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Intro to English Phonetics

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Are son and sun pronounced the same way?
a)
Yes
b)
No
2.
Are where and were pronounced the same way?
a)
Yes
b)
No
3.
What sound does it represent?
a)
nn
b)
n
c)
gn
d)
ng
4.
What sound does it represent?
a)
TH as in "that"
b)
TH as in "think"
c)
TH as in "both"
d)
TH as in "Math"
5.
In which word is this sound present?
a)
crisp
b)
church
c)
mash
d)
stop
6.

Choose the best description for the first sound in the American pronunciation of the word 'teeth.'

a)

ALVEOLAR

b)

VELAR

c)

LABIODENTAL

d)

ALVEOLARPALATAL

7.

Choose the correct transcription for 'grab'

a)

/'græb/

b)

/'graed/

c)

/'græd/

8.
The study of speech as a physical process
a)
phonetics
b)
photography
c)
morphology
d)
pragmatics
9.
IPA stands for
a)
Interval Pronunciation Association
b)
International Phoneme Alphabet
c)
International Phonetic Alphabet
d)
International Phonetic Association
10.

Sounds in language can be divided into two groups: _______ and _________ .

a)

vowels and consonant

b)

ear and mouth

c)

syllables and word

d)

syllable and phoneme

11.
vowels are always ___________
a)
voiced
b)
unvoiced
c)
okay
d)
open mouth
12.

/ˈbɑː ˌkəʊd/

a)

baked

b)

bar-code

c)

barracuda

13.

/ˈaɪ.lənd/

a)

island

b)

air land

c)

alien

14.

The study of speech production is called ....

a)

acoustic phonetics

b)

articulatory phonetics

c)

auditory phonetics

d)

agricultural phonetics