Week 15_Revision on Stress, Connected speech, Intonation

Which following options doesn’t have rhythm?

• The way we write syllables to form a sentence

• Normal people heartbeat

• A piece of music

• Flash light

In what rule of linking we use instrusive /j/ and /w/ sound?

• Identical consonants

• Consonant to vowel

• Vowel to vowel

• Similar consonants

Choose the correct case of linking for this example: China and India

• identical consonants

• Instrusive /w/

• Intrusive /j/

• Intrusive /r/

Which language has Stress-timed rhythm?

• English

• French

• Chinese

• Telugu

A foot will usually begin with a stress syllable and includes all following unstressed syllable up to the following unstressed syllable.

• True

• False

The phenomenon where the words or sounds are connected together is.....

• Rhythm

• Assimilation

• Linking

• Elision

When elision occurs, the word /təˈnaɪt/ will be...

• /təˈneɪt/

• /tֽnaɪt/

• /tənɪte/

• /ta'naɪt/

Sound change in which some phonemes change to be more similar to other nearby sounds". This concept refers to (a)  

"The ____________ process change characteristic of a phoneme due to influence of a sound preceding it in a word"

• PROGRESSIVE ASSIMILATION

• REGRESSIVE ASSIMILATION

What happen to the /ə/ if there is /p/, /t/ & /k/ before it?

• /ə/ is stressed

• /ə/ may disappear

• /p/, /t/ & /k/ is stressed

• /p/ & /t/ may disappear & /k/ is stressed