Fill out the table featuring the English vowels.

RP VOWELS _______

1. Stability of articulation	Monophthongs - ______	Diph-thongs -__
2. Length of articulation	Long- __, __, ___, __, __	Short - __, __, __, __, __, ___, __	I-glide: __,___,__
3.Degree of muscular tension	Tense- __, __, ___, __, __	Lax - __, __, __, __, __, ___, __	@-glide: __,___,___
5. Lip participation	Rounded (labialized) __, __, ___, ___	Unrounded (non-labialized) __, __, __, __, __, ___, __,___	U-glide: ___,___
5.Vertical move- ment of the tongue	6. Horizontal	movement of the	tongue
	variety	fully front	front retracted	central (mixed)	back advanced	fully back
High	narrow
(close)	broad
Mid	narrow
(mid-open)	broad
Low	narrow
(open)	broad

Answer the following questions with one word or phrase.

JGTest 4. THE ARTICULATORY CLASSIFICATION

OF THE ENGLISH VOWELS

#	Question	Answer
	How many vowels are there in English?
	How is a pure vowel sound called?
	How many monophthongs and diphthongs are there in English?
	What are the elements of a diphthong?
	What English sounds are considered to be diphthongoids?
	What is the division of vowels according to the degree of muscular tension?
	What is the division of vowels according to the character of their end?
	What English vowel is considered to be half-long?
	What English vowel is long, tense, rounded, fully back, high of narrow variation?
	What English vowel is short, lax, rounded, back, low of broad variation?
	The number of correct points is
	My grade is

3. Read the text and speak about the intonation of statements in English.

Intonation of Statements

Statements are most frequently used with the Low (Medium) Fall preceded by the Falling Head or the High (Medium) Level Head. Such sentences sound final, complete and definite, e.g:

It’s °difficult. (No Head)

I Ê wanted to "go there im°mediately. (F.H. + L.F.)

It was >not so °easy. (H.L.)

Statements with the Falling or the High (Medium) Level Heads followed by the Low Rise or the Mid-Level Nuclear tones sound soothing and encouraging. Statements are also used with the Low Rising tone when they are intended as questions, e.g.: You ™like it?

The speaker sounds grumbling if the statement is pronounced with the Low Head followed by the Low Fall, e.g:

I >didn’t ex"pect to "see you °here.

If the statement is a correction of someone else’s words or a contradiction to something or a warning it is usually pronounced with the Falling Head or the High(Medium) Level Head followed by the Fall-Rise, e.g:

Verbal Context Response

He is forty. He is >forty- ë five.

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