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2. Write down the phonetic symbols representing the following descriptions, and
illustrate each of the sounds with two English words.
a) A voiced labiodental fricative e) A voiceless bilabial stop
b) A voiceless alveolar fricative f) A voiceless dental fricative
c) A voiced palato-alveolar affricate g) A voiced velar stop
d) A voiceless glottal fricative
5. Write down the phonetic symbols representing the following descriptions, and
illustrate each of the sounds with two English words.
a) A high front tense unrounded vowel
b) A low back lax unrounded vowel
c) A mid front tense unrounded vowel
d) A mid front lax unrounded vowel
e) A high back lax rounded vowel
f) A mid back lax rounded vowel
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6. Transcribe the following words and circle the one(s) that contain(s) a vowel that fits
the description on the left.
Low small bat great car flea
Front river song tell trap bright
Back loud so left mud trip
High shore shop bank fall moose
Rounded meet coarse such group cry
8. Do these (online)
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~lsp/Phonetics%20Exercises/POA1.html
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~lsp/Phonetics%20Exercises/MOA1.html
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~lsp/Phonetics%20Exercises/Vowels1Ex.html
9. Complete
Lateral voiced
Rhotic voiced
Glides voiced
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