Name: Logroño, Mutya Kismet

Course & Yr.: BSED-ENGLISH I

ASSESSMENT 2.2

Instructions: Answer the following as indicated.

A. Which English vowels are referred to in the following descriptions? Write

their phonetic symbols.
a. The highest front vowel - [i]
b. The most central vowel - [ ɨ ʉ]
c. The lowest back vowel - [ɑ]
d. The lowest front vowel - [æ]
e. Vowels that are never rounded in English - [i], [ɪ], [e], [ɛ], [æ], [ɑ], [ʌ], [ə]

B. Transcribe into phonetic symbols the vowel sounds in:

a. pot - [ɑ] f. call - [o]
b. mat - [æ] g. he - [e]
c. cope - [ʊ] h. book - [u]
d. mate - [eɪ] i. boot - [u]
e. hut - [ʌ] j. bet - [ꜫ]

C. List two English words that contain each of the following vowel sounds.
(Do not use words given as examples in the exercises in this module).
1. [i] - dissatisfaction, experimentation
2. [ɪ] - His, List
3. [ꜫ] - work, walk
4. [e] - Meal, meat
 5. [æ] - bake, stake

D. Transcribe into phonetic symbols the diphthongs contained in the words

given below.

a. boil - [aƱ] f. aisle - [ei]

b. sigh - [ai] g. bough - [ə]
c. cow - [ƏƱ] h. by - [aɪ]
d. owl - [ƏƱ] i. boy - [ɔi]
e. toy - [ɔi] j. sign - [ai]

E. Compare and contrast tense and lax vowels.

Answer:
Tense vowels are articulated with greater muscular effort, slightly higher tongue
positions, and longer durations than lax vowels. Authorities use terms such as tense
and lax to describe the degree of tension in the tongue muscles, particularly those
muscles responsible for the bunching up of the tongue lengthways.