Progress Test 2

The International Phonetic Alphabet consists of a set of ___,each of which always represents one sound.

SYMBOLS

In producing a ___, the center of the tongue is in close contact with the roof of the mouth, but the sides of the tongue are lowered so that the air can escape along the sides of the tongue.

LATERAL

The most familiar and common sound in English is ___

SCHWA /a/

A ___ sound is a sound pronounced with the vibration of the vocal cords.

VOICED

The five long vowels are different from the seven short vowels not only in length but also in ___

QUALITY

If we close our vocal cords close enough for them to be slightly touching each other, the air passage between them causes them to ___

VIBRATE

Pure vowels or monophthongs remain ___ and do not glide from one vowel to another.

CONSTANT

/ə/ can be described as ___

A CENTRAL VOWEL

Vowels and consonants can be distinguished on the basis of differences in articulation, as well as acoustically and ___

FUNCTIONALLY

The most important thing to remember about all the diphthongs is that the second part is much ___ than the first part.

LONGER AND STRONGER

If the tongue touches the teeth, the place is ___

DENTAL

An ___ is a consonant which starts as a plosive, but instead of ending with plosion, ends with a fricative made in the same place.

AFFRICATIVE

The four bilabial sounds in English are ___

/p, b, m, w/

Some word pairs, such as peat/pit, sheep/ship, cannot be distinguished if it were not for ___

VOWEL LENGTH

Vowels are produced with little ___ in the vocal tract and are voiced.

OBSTRUCTION

English ___ patterns are inconsistent and are not always a reliable guide to pronunciation.

SPELLING

In producing vowels, the tongue does not make a great deal of contact with the ___ which is the upper surface of the mouth.

PALATE

A vowel is said to form the nucleus of a ___

SYLLABLE

When the back of the tongue is in contact with the soft palate, the place is ___

VELAR

Consonant sounds are speech sounds produced with a narrow or complete ___ in the vocal tract.

CLOSURE

Professors - Transcription | Last sound | Voiced or voiceless?

/prəˈfesəz/ | /z/ | voiced

Research - Transcription | Last sound | Voiced or voiceless?

/rɪˈsɜːtʃ/ | /tʃ/ | voiceless

Health - Transcription | Last sound | Voiced or voiceless?

/helθ/ | /θ/ | voiceless

Verified - Transcription | Last sound | Voiced or voiceless?

/ˈverɪfaɪd/ | /d/ | voiced

Voiced labiodental fricative - Phonetic symbol | Two examples

/v/ | velar, voice

Voiceless alveolar fricative - Phonetic symbol | Two examples

/s/ | sound, see

Voiced palato-alveolar affricative - Phonetic symbol | Two examples

/ʤ/ | judge, change

Voiceless glottal - Phonetic symbol | Two examples

/h/ | home, house

Psychologist - Transcription | Number of sounds

/saɪˈkɒlədʒɪst/ | 10

Biological - Transcription | Number of sounds

/ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪkl/ | 10

Chickens - Transcription | Number of sounds

/ˈtʃɪkɪnz/ | 6

Touched - Transcription | Number of sounds

/tʌtʃt/ | 4