EXTRA EXERCISES – CHAPTER 2 - GROUP 5

I. True/False: Decide whether the following are true or false:

1. The sounds we make when we speak are the contraction of the muscles.

2. The study of articulators is called acoustic phonetics.

3. The nasal cavity is an articulator.

4. The subdivisions of the tongue are tip, blade, front, back and root.

5. The vowels and consonants obstruct the flow of air.

6. The larynx is situated in the lower part of the wind – pipe.

7. The main divisions of the roof of the mouth will be referred to as dental, alveolar, hard
palate, and soft palate.

8. The most usual source of energy for our vocal activities is provided by an air stream
expelled from the lungs.

9. The lips may form a complete obstruction to the air stream.

10. There would be five recognizable states of the vocal cords.

II. Multiple choice: Choose the best answer

1. How many main speech mechanisms are there?

A. Two
B. Four
C. Six
D. Eight

2. Which is not a state of the glottis?

A. Wide apart
B. Narrow glottis
C. Vocal cords tightly opened
D. Vocal cords tightly closed

3. Which is not a stage of the speech chain?

A. Psychological
B. Acoustic
C. Articulatory
D. Synthetic
 4. Which is the articulator below the pharynx?

A. Larynx
B. The tongue
C. The eyes
D. The ears

5. What is the second stage in the speech chain?

A. Physical
B. Psychological
C. Articulatory
D. Acoustic

III. Matching: There is an answer that can be used twice

1. The air passing through the glottiscauses A. Wide apart

vibration which results in voiced sound.

2. The vocal cords are usually during voiceless B. Narrow glottis

consonants.

3. The sound is not very different from a C. Position for vocal cord
whispered vowel vibration

4. The vocal cords can be firmly pressed so that D. Vocal cords tightly closed
air can not pass between them.

5. As the air flows quickly past the edges of the

vocal cords, the cords are brought together again
by two forces acting together.
 KEY
I. 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. F (upper)

7. T 8. T 9. T 10. F (five -> four)

II. 1. B 2. C. 3. D. 4. A. 5. C

III. 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. CC