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Phonetics Knowledge Check-Alveolar Tap & Glottal Stop

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The alveolar tap/flap is made by the vocal folds stopping airflow followed by a quick release

a)

T

b)

F

2.

Sometimes the alveolar tap and the glottal stop can be used interchangeably

a)

T

b)

F

3.

Usually in General American English the Glottal Stop happens in the intervocalic (between two syllables) position of a word

a)

T

b)

F

4.

When two sounds share the same place of articulation they are usually called

a)

Vowels

b)

Cognates

c)

Homorganic

d)

Syllables

5.

A word like "data" could include an alveolar tap/flap

a)

T

b)

F

6.

A word like Cotton could use an alveolar tap or glottal stop

a)

T

b)

F

7.

A word like MATERNAL could have an alveolar tap

a)

T

b)

F

8.

A word like Better could have an alveolar tap

a)

T

b)

F

9.

Common letters/graphemes that you may see the alveolar tap in place of are "t", "tt", "d", "dd"

a)

T

b)

F

10.

The Glottal Stop is made by the tongue tip touching the alveolar ridge

a)

T

b)

F