5 Phonetics & Phonology Training - Teachers’ License by Yousef A

1- When the acoustic and articulatory phenomena is studied. This constitutes part of ...........

• A) speech sounds

• B) speech acts

• C) phonology

• D) phonetics

Answer explanation

عندما تدرس الظواهر الصوتیة والمفصلیة. هذا یشكل جزءا من الصوتیات

Phonetics

2- The word "unbreakable" consists of ....... syllables.

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• A)- 2

• B)- 3

• C)- 4

• D)- 5

Answer explanation

Un-break-a-ble

3- Changing the stress patterns in words such as "present" changes the ………………. of the word

• A)- spelling

• B)- meaning

• C)- pronunciation

• D)- b and c

4- When two or more sounds do not occur in the same sound environment are called:

• A)- Minimal pairs

• B)- minimal sets

• C)- Allophone

• D)- Complementary distribution

5- When a word is pronounced in two different ways such as either - /aIðə/ or / i:ðə / are called:

• A)- Complementary distribution

• B)- Minimal pairs

• C)- Free variation

• D)- Minimal sets

6- Which of the following words has a different vowel sound?

• A)- foot

• B)- food

• C)- boom

• D)- bloom

7-  /t/,/t/and/t/ in tuck, hits and slept are called

• A-)allophones 

• B-)allomorphs

• C-)minimal sets

• D-)minimal pairs

8-  when a speech sound undergoes a change in in speech, becoming more like a neighboring sound, this process is ..

• A-) assimilation

• B-) aspiration

• C-) adaptation

• D-) articulation

Answer explanation

Assimilation takes place when one sound became more like a nearby sound

9- ......phonetics deals with the properties of s sound of as represent in variations in the wave.

• A-) Acoustic

• B-) Articulatory

• C-) Auditory

• D-) Generative

10-  we can also use the upper teeth with the lower lip,for........sounds .this is how we make an f sound

• A-) Uvular

• B-) labiodental

• C-) velar

• D-) nasal