Building Blocks of Spoken Language

Another word for "grapheme" is....

• sound

• letter

• number

• phoneme

The word "August" has __ phonemes

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

When it comes to studying phonetics, spelling is...

• very important!

• not important at all!

Which of the following is a minimal pair for "house"?

Hint - there is only 1 correct answer!

• "haste"

• "spouse"

• "hound"

• "hiss"

Which of the following is a minimal pair of the word "road"?

Hint - there are 2 correct answers!

• rad

• goat

• rope

• roads

The word "height" has _ phonemes and _ graphemes.

• 4 phonemes

  7 graphemes

• 3 phonemes

  7 graphemes

• 6 phonemes

  3 graphemes

• 3 phonemes

  6 graphemes

What is the onset of the word "queen"?

• "qu" /kw/

• "ee" /i/

• "quee" /kwi/

• "n" /n/

What is the nucleus of the word "queen"?

• "qu" /kw/

• "ee" /i/

• "n" /n/

• "een" /in/

Changing a phoneme in a word will change the meaning of the word.

• True

• False

Changing an allophone in a word will change the meaning of the word.

• True

• False