english phonetics test

what sound does the phonetic symbol /p/ represent?....

• /b/

• /t/

• /k/

• /p/

which phonetic symbol in this picture represent a vowel?....

• short and front

• long and front

• short and back

• long and back

Which is an example of a bilabial consonant?....

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What is the name of the process of changing a vowel sound to be similar to an adjacent vowel sound?....

• insertion

• Elision

• Assimiliation

• Reduction

5. what is a diphtong?....

• One vowel sound

• Two vowel sounds that are combine

• 5. An attenuated consonant

• An attenuated vowel

7. What is meant by 'minimal pairs'?....

• pairs of words that have the same meaning

• word pairs that have one phoneme difference

• word pairs that have two phoneme differences

• word pairs that have three phoneme differences

7. what is meant by ''pitch'' in phonetics ?....

• strength of sound pressure

• sped of speech

• the height and pitch of a sound

• depth of sound

what is meant by "intonation"?....

• the height and pitch the sound

• the strength of the sound

• speed of speech

• depth of voice

9. what is meant by "stress" in phonetics?....

• stress on all syllables

• stress on consonant

• stress on vowels

• pressure on a particular syllable

10. 10. which is an example of nasal consonant?....

• A./P/

• B./m/

• C./T/

• D. /k/