IPA Chart and Speech Organs

1. The soft palate and uvula serve to open and close the entrance to the nasal cavity.

• True

• False

2. The vocal cords are pressed together during voiceless consonants.

• True

• False

3. When the air is made to move out of the lungs, we say that there is an egressive pulmonic airstream.

• True

• False

4. Which of the following is an active articulator?

• upper lip

• lower lip

• upper teeth

• lower teeth

• alveolar ridge

6. What is hard palate?

• Two thick flaps of muscles rather like a pair of lips

• The roof of the mouth which is one of the three organs those form the roof.

• The tongue can touch this to make sounds like /t/ and /d/

• The articulator can be moved into different places and different shapes

8. What is larynx?

• The articulator can be moved into different places and different shapes

• Two thick flaps of muscles rather like a pair of lips

• The voice box

• The tongue can touch this to make sounds like /t/ and /d/

9. What is alveolar ridge?

• Two thick flaps of muscles rather like a pair of lips

• The tongue can touch this to make sounds like /t/ and /d/

• The articulator can be moved into different places and different shapes

• The voice box

10. Where does this air come from?

• Lungs

• Voice box

• Vocal tract

11. The vocal tract includes the cavities (or spaces) inside

• the lungs and the mouth

• the mouth and the nose

• the mouth, nose and lungs

12. Which word contains one vowel sound and two consonant sounds?

• cat

• any

• two