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Name: Trần Nguyễn Tiểu My

Class: 23CNA05
Underline the correct answer, write the answer below each question OR fill in the blank.
1/To make a nasal sound, which of the following do you do?
a/ Raise the velum b/ lower the velum c/ make a blockage in the nasal cavity
2/ Which of the two main types of sounds involve the unimpeded/unblocked/unobstructed flow of air
through the oral cavity?
a/vowels b/ consonants
3/ Which of the following are the most vowel-like consonants?
a/nasals b/ stops c/glides d/ fricatives
4/ The first stop in the English word stop is most adequately described in which of the following ways:
a/aspirated b/ unaspirated c/ nasalised
5/ Non-low back vowels are usually accompanied by lip rounding.
a/ true b/ false
6/ To say that two sounds are in complementary distribution means:
a/ The two sounds are found in the same phonetic environment
b/ The two sounds do not occur in the same phonetic environment(s)
c/ They always occur next to one another
d/ They always occur next to one another
7/............Phonetics........... is the study of human speech sounds.
8/ The smallest unit of sound distinguishing meaning is called...phoneme...
9/...............Allophones................ are realizational variants of a phoneme.
10/ Criteria for the description of consonants are…place of articulation, manner of articulation, and
voicing....
11/ Criteria for the description of vowels are ....heght, backness, and roundness…
12/. Lip-rounding for English vowels is not distintive.
a/True b/false
13/. English monophthongs can be long or short.
a/True b/false
14/. English diphthongs can be long or short.
a/True b/false
15/. Stops, fricatives, nasals and approximants are all manners of articulation.
Which groups of sounds are always voiced?
- Nasals and approximants
16/.What is the difference between a nasal and a stop?
a/Voicing
b/ The position of the velum
c/ Lip-rounding
d/ The position of the tongue
17/. A stop and a fricative differs in
a/The height of the tongue
b/ Partial or total obstruction of the airflow
c/ The position of the velum
18. beat and bit are minimal pairs in English.
a/True b/false
19/. ....Phonotactics..deals with the possible combination of sounds into well-formed syllables.
20/. In English we can find rising and centring diphthongs.
a/True b/false
21/ How are vowels different from consonants?
a/They are always voiced b/ They can occupy the nucleus of a syllable
c/ They are always nasal d/ They are spoken further back in the mouth
22/ The approximants /j/ and /w/ differ from the vowels /i/ and /u/ in
a/Nothing phonetically b/The height of the tongue
c/ The position of the tongue d/ Their behaviour in a syllable
23/ A voiced and a voiceless sound differs in
a/Vocal cord action b/ Aspiration
c/ There is no difference d/ Direction of the airstream
24/. Read the poem and find the minimal pair(s)
The polar bear is unaware- Of cold that cuts me through.
For why? He has a coat of hair.- I wish I had one too.
- “bear” and “bare”
- “hair” and “hare”
- “through” and “threw”
- “too” and “two”
25/ Fill in the blanks:
a/ There are …three.... nasal sounds. They are: ........ /m/, /n/, and /ŋ/............
b/ Four examples of plosives (stops) are : ......... /p/, /b/, /t/, and /d/...........
c/ When the bottom lip is against the upper front teeth the place of articulation is said to be :....labiodental...
d/ There are two dental sounds, in which the tongue is against the teeth. They are :....... /θ/ and /ð/...........
e/ An example of a palatal sound is :............ /ʃ/.................
f/ Velar sounds occur in the ...... back.......of the mouth.
26.A phoneme is a variant of an allophone.
a/True b/false
27. Phonemes are distinctive and contrastive. Why?
28. Allophones are non- distinctive and redundant. Why?
29.What is the conclusion for the pair of sounds which are different in a minimal pair?
30. What is the conclusion for the sounds in a complementary distribution?

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