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Group 5: Phonology

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Phonetics is the study of the characteristics of speech sounds:

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

What are the elements to make a consonant?

a)

voicing, tongue part, place of articulation

b)

place of articulation, voicing, manner of articulation

c)

tongue height, place of articulation, manner of articulation

d)

all of the above answers are incorrect

3.
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Matching the correct answer in each definition:

a)

A consonant articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate

1.

Palatal

b)

A consonant articulated with the lower lip & the upper teeth

2.

Labiodental

c)

A consonant articulated with the back part of the tongue against the soft palate

3.

Velar

d)

A consonant articulated with the tongue against or close the ridge behind the upper front teeth

4.

Alveolar

e)

A consonant articulated with both lips

5.

Bilabial

4.
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Matching the correct answer in each definition

a)

A consonant articulated without the active use of the tongue and other parts of the mouth.

1.

Glottal

b)

A consonant articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth

2.

Dental

c)

A consonant formed by complete stopping the airflow.

3.

Stop

d)

A consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together.

4.

Fricative

5.
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Matching the correct answer in each definition

a)

A consonant that begins as a stop & releases as a fricative.

1.

Affricate

b)

A consonant produced with lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose.

2.

Nasals

c)

A consonant produced by letting air flow around the sides of the tongue.

3.

Liquid

d)

A consonant produced with the tongue in motion to or from a vowel sound.

4.

Glide

6.

What are the elements to make a vowel?

a)

Tongue part, tongue height, voicing, lip posture

b)

Tongue height, voicing, tongue height, mouth opening

c)

Mouth opening, mouth opening, lip posture, voicing

d)

Tongue part, tongue height, mouth opening, lip posture

7.

Which vowel sounds do you make by using the front part of your tongue?

a)

/iː/ /ɪ/ /e/ /æ/

b)

/ə/ /ɜː/ /ʌ/

c)

/uː/ /ʊ/ /ɔː/ /ɒ/

8.

Which vowel sounds do you make by using the central part of your tongue?

a)

/iː/ /ɪ/ /e/ /æ/

b)

/ə/ /ɜː/ /ʌ/

c)

/uː/ /ʊ/ /ɔː/ /ɒ/

9.

Which vowel sounds do you make by using the back part of your tongue?

a)

/iː/ /ɪ/ /e/ /æ/

b)

 /ə/ /ɜː/ /ʌ/

c)

/uː/ /ʊ/ /ɔː/ /ɒ/ / ɑː/

10.

Phonology is the description of the systems and patterns of​ ​ (a)   ​ in a language​

Choose from the below words
speech sounds
vowel sounds
ending sounds
natural sounds
11.

Look at the / t / sound in these words top, stop, pot, and hot
What’s the / t / sound here called in the phonology of English?

a)

a phone

b)

an allophone

c)

a phoneme

d)

a sound type

12.

What is an Allophone?

a)

The various ways that an Allophone can be pronounced.

b)

A set of speech sound that are perceived to be variants of the same sound.

c)

Two sounds with different meaning.

d)

All of the above.

13.

A minimal pairs is two word such as Pat and Bat which are identical in form except for a contrast in one phoneme, occurring in the same position.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

What is the structure in the following syllable: pack?

a)

CVC

b)

CV

c)

VCC

d)

VC