoiced plosives
Unvoiced plosives and voiced plosives
Aspirated sounds
Voiced stops and unvoiced stops
In rapid speech, /t/ and /d/ are elided (omitted) when they occur at the end of word (or word stem) or in between two consonants.
True
False
When people talk, they often blend words together and make some changes in the sounds. This is ______.
A sign of sloppy, lazy speech.
A sign that the speaker is thinking carefully about these changes.
A normal part of everyone's speech
Mostly a characteristic of uneducated speakers.
When three or more consonant sounds come together, the consonant cluster is sometimes simplified by omitting ______.
The first consonant
The middle consonant
The last consonant
Any consonant the speaker chooses
How is a stressed syllable different from an unstressed syllable? (Choose four answers.)
The syllable is longer in duration.
The syllable is shorter in duration.
The syllable is louder.
The vowel sound in the syllable is clearer
The syllable is higher in pitch.
The word little has _____ syllable(s).
one
two
three
four
The word dictionary has _____ syllable(s).
one
two
three
four
The word spring has _____ syllable(s).
one
two
three
four
The word piano has _____ syllable(s).
one
two
three
four
The types of words that receive the least stress in a sentence are usually _______.
Content words.
words with consonant clusters
words with suffixes
function words
The one word that in a sentence that is most likely to recieve sentence stress is _____.
The subject of the sentence.
The last content word of the sentence.
The longest word in the sentence.
The first word in the sentence.
When the words "do it" are said at normal speed (for most native speakers), what "extra" sound do we hear between them?
/j/
/l/
/r/
/w/
What sound might disappear in the following: "I can't swim."?
The /n/ in can't.
The /t/ in can't.
The /s/ in swim.
The /w/ in swim.
