Week 2. Vowels

There are ………… triphthongs in Engish.

• 3

• 5

• 8

• 12

All vowels are……………..sounds.

According to …………….., /ɔ:/ is called a rounded vowel .

• The position of the tongue

• The height of the tongue

• The degree of the lip-rounding

• The vertical distance between the tongue and the roof of the mouth

……………….are those made with the tongue below its rest position.

• High vowels

• Low vowels

• Mid vowels

……………….. are those made with the corners of the lips moving away from each other as for a smile.

• Rounded vowels

• Unrounded vowels/ spread

• Neutral vowels

The length of a diphthong is equivalent to that of a …………. monophthong.

Centring diphthongs are those ending in …………………

• /ə/

• /I/

• /ʊ/

• /u/

What is this description about?

+ pure vowel sounds

+ speech organs remain in the same position

• Monophthongs

• Diphthongs

• Triphthongs

……………….is a tongue movement from one vocalic position to another.

Closing diphthongs are added /ə / at the end to make ………………….