1.What is the meaning of "syllable"?
syllables are usually described as consisting of a center which has little or no obstruction to airflow and which sounds comparatively loud ; before and after this center

2.What is a "minimum syllable"?
it is a single vowel in isolation that are preceded or followed by silence such as /m/

3. What is the meaning of "onset" and "coda"?
oneset is consonants which preceding the center of the syllable it can be up to 3 consonants and coda are consonants which are followed after the center and they can be up to 4 consonants

4.Give examples of the following syllables:
a) a minimum syllable ɑː , ɔː, ɜː
b) onset+peak 'bar' baː 'key' kiː 'more' mɔː
c)peak+coda 'am' æm 'ought' ɔːt 'ease' iːz
d) onset+peak+coda 'ran' ræn 'sat' sæt 'fill' fIl

5.What is the defenition of the following terms:
a) phonotactics : the study of the possible phoneme combinations of a lanquage
b) consonant cluster: when we have two or more consonants together we call them a consonants cluster

6. Name the onset or different parts of it in the following single-syllable words?
/ɔː/ no onset - it is a peak
/peI/ onset is 'p' and peak is eI
/steI/ first onset is 's', second onset is 't' and peak is eI
/splet/first onset is 's', second onset is 'p' ,peak is e, coda is 't'

7. Which group of consonants can happen in the following positions?
/.....keIl/ pre initial consonant
/s......og/ initial consonants+post initial consonants
/........raI/pre initial consonants+ initial consonants

8. If we have a pre-initial consonant, in a two-consonant onset, which group of consonants can follow it?
p-t-k-b-d-g-f-θ-ʃ-h-v-ð-z-ɜ-m-n-ŋ

9.In a three-consonant onset, which consonants can occure respectively? the s is the pre initial consonant, the p,t,k that follow are initial consonant and the l,r,w are post initial

10. In the initial position of syllables,which consonant(s) and vowel(s) can not occure or rarely occure? ŋ and ɜ are rare to occure in the initial position