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Name 5 active speech organs
-any 5-
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Name 6 passive speech organs
-any 5-
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What is the graphic representation of tongue position (when pronouncing vowels) and how does it work?
vowels' trapeze, it has rows and rises showing where your tongue is
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Which consonant sounds are called nasal?
m, n
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Which sounds in English are especially difficult for a Russian speaker?
æ, a:, w, r, ð, θ
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What's the difference between voiced and voiceless consonant sounds?
the amount of air/tension going through your vocal cords
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Which words are practically never stressed in a phrase
"technical" parts of speech: prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions, particles, auxillary verbs...
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Describe the intonation in alternative ("or") questions
It goes up at the every element but the last
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Sound /eə/ is...
vowel, diphthong
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What parameters do you classify vowels by?
Length, stability of articulation, tongue position, lip position
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Which human organs can only perform the speech function?
None. Speech is only the secondary function of all organs involved
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Sound /t/ is...
consonant, alveolar, voiceless
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Sound /θ/ is...
consonant, voiceless dental fricative
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Name the types of syllables in English
open, closed, open + r, closed + r
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Sound /w/ is...
consonant, voiced labial–velar approximant
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Describe the intonation in special (question word) questions
It goes down at the end of the phrase
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Sound /o/ is...
vowel, tense, mid-back, short, monophthong, bilabial (rounded)
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Sound /i/ is....
monophthong, short, front, unrounded
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Describe the intonation in general (yes/no) questions
It goes up at the end of the phrase
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