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WorksheetsIPA Chart and Speech Organs
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
1. The soft palate and uvula serve to open and close the entrance to the nasal cavity.
True
False
2. The vocal cords are pressed together during voiceless consonants.
True
False
3. When the air is made to move out of the lungs, we say that there is an egressive pulmonic airstream.
True
False
4. Which of the following is an active articulator?
upper lip
lower lip
upper teeth
lower teeth
alveolar ridge
6. What is hard palate?
Two thick flaps of muscles rather like a pair of lips
The roof of the mouth which is one of the three organs those form the roof.
The tongue can touch this to make sounds like /t/ and /d/
The articulator can be moved into different places and different shapes
8. What is larynx?
The articulator can be moved into different places and different shapes
Two thick flaps of muscles rather like a pair of lips
The voice box
The tongue can touch this to make sounds like /t/ and /d/
9. What is alveolar ridge?
Two thick flaps of muscles rather like a pair of lips
The tongue can touch this to make sounds like /t/ and /d/
The articulator can be moved into different places and different shapes
The voice box
10. Where does this air come from?
Lungs
Voice box
Vocal tract
11. The vocal tract includes the cavities (or spaces) inside
the lungs and the mouth
the mouth and the nose
the mouth, nose and lungs
12. Which word contains one vowel sound and two consonant sounds?
cat
any
two
13. The space between the vocal folds is the epiglottis.
True
False
14. Articulatory phonetics studies different parts of the vocal tract.
True
False
15. What is tongue as a speech organ?
It can be moved to different places and form different shapes
The windpipe
Two thick flaps of muscles that looks like a pair of lips
The tongue can touch this to make /t/ /d/ sounds
None of the above
