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1
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What are / / used for?

A

Single quotations, very general and broad

2
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What are square brackets used for?

A

They are used to transcribe, more detailed and narrow, they are used to describe what you actually hear

3
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[p]

A

P for party, plan, perfect, panda etc.

4
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[b]

A

B for ball, bath, boy

5
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[m]

A

m for magic, mum, maths

6
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How are [p], [b] and [m] produced?

A

By closing the lips and releasing them

7
Q

What makes [p] different from [b]?

A

[b] is voiced and [p] is voiceless

8
Q

[m] and [b] are both _______ sounds

A

Voiced

9
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What makes [m] different from [b]?

A

[m] is continuous and it is a nasal sound (air goes through nose) and [b] is not

10
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[f]

A

f for finger, fat, frog

11
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[v]

A

v for vase, volume, very

12
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How are [f] and [v] produced?

A

by the top teeth and bottom lip

13
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[f] and [v] are both _____ sounds

A

continuous

14
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what makes [f] and [v] different to each other?

A

[f] is voiceless whereas [v] is voiced

15
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[t]

A

t for toad, table, tangerine

16
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[d]

A

d for dog, diamond, dance

17
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[n]

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for nose, napkin, knife

18
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how are [t], [d] and [n] produced?

A

by the tongue and the ridge of the mouth and then a release

19
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how is [t] different from [d] and [n]?

A

[t] is voiceless

20
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how is [n] different from [d]?

A

[n] is Nasal and a continuous sound whereas [d] is not

21
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[θ]

A

th sound, think, thought, throw

22
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[ð]

A

the sound at the stare of the, that, then

23
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how are [θ] and [ð] produced?

A

the tongue and the teeth

24
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[θ] and [ð] are both continuous sounds so how do they differ?

A

[θ] is voiceless whereas [ð] is voiced

25
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[s]

A

s for sandwich, spoon catS and snow

26
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[z]

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z for vase, rose, noSe, zoo, zip

27
Q

how are the sounds [s] and [z] produced?

A

the tongue sides raise up to create small groove/channel with the ridge of the mouth

28
Q

[s] and [z] are both ____ sounds

A

continuous

29
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how do [s] and [v] differ?

A

[s] is voiceless whereas [z] is voiced

30
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[i]

A

eeeee sound in fEEd,EAr and bE

31
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[ɛ]

A

eh sound in hEAd,drEss, tEddy

32
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[a]

A

ah sound in trap, bat, clap

33
Q

what are [i], [ɛ] and [a] collectively known as?

A

vowel sounds