Monophthongs
This high front unrounded long vowel is heard in "sheep.
/iː/
This diphthong is heard in the word "boy."
/ɔɪ/
Vowels are produced with relatively no obstruction of this.
Airflow (or the vocal tract)
/i:/ and /e/ differ in this feature (besides length).
Height (/i:/ is high, /e/ is mid)
Identify the vowel in "caught" (RP).
/ɔː/
This low back unrounded short vowel is in "cat."
/æ/
The two types of diphthongs are closing and ______.
centring (or centering)
The position of the tongue in the mouth: high, mid, or low.
Tongue height
/æ/ and /ɑː/ share the same lip rounding, but differ in these two features.
Height (/æ/ is near-open, /ɑː/ is open) and advancement (/æ/ is front, /ɑː/ is back)
Do "book" and "shoe" share the same vowel sound? (Yes/No)
No (/ʊ/ vs. /uː/)
This mid central unrounded short vowel is the most common in English.
/ə/ (schwa)
This diphthong ends in /ʊ/ and is found in "home."
/əʊ/
When describing /u:/, we say the lips are ______.
Rounded
/ʊ/ and /u:/ differ in both length and this articulatory feature.
Tongue height (/ʊ/ is near-high, /u:/ is high) OR tenseness
Which diphthong is in the word "idea"?
/ɪə/
These two vowels differ only in length: one is short, the other is long (high front unrounded).
/ɪ/ and /iː/
Name the three closing diphthongs that end in /ɪ/
/eɪ/, /aɪ/, /ɔɪ/
Tense vowels are typically ______ in length.
Long
/e/ and /ʌ/ are both unrounded, but differ in these two features.
Height (/e/ is mid, /ʌ/ is open-mid) and advancement (/e/ is front, /ʌ/ is central)
Table" and "Bible" share the same final vowel sound: True or False?
True (both end with /əl/ — syllabic l or schwa + l)
Name the four criteria used to describe vowels.
Tongue height, tongue advancement, lip rounding, length.
In a diphthong, the first part is ______ and stronger than the second part.
longer
The vowel chart represents tongue height and ______
Tongue advancement
Name a feature shared by /i:/, /u:/, /ɪ/, and /ʊ/.
They are all high (or close) vowels.
Which two words from the list use the same diphthong: loud, buy, teapot, key?
buy and key (both /aɪ/ and /iː/ are not the same diphthong — correction: loud /aʊ/ and buy /aɪ/ are different; actually, teapot /iː/ and key /iː/ share a monophthong. For diphthongs: loud /aʊ/ and buy /aɪ/ are both closing diphthongs but not the same.)