The Sounds of English
The "music, or movement" of the English language.
What is a vowel sound (a vowel sound is one in which the air flow is unobstructed when the sound is made)
Place your hand in front of your mouth when producing this type consonants. Do you feel a burst of air?
What are Plosives (stops). Plosives are formed by closing or blocking off the air flow and then exploding a puff of air.
My vocal cords are still when producing this type of sound
What is Unvoiced
I am a sound produced by using the lips and teeth
What is a labiodental
What is a Cluster
This is the contrasting term in relation to "vowel"
What is a consonant sound (in which air flow is cut off either partially, or completely when the sound is produced).
I am sometimes referred to as a semivowel
What are Glides (They're referred to as semivowels because they are formed in a similar way to vowels)
The macron (-) is the diacritical mark used to represent my type of sound
What are Long-Vowel Sounds (these sounds are sometimes referred to as glided sounds, diphthongs, and can be represented by vowel digraphs)
I am a sound formed using the front of the mouth
What is an Alveolar (the alveolar ridge is in the front of the mouth where the teeth arise)
I am the sound when two consonants appear together, but the original consonant sounds are not retained
What is a Digraph
This is the written representation of one sound
What is a grapheme
This consonant is created when one forces air through their nose
What are Nasals (or nasal stops)
I am a sound that is produced as the position of the mouth changes
What is a Diphthong (The sound /oi/ and /ou/ are diphthongs
I am a sound produced by using the roof of the mouth
What is a Palatal (the hard palate is the roof of the mouth)
I am the combined sound that a cluster stands for
What is a Blend
This is the smallest unit of sound
What is a phoneme (a phoneme is a speech sound. It's the smallest unit of sound that distinguishes one word from another)
This consonant is produced by interrupting the airflow slightly, but no friction is produced
What are liquids
What is Voiced
I am a sound produced in the back of the mouth
What is Velar (the velum, or soft palate, is located in the back of the mouth)
This consonant is formed by narrowing the air channel, and then forcing air through it
What are Fricatives
I am a sound that is represented by the diacritical mark breve ( ⏝ )
What are Short-Vowel Sounds (Oftentimes, no mark is used at all when teaching these sounds)
I am a sound produced by the lips
What is a Bilabial