LING 301 ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
▶ Auditory Phonetics. Answer: How sounds are perceived in the brain
▶ Vocal Tract. Answer:
▶ English Consonants. Answer: Bilabial
Labio Dental
Interdental
Alveolar
Palatal
Velar
Glottal
▶ Bilabial. Answer: Both lips are involved
- [B] Boot
- [P] Pond
- [M] Mode
- [W] Wiggle
▶ Labio- Dental. Answer: The air passes between the lips and teeth
- [F] Phone
- [V] Vase
▶ Interdental. Answer: The tip of the tongue is between the top and bottom
teeth
[th] Thigh
▶ Alveolar. Answer: The tip of the tongue touches the alveolar ridge
[t] Tip
[d] Doubt
[s] Sound
[z] Zebra
[n] Numb
▶ Palatal. Answer: The tip of the tongue brushes over the hard plates
, ▶ Velar. Answer: The back of the tongue lightly touches to the velum
[k] Collar
[g] Gum
▶ Glottal. Answer: The air passes briefly through the vocal cords without
vibrating; the sound is produced in the glottis, the tongue is not involved
[h] Human
▶ English Consonants- Manner of Articulation. Answer: - We make
consonants by obstructing/stopping air as it leaves our oral cavity through
the nose/mouth
- Tells us how much obstruction there is
- Obstruents
- Sonorants
▶ Obstruents. Answer: Stops [p, b, t, d]
Fricatives [f, v, s, z, h]
▶ Sonorants. Answer: Nasals [m, n]
Approximates:
- Liquids [l]
- Glides [w, j]
▶ Monophthongs. Answer: Vowels that are perceived as single/simple
sounds
▶ Front Vowels. Answer: The tongue moves from the bottom up
- Bat, ash, bit, ink, dean
▶ Central Vowels. Answer: Tongue starts in the center and slightly moves
up as we pronounce the second vowel
- But, tough, among
▶ Back Vowels. Answer: Tongue retracts toward the back of the oral
cavity and movs form bottom up as we pronounce these vowels in the
following order
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
▶ Auditory Phonetics. Answer: How sounds are perceived in the brain
▶ Vocal Tract. Answer:
▶ English Consonants. Answer: Bilabial
Labio Dental
Interdental
Alveolar
Palatal
Velar
Glottal
▶ Bilabial. Answer: Both lips are involved
- [B] Boot
- [P] Pond
- [M] Mode
- [W] Wiggle
▶ Labio- Dental. Answer: The air passes between the lips and teeth
- [F] Phone
- [V] Vase
▶ Interdental. Answer: The tip of the tongue is between the top and bottom
teeth
[th] Thigh
▶ Alveolar. Answer: The tip of the tongue touches the alveolar ridge
[t] Tip
[d] Doubt
[s] Sound
[z] Zebra
[n] Numb
▶ Palatal. Answer: The tip of the tongue brushes over the hard plates
, ▶ Velar. Answer: The back of the tongue lightly touches to the velum
[k] Collar
[g] Gum
▶ Glottal. Answer: The air passes briefly through the vocal cords without
vibrating; the sound is produced in the glottis, the tongue is not involved
[h] Human
▶ English Consonants- Manner of Articulation. Answer: - We make
consonants by obstructing/stopping air as it leaves our oral cavity through
the nose/mouth
- Tells us how much obstruction there is
- Obstruents
- Sonorants
▶ Obstruents. Answer: Stops [p, b, t, d]
Fricatives [f, v, s, z, h]
▶ Sonorants. Answer: Nasals [m, n]
Approximates:
- Liquids [l]
- Glides [w, j]
▶ Monophthongs. Answer: Vowels that are perceived as single/simple
sounds
▶ Front Vowels. Answer: The tongue moves from the bottom up
- Bat, ash, bit, ink, dean
▶ Central Vowels. Answer: Tongue starts in the center and slightly moves
up as we pronounce the second vowel
- But, tough, among
▶ Back Vowels. Answer: Tongue retracts toward the back of the oral
cavity and movs form bottom up as we pronounce these vowels in the
following order
