WorksheetsGroup 5: Phonology
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 3mins
Phonetics is the study of the characteristics of speech sounds:
TRUE
FALSE
What are the elements to make a consonant?
voicing, tongue part, place of articulation
place of articulation, voicing, manner of articulation
tongue height, place of articulation, manner of articulation
all of the above answers are incorrect
Matching the correct answer in each definition:
A consonant articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate
Palatal
A consonant articulated with the lower lip & the upper teeth
Labiodental
A consonant articulated with the back part of the tongue against the soft palate
Velar
A consonant articulated with the tongue against or close the ridge behind the upper front teeth
Alveolar
A consonant articulated with both lips
Bilabial
Matching the correct answer in each definition
A consonant articulated without the active use of the tongue and other parts of the mouth.
Glottal
A consonant articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth
Dental
A consonant formed by complete stopping the airflow.
Stop
A consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together.
Fricative
Matching the correct answer in each definition
A consonant that begins as a stop & releases as a fricative.
Affricate
A consonant produced with lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose.
Nasals
A consonant produced by letting air flow around the sides of the tongue.
Liquid
A consonant produced with the tongue in motion to or from a vowel sound.
Glide
What are the elements to make a vowel?
Tongue part, tongue height, voicing, lip posture
Tongue height, voicing, tongue height, mouth opening
Mouth opening, mouth opening, lip posture, voicing
Tongue part, tongue height, mouth opening, lip posture
Which vowel sounds do you make by using the front part of your tongue?
/iː/ /ɪ/ /e/ /æ/
/ə/ /ɜː/ /ʌ/
/uː/ /ʊ/ /ɔː/ /ɒ/
Which vowel sounds do you make by using the central part of your tongue?
/iː/ /ɪ/ /e/ /æ/
/ə/ /ɜː/ /ʌ/
/uː/ /ʊ/ /ɔː/ /ɒ/
Which vowel sounds do you make by using the back part of your tongue?
/iː/ /ɪ/ /e/ /æ/
/ə/ /ɜː/ /ʌ/
/uː/ /ʊ/ /ɔː/ /ɒ/ / ɑː/
Phonology is the description of the systems and patterns of (a) in a language
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 phone
an allophone
a phoneme
a sound type
What is an Allophone?
The various ways that an Allophone can be pronounced.
A set of speech sound that are perceived to be variants of the same sound.
Two sounds with different meaning.
All of the above.
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.
TRUE
FALSE
What is the structure in the following syllable: pack?
CVC
CV
VCC
VC
