FUN PHONETICS
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VOICELESS, POST-ALVEOLAR, FRICATIVE CONSONANT
A- /ʃ/
B- /ʒ/
C- /θ/
D- /h/
A- /ʃ/
Either the teacher or the students ___ responsible for the mistake.
A- IS
B- ARE
B- ARE
Agreement with the subject closest to the verb → students.
WHAT LITERARY DEVICES CAN WE IDENTIFY HERE?
"Silly squirrels scampered swiftly and slipped and skidded and squeaked across the street."
A- ALLITERATION + POLYSYNDETON
B- CONSONANCE + POLYSYNDETON
C- ALLITERATION + ASYNDETON
D- ALLITERATION + POLYSYNDETON + METONYMY
A- ALLITERATION + POLYSYNDETON
HOW MANY REPRESENTATIVES ARE THERE IN THE AMERICAN CONGRESS?
A- 275
B- 380
C- 435
D- 650
C- 435
Beyoncé is frequently referred to as “Queen ____.”
A- B.
B- BEE
C- BEY
D- BEYOND
C- BEY
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VOICELESS, GLOTAL, FRICATIVE CONSONANT
A- /g/
B- /j/
C- /ŋ/
D- /h/
D- /h/
Each of the boys ___ his own locker.
A- HAVE
B- HAS
B- HAS
Each is always singular.
WHAT LITERARY DEVICE CAN WE IDENTIFY HERE?
"He lost his keys, keys he had just put in his pocket, a pocket that now had a big hole."
A- AMPLIFICATION
B- ANADIPLOSIS
C- EPANALEPSIS
D- ANTIMETABOLE
B- ANADIPLOSIS
HOW MANY LORDS SPIRITUAL ARE THERE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS?
A- 26
B- 48
C- 92
D- UNDEFINED NUMBER
A- 26
TINA TURNER IS CONSIDERED QUEEN OF ROCK IN BRITISH CULTURE. WHICH IS NOT ONE OF HER SONGS?
A- PROUD MARY
B- THE BEST
C- RIVER DEEP
D- YOU OUGHTA KNOW
D- YOU OUGHTA KNOW
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HALF-CLOSE, BACK, ROUNDED VOWEL
A- /ɒ/
B- /ɒː/
C- /u/
D- /uː/
C- /u/
Ten dollars ..... enough to buy that book.
A- IS NOT
B- ARE NOT
A- IS NOT
(Amounts of money → singular.)
WHAT LITERARY DEVICE CAN WE IDENTIFY HERE?
"I always burn toast—no matter how hard I try, it’s always burnt toast."
A- EPANALEPSIS
B- EPISTROPHE
C- ANADIPLOSIS
D- CHIASMUS
A- EPANALEPSIS
WHEN DID THE USA JOIN THE FIRST WORLD WAR?
A- 1915
B- 1916
C- 1917
D- 1919
C- 1917
HOW LONG WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING’S FAMOUS SPEECH: I HAVE A DREAM?
A- 1200 WORDS
B- 1400 WORDS
C- 1600 WORDS
D- 1800 WORDS
C- 1600 WORDS
ANY DIFFERENCES IN PRONUNCIATION?
LUCY WENT OUT WITH HIS BOYFRIEND, JOHN.
LUCY WENT OUT WITH HIS BOY FRIEND, JOHN.
IF THE EXPLANATION IS GOOD ENOUGH, YOU'LL GET 400 POINTS!
COMPOUND NOUNS are single-stressed with the only stress usually placed on the first element.
IS THIS SENTENCE GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT?
The temperature has risen five degrees.
YES!
RISE is intransitive
RISEN is the past participle
WHAT LITERARY DEVICE CAN WE IDENTIFY HERE?
"What is done hastily is easily regretted."
A- PARALLELISM
B- CHIASMUS
C- PLEONASM
D- PARADOX
B- CHIASMUS
WHAT IS THE SCOTTISH FLAG LIKE?
A- A WHITE CROSS ON A BLUE BACKGROUND
B- A BLUE CROSS ON A WHITE BACKGROUND
C- A RED CROSS ON A WHITE BACKGROUND
D- A RED AND A BLUE CROSS ON A WHITE BACKGROUND
A- A WHITE CROSS ON A BLUE BACKGROUND
HUMANS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WITH KINGS AND QUEENS. ANIMALS LIVING FROM AFRICA HAVE THEIR OWN KING. DO YOU REMEMBER THE LION KING? WHEN WAS THE ORIGINAL VERSION RELEASED?
A- 1994
B- 1995
C- 1996
D- 1997
A- 1994
PERMIT, IMPORT, RECORD, ADDRESS, INSULT ARE EXAMPLES YOU CAN USE AT YOUR FINAL EXAM TO SHOW A PHONETIC CHANGE CALLED...
A- ACCENT SHIFT
B- INTONATION SHIFT
C- INITIAL-STRESS DERIVATION
D- FINAL-STRESS DERIVATION
C- INITIAL-STRESS DERIVATION
IS THIS SENTENCE GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT?
On the bed laid the little boy.
NO!
LAID is the past participle of LAY.
The little boy LAY on the bed.
On the bed LAY the little boy.
WHAT LITERARY DEVICE CAN WE IDENTIFY HERE?
"Am I a philosopher dreaming I'm a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming I'm a philosopher?"
A- CHIASMUS
B- PARADOX
C- LITOTES
D- ANTIMETABOLE
D- ANTIMETABOLE
WHICH OF THESE TERRITORIES IS NOT CONSIDERED A BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY?
A- THE ISLE OF MAN
B- THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
C- CAYMAN ISLANDS
D- TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
A- THE ISLE OF MAN
A- 5
B- 6
C- 7
4- 8
B- 6
Queen Victoria (1837–1901)
King Edward VII (1901–1910).
King George V (1910–1936).
King Edward VIII (January–December 1936).
King George VI (1936–1952).
Queen Elizabeth II (1952–2022)