Oral: Consonants Sounds clustered with /j/ - SS1 English Past Questions and Answers - page 1

Oral consonant sounds clustered with /j/ are consonant sounds that are followed by the semivowel /j/. These sounds include /b/, /d/, /g/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /l/, /r/, and /w/. When these sounds are followed by /j/, the /j/ sound is pronounced as a glide between the consonant and the following vowel. For example, the word "boy" is pronounced as /bɔɪ/. The /b/ sound is followed by the semivowel /j/, which is pronounced as a glide between the /b/ and the /ɔɪ/ vowel.

Word stress of three syllables, stressed on the 2nd syllable, is pronounced with the primary stress on the 2nd syllable and secondary stress on the 1st and 3rd syllables. For example, the word "beautiful" is pronounced as /bjuːˈtɪfəl/. The primary stress is on the 2nd syllable, /tɪfəl/, and the secondary stress is on the 1st and 3rd syllables, /bjuː/ and /ful/.