Phonetics

Question 1

What are minimal pairs?

Answer 1

A pair of words that DIffer only by one phoneme. Share / Chair Glow/ grow.

Question 2

Difference between advice and advise?

Question 3

Homonyms vs Homophones

Answer 3

Homonyms: same spelling and more than one meaning.

Fit bear date

Homophones: different spelling and meaning but sound the same. Flower/flour sell/cell

Question 4

What’s a cluster?

Answer 4

A combination of 2 3 or 4 consonant sounds at the beginning, end or middle of a word.

Question 5

Syllabic consonants

Answer 5

Are I useful tool of pronouncing classic sounds The sound more native like. It consists of a omitting the vowel sound schwa between 2 consonant sounds. It is to skip a vowel sound between consonants. For example 7 suddenly medal.

Question 6

S endings

Question 7

Ellipsis and near ellipsis

Answer 7

Ellipses and neurolypses happens when we delete or omit certain words that are part of our speech. When their obvious from the context.

The 1st case happens with personal pronouns I read a book.

The 2nd case is living out it

And your near ellipsis is when we mix and link sounds instead of completely erasing the word.
Such as saying I’m leaving now
Or with the aux have

Question 8

Excuse vs excuse

Answer 8

/s/ noun
She made a false excuse
/z/ they excused themselves from coming to class

Question 9

Loose vs Lose

Answer 9

Loose /s/ adjetive: loose pants
Lose /z/ verb to lose my mind

Question 10

Every day vs everyday

Answer 10

Every day separate is an adverb
Every day I wake up at 5 am to go to school
Everyday together is an adjective : my everyday routine consists of waking up at 5 am.

Question 11

Fortis and lenis

Answer 11

sometimes identified with tense and lax, are pronunciations of consonants with relatively greater and lesser energy, respectively

P is fortis and it’s lenis counterpart would be b

Question 12

How many sounds in the English phonetic system?

Answer 12

12 vowels, 8 dipthongs, 24 consonants

Question 13

Weak and strong forms

Answer 13

English is a stress based language Which means some words are stressed and others are not when speaking. Usually content words like nouns and main verbs are stressed, While others like articles aren’t stressed. When this happens the weak word will have its bowels replaced by a dependent a depending on stress. And because of this the meaning of a sentence can chang. As a rule the strong form of a word is usually at the end of a sentence, and when this happens we call it stranded.

Can you pass the milk?
I CAN do it, but I won’t

Question 14

Practice/ practise

Answer 14

Uk: practice with a C is a noun and with an S a verb, in the USA both are with an s

Question 15

Explain intonation in question tags

Answer 15

the greater control you have over your rising and falling intonation the more you can do with your communication in English

Question 16

What does falling intonation mean?

Answer 16

Falling intonation is used when the sentence is more like an statement, you’re sure about what you’re saying, and only seek confirmation.

Question 17

Why are questions tag important in conversation?

Answer 17

Both patterns, falling intonation and rising intonation are important because they are very common in spoken English as they invite people to join the conversation, either asking them for confirmation or seeking a real answer.

Question 18

What does rising intonation mean?

Answer 18

This rising International means of sentence is more of a real question, you’re expecting an answer. Usually theres a pause before the q
. For example, John didn’t feel his driving test again did he? In this case you don’t know if failed his exam or not so you’re asking for an answer.

Question 19

Explain word stress

Answer 19

The meaning of a word can change if you stress a different syllable. This really happens with a few words not all of them, Most of these words are 2 syllables long, but they can also be 3 sylllable long in some cases.

There are 2 categories.

Words that change from noun to verb When the stress moves from the 1st to the 2nd syllable l and keep the same general meaning.

Addict

Then the 2nd category are words that change completely in meaning, Most of them change from a noun to a verb, but can change to an adjective.
Converse .

Question 20

What’s another word for early stress

Answer 20

Main stress

Question 21

Refuse

Answer 21

Ri:’fjuz = decline to do something
‘Refjus= rubbish

Question 22

Console

Answer 22

Kən’səul = give sympathy n comfort
‘Konsəul = a keyboard, or a panel of switches

Question 23

Contract

Answer 23

‘Kontract = formal legal agreement
kən’tract = get smaller

Question 24

Content

Answer 24

Happy, satisfied = kən’tent
‘Kontent = what is contained in something

Question 25

Extract

Answer 25

Pull out = iks'trakt A short passage from a longer text= 'ekstrakt

Question 26

Object

Answer 26

Disagree, protest= əb'dgekt A thing = 'obdgekt

Question 27

Minute

Answer 27

Very small= mai'nju:t Sixty seconds= 'minit

Question 28

Desert

Answer 28

Go away from, leave= di'zə:t A place where nothing grows= 'dezət

Question 29

An armed Bank raid

Answer 29

Hold up

Question 30

A burglary

Answer 30

Break in

Question 31

An appearance by a star who had retired

Answer 31

Comeback

Question 32

A sudden strike

Answer 32

Walk out

Question 33

A cinematic device where the film

Answer 33

Flashback

Question 34

A sudden period of rain

Answer 34

Downpour

Question 35

A mechanical failure

Answer 35

Breakdown

Question 36

A ten second period before the departure of rocket

Answer 36

Countdown

Question 37

The moment of departure of a rocket

Answer 37

Lift of f

Question 38

Initial expenditure on a particular project

Answer 38

Outlay

Question 39

What's a phrasal verb?

Answer 39

A phrasal verb is a combination of verb + preposition, or sometimes an adverb. The preposition or adverb changes the meaning of the verb, giving each phrasal verb an unique meaning.

Question 40

What's word stress?

Answer 40

When we stress a word we elongate the main vowel sound in the most important words in a sentence. I

Question 41

Phrasal verb as a verb

Answer 41

The stress is on the preposition. He dropped OUT Picked her UP Turned it ON

Question 42

Phrasal verb as a noun or adjective

Answer 42

The stress is on the verb He is a high-school DROP out. BACK up.