vowels and diphthongs

Question 1

/i/

Answer 1

high front - tense

long e

beat

Question 2

/ɪ/

Answer 2

high front - lax

short i

bit

Question 3

/e/

Answer 3

mid front - tense

long a

bait

Question 4

/ɛ/

Answer 4

mid front - lax

short e

bet

Question 5

/æ/

Answer 5

low front - lax

short a

bat

Question 6

/u/

Answer 6

high back

moon, suit, stew, glue

Question 7

/ʊ/

Answer 7

high back

book, hood, sugar

Question 8

/o/

Answer 8

mid back

open, rotation, sew

Question 9

/ɔ/

Answer 9

mid back

fall, haul, thought, wrong

Question 10

/ɑ/

Answer 10

low back

daughter, odd, latte

Question 11

/ə/

Answer 11

unstressed schwa

about, tuna, relevant

Question 12

/ʌ/

Answer 12

stressed schwa

cut, mud, flood, wonderful

Question 13

/ɚ/

Answer 13

unstressed schwa-er

butter, treasure, perterb

Question 14

/ɝ/

Answer 14

stressed schwa-er

first, reverse, purple

Question 15

/aɪ/

Answer 15

low front - high front

buy, tie, ice, eye,

Question 16

/aʊ/

Answer 16

low front - high back

sour, town, house

Question 17

/ɔɪ/

Answer 17

mid back-high front

toy, join, exploit

Question 18

/ju/

Answer 18

high front-high back

you, cute, music

Question 19

/ɪr/

Answer 19

“ear”

fear

Question 20

/ɛr/

Answer 20

“air”

fair, errand,

Question 21

/ʊr/

Answer 21

“ir”

lure, tour

(not rhyming with core)

Question 22

/ɔr/

Answer 22

“or”

board, score, corn

Question 23

/ɑr/

Answer 23

“ar”

car, army

Question 24

rhotic sounds

Answer 24

r colored vowels

Question 25

diphthong

Answer 25

two distinct articulatory positions in vocal tract; individual phoneme with two vowels

Question 26

monothong

Answer 26

one vowel sound a d one primary articulatory position in vocal tract

Question 27

vowels

Answer 27

produced without any constrictions or blockage of air in the vocal tract

5 english vowels, but 14 sounds

Question 28

sounds of vowels are produced by

Answer 28

lip rounding, tongue height, tongue advancement, tense/lax