Pronunciation quiz

What is the difference between a stress-timed language and a syllable-timed language?

• Stress-timed languages use stress for rhythm.

• stress-timed languages use syllables for rhythm

• Syllable-time languages have no stress in their syllables.

Which of the following words has a short vowel sound?

• Seat

• Sheet

• Sit

• Sheep

Which of the following words has a long vowel sound?

• Cat

• Car

• Book

• Pen

Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently

• health

• appear

• ready

• heavy

Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently

• safe

• site

• sure

• sign

What is word stress?

• The emphasis placed on a particular word in a sentence.

• The pattern of rising and falling pitch in a language.

• The anxiety that activities like this one produce in students.

• The emphasis placed on a particular syllable in a word.

Which of these statements is true? Choose 1 option.

• Voiced consonants are produced with vocal cord vibration, unvoiced consonants without.

• Unvoiced consonants are produced with vocal cord vibration, voiced consonants without.

• voiced and unvoiced consonants don't exist in Spanish.

When do we use rising intonation in English? (Mark all that apply)

• Commands

• Wh-questions

• Yes-No questions

• Statements of surprise

Which of these words contains the /tʃ/ sound?

• Judge

• Shoot

• Shower

• Sketch

Rhythm in English is determined by...

• The combination of content and function words.

• The amount of syllables in a word.

• The accent of the speaker.