Classification of consonant phonemes
Which sound is plosive, bilabial and voiceless?
A. /b/
B. /t/
C. /k/
D. /p/
D. /p/
What is assimilation?
A. It is the influence of a sound on a neighboring sound so that the two become similar or the same
B. Is the change from an alveolar sound to a palatal sound
C. Exchange consonant sounds for vowel sounds
D. Is the union of the words to pronounce correctly
A. It is the influence of a sound on a neighboring sound so that the two become similar or the same
What is a syllable?
A. A single, unbroken consonant sound within a spoken word.
B. A part of a word that contains no vowels.
C. A combination of vowel and consonant sounds that forms a complete word.
D. A single, unbroken vowel sound within a spoken word.
D. A single, unbroken vowel sound within a spoken word.
According to the majority of British and Russian phoneticians, how many degrees of word stress are there in English?
A) 4
B) 2
C) 5
D) 3
D) 3
What is a broad definition of intonation?
a) Variation of the pitch of the voice
b) Complex unity of speech melody, sentence stress, tempo, rhythm and voice timbre
c) It is suggested by English linguists
d) Combination of intensity, frequency, duration and contiguity
b) Complex unity of speech melody, sentence stress, tempo, rhythm and voice timbre
What is the characteristic of diphthongs?
A. There are 3 vowel sound
B. There are 2 vowel sounds
C. There are at least 2 vowel sounds and a consonant
D. it is a combination between one consonant and a vowel
B. There are 2 vowel sounds
Elision is ....
A. The leaving out of a sound
B. Lialision
C. Assimilation of sounds
D. Accomodation of vowels and consonants
A. The leaving out of a sound
How many syllables are in the word "activity"?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
C. 4
What does "suprasegmental" refer to in phonetics?
A. Features of speech sounds like consonants and vowels.
B. Characteristics such as stress, tone, or pitch that extend over syllables, words, or phrases.
C. The basic units of sound in a language.
D. The structure of individual phonemes.
B. Characteristics such as stress, tone, or pitch that extend over syllables, words, or phrases.
What are the elements of an intonation group?
a) Pre-head, head, nucleus, tail
b) Pre-head, tempo, head, nucleus
c) Head, level-tone, rhythm and timbre
d) Tempo, timbre, sentence stress and tail
a) Pre-head, head, nucleus, tail
Which sound is velar, nasal and voiced?
A. /m/
B. /n/
C. /j/
D. /η /
D. /η /
What is accomodation?
A. The lowering of the soft palate in the production of neighboring consonants
B.The process of adapting the articulation of sounds that are of a similar as identical nature
C. The process of adapting the articulation of a consonant to a vowel, or vowel to a consonant
D. Under the influence of mutual assimilation there appears a new phoneme
C. The process of adapting the articulation of a consonant to a vowel, or vowel to a consonant
Which category includes sounds /p/, /t/, /k/, /f/
a) Voiced stops
b) Voiceless consonants
c) Nasals and laterals
d) Open vowels
b) Voiceless consonants
What is word stress, or accent, in phonetics?
A. The use of pitch to convey meaning in a word.
B. The reduction of vowels in unstressed syllables.
C. Singling out one or more syllables in a word with greater force, pitch, and length.
D. The rhythm and melody of speech.
C. Singling out one or more syllables in a word with greater force, pitch, and length.
What functions does intonation carry out?
A) Constitutive, delimitative, distinctive and recognitive functions.
B) Constitutive and recognitive functions.
C) Syntactical and lexical functions.
D) It has no functions.
A) Constitutive, delimitative, distinctive and recognitive functions.
The word 'accelerate' is transcribed as .....
A. Ək'selƏreıt
B. Ək'selƏraıt
C. ik'selƏrest
D. Ək'selƏlət
A. Ək'selƏreıt
How do you explain progressive assimilation?
A. When words are not stressed
B. When the previous sound influences the following sound
C. When following sound influences the previous sound
D. When there are vowels at the end of a word
B. When the previous sound influences the following sound
How many syllables does this word have?
Rectangular
A.2
B.5
C.3
D.4
D.4
Which word shows the correct stress pattern for a noun and verb pair?
A. con'tract (noun) vs. 'contract (verb)
B. 'contract (noun) vs. con'tract (verb)
C. 'increase (noun) vs. in'crease (verb)
D. All of the above
B. 'contract (noun) vs. con'tract (verb)
What is a constitutive function of intonation?
A) It distinguishes different types of sentences.
B) It expresses characteristic features of a sentence.
C) It constitutes different grammatical structures.
D) It doesn‘t mean anything
C) It constitutes different grammatical structures.
The place of a articulation for /f/ is ________. This kind of sound is made with the lower lip and the upper teeth.
A. Labiodental
B. Alveolar
C. Interdental
D. Bilabial
D.
A. Labiodental
Define the type of assimilation in the word '' horseshoe''
A. Complete, regressive
B. Incomplete, progressive
C. Partial, regressive
D. Complete, progressive
A. Complete, regressive
Which of the following rules applies to syllable formation in English?
A. A syllable can only be formed by a single consonant.
B. A syllable can be formed by a consonant alone.
C. A syllable is always formed by a vowel alone or in combination with consonants.
D. A syllable must always end in a vowel.
C. A syllable is always formed by a vowel alone or in combination with consonants.
Where is the stress usually placed in two-syllable nouns?
A. On the first syllable
B. On the last syllable
C. Evenly distributed
D. On the second syllable
A. On the first syllable
What is distinctive function of intonation?
A) It distinguishes certain words in a sentence.
B) It distinguishes communicative types of sentences.
C) It distinguishes grammatical structures of a sentence.
D) It doesn‘t distinguish anythin
B) It distinguishes communicative types of sentences.