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Speech Organs

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which speech articulator is considered to be very important as it can be moved into many different places and different shapes?

a)

teeth

b)

lips

c)

tongue

d)

velum

2.

Which of the following organs aid us in producing speech sounds?

Click on all the possible correct answers.

a)

lips

b)

teeth

c)

tongue

d)

alveolar ridge

e)

hard palate

3.

The… is between the alveolar ridge and the soft palate.

a)

palate

b)

tongue

c)

nose

d)

lungs

4.

The larynx is situated in the upper part of the . . . . . . . . .

a)

mouth

b)

trachea

c)

eye

d)

ear

5.

The space between the vocal folds is the epiglottis.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Where does this air come from?

a)

Lungs

b)

Voice box

c)

Vocal tract

7.

What is the palate?

a)

Two thick flaps of muscles rather like a pair of lips

b)

The roof of the mouth which is one of the three organs that form the roof.

c)

The tongue can touch this to make sounds like /t/ and /d/

d)

The articulator can be moved into different places and different shapes

8.

The back of the tongue lies under the .......

a)

velum

b)

hard palate

c)

alveolar ridge

d)

vocal cords

9.

The tongue has the greatest variety of movement of all the organs of speech.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which is the correct order of the parts of the tongue? (from left to right)

a)

tip, blade, back

b)

blade, tip, back

c)

tip, black, blade

11.

The alveolar ridge is just behind the ......

a)

hard palate

b)

upper front teeth

c)

soft palate

d)

vocal cords

12.

The vocal cords are in the .....

a)

larynx

b)

pharynx

c)

glottis

d)

uvula

13.

The space between the vocal cords is called the ...

a)

glottis

b)

larynx

c)

nasal cavity

d)

pharynx

14.

What's the organ in number 1 ?

a)

lips

b)

teeth

c)

alveolar ridge

d)

palate

15.

What's the organ in number 5 ?

a)

nasal cavity

b)

oral cavity

c)

velum

d)

uvula

16.

What's the organ in number 9 ?

a)

pharynx

b)

epiglottis

c)

larynx

d)

oesophagus

17.

What's the organ in number 14 ?

a)

vocal cords

b)

glottis

c)

larynx

d)

pharynx

18.

What's the organ in number 7 ?

a)

nasal cavity

b)

oral cavity

c)

velum

d)

uvula

19.

What's the organ in number 10 ?

a)

pharynx

b)

epiglottis

c)

larynx

d)

oesophagus

20.

What's the organ in number 16 ?

a)

tip

b)

blade

c)

back

d)

tongue

21.

What's the organ in number 8 ?

a)

nasal cavity

b)

oral cavity

c)

velum

d)

uvula

22.

What's the organ in number 11 ?

a)

pharynx

b)

epiglottis

c)

larynx

d)

oesophagus

23.

What's the organ in number 2 ?

a)

lips

b)

teeth

c)

alveolar ridge

d)

palate

24.

What's the organ in number 17 ?

a)

tip

b)

blade

c)

back

d)

tongue

25.

What's the organ in number 13 ?

a)

vocal chords

b)

glottis

c)

larynx

d)

pharynx

26.

What's the organ in number 4 ?

a)

lips

b)

teeth

c)

alveolar ridge

d)

palate

27.

What's the organ in number 18 ?

a)

tip

b)

blade

c)

back

d)

tongue

28.

What's the organ in number 6 ?

a)

nasal cavity

b)

oral cavity

c)

velum

d)

uvula

29.

What's the organ in number 15 ?

a)

tip

b)

blade

c)

back

d)

tongue

30.

What's the organ in number 12 ?

a)

pharynx

b)

epiglottis

c)

larynx

d)

oesophagus

31.

What's the organ in number 3 ?

a)

lips

b)

teeth

c)

alveolar ridge

d)

palate

32.

What's the organ in number 1?

(a)  

33.

What's the organ in number 2?

(a)  

34.

What's the organ in number 3?

(a)  

35.

What's the organ in number 4?

(a)  

36.

What's the organ in number 5?

(a)  

37.

What's the organ in number 6?

(a)  

38.

What's the organ in number 7?

(a)  

39.

What's the organ in number 8?

(a)  

40.

What's the organ in number 9?

(a)  

41.

What's the organ in number 10?

(a)  

42.

What's the organ in number 11?

(a)  

43.

What's the organ in number 12?

(a)  

44.

What's the organ in number 13?

(a)  

45.

What's the organ in number 14?

(a)  

46.

What's the organ in number 15?

(a)  

47.

What's the organ in number 16?

(a)  

48.

What's the organ in number 17?

(a)  

49.

What's the organ in number 18?

(a)  

50.

4. Which of the following is an active articulator?

a)

upper lip

b)

lower lip

c)

upper teeth

d)

lower teeth

e)

alveolar ridge