Grade 8 Flashcards
What do the vowels do?
They add Beauty musicality and flow to our speech
What are the vowels?
A E I O U
How are vowels formed?
Free passage of air through the mouth shaped by the tongue and the lips
What is a Monophthongs?
A sound made with one shaping of tongue and lips
What are Monophthongs divided into?
Long - he saw her last move
Short - the black pen is not much good
How are vowels divided?
Monophthongs
Diphthongs
Triphthongs
What is a diphthong?
Made up of two shapes and two sounds
How are diphthongs divided?
Pure diphthong - long and short
- my new brown toy
Vanish diphthong - two short
- woe day
Murmur diphthong - Monophthong and the neutral
Vowel
- pear fear
What is a triphthong?
A long sound a short sound and the neutral vowel
Fire choir power cure
What is resonance?
The amplification of the voice
Mouth
Sinuses