ENGLISH SOUND CHAPTER 1 BY Adaora Stellamaris Nweke

Question 1

The human……… contains all the sounds of all the languages in the world.

Answer 1

vocal tract

Question 2

The vocal tract is also called ……

Answer 2

voice box or pharynx.

Question 3

There are a total of…..speech sounds in English language.

Answer 3

44

Question 3

The English speech sounds in orthographic representation has ….. letters.

Answer 3

26

Question 4

A…….. is identified as the smallest speech sounds.

Answer 4

phoneme

Question 5

The study of speech sounds is called phonetics while the study of sounds in company is called …….

Answer 5

phonology.

Question 6

The English sound system is classified into …….. and ……. features.

Answer 6

Segmental features and supra-segmental

Question 6

…….. and …… make up the segmental feature while stress, tone and rhythm make up the
supra-segmental features.

Answer 6

Consonants and vowels

Question 7

Consonants are produced with an …….. of airflow in the vocal tract.

Answer 7

interruption

Question 8

This interruption or
obstruction could be …… or …..

Answer 8

partial or total.

Question 9

The English language has …….consonants.

Answer 9

24

Question 10

The obstruction of air flow has ……… for notification.

Answer 10

3 parameters

Question 10

The 3 parameters of obstruction are ………, ……… and …….

Answer 10

place of articulation,
manner of articulation
and state of glottis.

Question 11

The place of articulation is the point in the vocal tract where the sound is
……..

Answer 11

produced

Question 12

The ………… are bilabial, labio-dental, dental, alveolar, palato-alveolar, palatal, velar and glottal.

Answer 12

places of articulation

Question 13

Under ………the different degrees of obstruction are classified into six groups which are; plosives, fricatives, affricates, nasals, laterals and approximants.

Answer 13

manner of articulation

Question 14

……… or ……. depict complete blocking of airstream from the oral cavity.

Answer 14

Plosives or stop

Question 15

…… allow the airflow to be severely obstructed, thereby
causing a friction.

Answer 15

Fricatives

Question 16

Nasals are an obstruction at the……..

Answer 16

lips

Question 17

Laterals are also called …..

Answer 17

liquids

Question 18

………. is concerned with the degree of obstruction experienced during articulation of a sound.

Answer 18

Manner of articulation

Question 19

……. is used to show if vocal cords vibrate or not.

Answer 19

State of the glottis

Question 19

………. vibrate the sound is said to be voiced,

Answer 19

vocal cords

Question 19

if the vocal cord don’t vibrate the sound is said to be …….

Answer 19

voiceless.

Question 20

When the walls of the larynx are drawn apart from each other, a...... is produced.

Answer 20

voiceless sound

Question 21

When the wall of the glottis is touching each other, a ......... is produced

Answer 21

voiced sound

Question 21

/f/: voiceless labio-dental fricative......

Answer 21

plosive

Question 22

/b/: voiced bilabial .......

Answer 22

plosive

Question 22

/p/: voiceless bilabial........

Answer 22

Plosive

Question 23

/d/ : ........ alveolar plosive

Answer 23

voiceless

Question 24

/k/: ......... plosive

Answer 24

voiced

Question 24

/g/: ........ plosive

Answer 24

voiceless velar

Question 25

/v/: voiced labio-dental fricative

Answer 25

voiced

Question 26

/θ/: ...... dental fricative

Answer 26

voiceless

Question 27

/ð/:....... dental fricative

Answer 27

voiced

Question 28

/s/: .......fricative

Answer 28

voiceless alveolar

Question 28

/z/:....... alveolar fricative

Answer 28

voiced

Question 29

. Th part of the tongue include ...... and .........

Answer 29

height of the tongue and shape of the pharynx.

Question 30

The description of Vowels consists of the ........ involved in the production of vowel sounds

Answer 30

part of the tongue

Question 30

......... are classified into three namely; pure vowels (monothongs), dipthongs and triphthongs.

Answer 30

Vowels

Question 31

Vowels are.......... and are basically produced without obstruction of air flow.

Answer 31

sonorants

Question 31

All Vowels are........

Answer 31

voiced.

Question 32

/dʒ/: voiced palate alveolar affricate

Question 33

ʃ/: ........ palate alveolar fricative

Answer 33

voiceless

Question 34

/ʒ/:..... palate alveolar fricative

Answer 34

voiced

Question 35

/tʃ/: ........ palate alveolar affricate

Answer 35

voiceless

Question 36

/ŋ/: voiced velar nasal ( there are three nasal sounds in English language;..............

Answer 36

/m/, /n/ and /ŋ/ .

Question 37

/h/: .......... fricative

Answer 37

voiceless glottal

Question 37

/j/: ......... approximant

Answer 37

voiced palatal

Question 38

/w/: voiced bilabial .........

Answer 38

approximant

Question 39

/r/: voiced palate..........

Answer 39

alveolar approximant

Question 39

/m/: voiced bilabial........

Answer 39

nasal

Question 39

/l/: voiced /l/: voiced.......... ( this is the only lateral sound in English)

Answer 39

alveolar lateral

Question 40

/n/:....alveolar nasal

Answer 40

voiced

Question 41

The.......... of the tongue play an essential role in vowel formation.

Answer 41

three demarcations

Question 42

........... are /i/, /e/, /ə/, /æ/, /ɔ/, /u/ and /ʌ/ /i:/, /a:/, /ɔ:/, /u:/, and/ʒ:/ .

Answer 42

Pure vowels;

Question 43

A diphthong represents.....vowels

Answer 43

two

Question 43

There are ........ diphthongs and they are: /əu/, /ai/, /au/, /ɔi/, /iə/, /eə/, and /uə/

Answer 43

8

Question 43

........ is a double sound.

Answer 43

diphthong

Question 44

....... or ....... features are length, pitch, stress, and intonation.

Answer 44

suprasegmental or prosodic

Question 45

.......... is a union of three vowels sounds produced in a syllable. /aiə/ and /auə/ are examples of triphthongs.

Answer 45

A triphthong

Question 46

....... is whether a vowel or consonant is long or short.

Answer 46

Length

Question 47

The ..........of stress are secondary or weak stress and unstressed.

Answer 47

classification

Question 47

Stress is the ..........assigned to a word or a syllable.

Answer 47

prominence

Question 48

When it is a verb, the stress is on the ......... Syllable.

Answer 48

second

Question 48

The word that is pronounced with greater force than other words in a sentence is said to be.........

Answer 48

stressed.

Question 49

When it is a noun, the stress is on the ...... syllable.

Answer 49

first