LETRS Unit 2 Sessions 5&6 Quiz Review

Session 5

100

English vowels are easier for students to pronounce and write than consonants.

True

False

False

200

What makes r-controlled vowel sounds so confusing for students?

A. The sounds make two mouth movements.

B. The r takes over the preceding vowel sound.

C. There is only one way to spell an r-controlled vowel.

D. English does not allow this sound in the middle of words.

B

300

Which of the following sounds is considered a front vowel?

A.   /ə/

B.   /ā/

C.   /ō/

D.  /ŏ/

B

400

Which of the following vowels require that the mouth shift position during production of the sound? Select all that apply.

A.    /aw/

B.     /er/

C.    /oi/

D.   /ou/

C   and  D

500

Which of the following vowel sounds would be classified by a linguist as “tense” vowels?

A.      /ē/ and /yū/

B.     /ă/ and /o˘o/

C.     /ar/ and /er/

D.    /ǝ/ and /ŏ/

A

Session 6

100

1. Spanish has 22 phonemes represented by 27 symbols, compared to English’s 44 phonemes and 26 symbols.
   
   
   • true
   • false

true

200

• The variations common in African American English are predictable and governed by rules.

• true
• false

true

300

• Which of the following occurs as a result of coarticulation? Select all that apply.

A.    allophonic variations, in which we pronounce               individual phonemes differently from how would           pronounce them in isolation

B.    dialect variations that include nonstandard usage         and grammar as well as nonstandard                           pronunciation

C.      misspellings of words that are, in fact,                         phonetically logical

D.    . increased controversy about how to pronounce            specific phonemes correctly

A. &. C

400

• Which of the following misspellings likely results from confusion about unaspirated or deaspirated stop consonants?

1. 
   A.   spelling friend as “fred”
   B.   spelling drop as “jrop”
   C.   spelling batter as “badr”
   D.   spelling skip as “sgip”

D

500

• In which group of words does a tongue flap create significant differences between American and British pronunciations?

A.    . space, stick, scab

B.     mend, won’t, pink

C.     cattle, city, metal

D.    trip, stature, graduate

 

C