Answer the following questions about different types of assimilations.
1. How are English consonants modified in the position before sonorants [w] and [r]?
2. How is the sonorant [r] modified when combined with different consonants?
3. Explain the difference between complete and partial Loss of Plosion. Give examples.
4. Explain the phenomena of Nasal and Lateral Plosions.
5. What are the principles of pronouncing plosive consonants and fricative [s]?
6. In what consonant clusters do we observe no assimilation? How should such clusters be pronounced?
7. What happens to different consonants in their combination with inter-dental sounds [θ, ð]?
8. In what cases are English words linked together in the speech flow with the help of the sonorant [r]?
9. In what cases do we observe stronger (and weaker) assimilations?
10. When is it possible (and when is it not) to omit sounds in speech?