Mock-Midterm for 1st Years

Which of the following sounds is voiced?

• /p/

• /t/

• /g/

• /k/

The sound /f/ is classified as:

• Voiced bilabial stop

• Voiceless labiodental fricative

• Voiced dental fricative

• Voiceless alveolar plosive

Which of the following pairs differ only by voicing?

• /t/ – /s/

• /p/ – /b/

• /f/ – /v/

• Both b and c

Which of the following consonants is nasal?

• /n/

• /d/

• /z/

• /r/

Which of these is a bilabial sound?

• /m/

• /f/

• /s/

• /θ/

Which of the following vowels is front and high?

• /iː/

• /uː/

• /æ/

• /ʌ/

The vowel /ɑː/ (as in “father”) is:

• Front, high, tense

• Back, low, tense

• Central, mid, lax

• Front, low, lax

The vowel /ʊ/ (as in “book”) is:

• High front rounded

• High back rounded

• Low front unrounded

• Mid central rounded

The main articulators for vowel production are:

• Tongue and lips

• Lips and teeth

• Vocal folds and glottis

• Hard and soft palate

The word “ship” in IPA is transcribed as:

• /sɪp/

• /ʃɪp/

• /sip/

• /ʃip/