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Tests anglais Phonetics and Intonation (A-B-C)

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 6hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The english word which correspond to the following phonetic transcription : /ˈmʌŋki/

a)

monkey

b)

donkey

c)

key

2.

" A human speech sound produced when the breath flows out throught the mouth without being blocked by the teeth, tongue, or lips." This is a definition of :

a)

Phonemes

b)

Consonants

c)

Vowels

d)

Morphemes

3.

The definition of a diphtong is :

a)

A speech sound produced when the breath is at least partly obstructed.

b)

A speech sound produced when the breath flows out throught the mouth without being blocked.

c)

A speech sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllabe.

d)

A speech sound formed by the combination of three vowels in a single syllabe.

4.

"The music of the language : rythhm, accent, intonation, tone, stress. The speaker's emotions, irony, sarcasm, etc." This is a definition of :

a)

Phonetics

b)

Stress

c)

Intonation

d)

Prosody

5.

In English, content words are stresses, function word are unstressed.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Prophetic syllables are always stressed.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

With reference to the phonetic symbol sheet completed in lecture, which word (image) was used to help you learn the vowel symbol /ɔɪ/ ?

a)

Owl

b)

Boy

c)

Horse

d)

Phone

8.

With reference to the phonetic symbol sheet completed in lecture, which word (image) was used to help you learn the vowel symbol /aʊ/ ?

a)

Car

b)

Phone

c)

Bike

d)

Owl

9.

The fact of intensifying a particular syllable in a word refers to :

a)

Stress

b)

Prosody

c)

Phonetics

d)

Intonation

10.

With reference to the phonetic symbol sheet completed in lecture, which vowel symbol was used to help pronounce the first and final syllables of the word "bird" ?

a)

/ɜ:/

b)

/e/

c)

/ɔ/

d)

/ə/

11.

The study of the sounds of a human speech refers to :

a)

Phonetics

b)

Semantics

c)

Acoustics

d)

Linguistics

12.

In the sentence "I was going to tell you", how many times does the schwa sound occur ?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

2

d)

1

13.

With reference to the phonetic symbol sheet completed in lecture, which word (image) was used to help you learn the vowel symbol /əʊ/ ?

a)

Bike

b)

Phone

c)

Owl

d)

Tourist

14.

In the following : "Wait - You're breaking up." and "Wait ! You're breaking up ?!", which sentence deals with a divorce ?

a)

Neither sentence

b)

Both sentences

c)

The first sentence

d)

The second sentence

15.

The english word which correspond to the following phonetic transcription : /θʌm/

a)

Dumb

b)

Thumb

c)

Numb

16.

In English, yes-no questions use falling intonation.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The english word which correspond to the following phonetic transcription : [ ˈsɪŋɪŋ ]

a)

Sin

b)

Sing

c)

Singing

18.

What is the only phonetic symbol with a name ?

a)

Schwe

b)

Schwa

c)

Schwi

d)

Schwo

19.

The english word which correspond to the following phonetic transcription : /ˈʃaʊə/

a)

Shower

b)

Show

c)

Snow

20.

In a word containing a prophetic syllable, we stress the syllable just before it.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

" A human speech sound produced when the breath is at least partly obstructed (by the teeth, tongue, or lips)" - This is a definition of :

a)

Vowel

b)

Phoneme

c)

Morpheme

d)

Consonant

22.

Which of the following words are an exception to the prophetic syllable rule ?

a)

Arabic, arithmetic, catholic

b)

Incredible, desirable, impossible

c)

Variety, superiority, ambiguity

d)

Patient, experience, inefficiency

23.

In "Sally knows Peter, doesn't she ?", if the speaker is just chatting (not checking) what type of intonation will be used for the question tag ?

a)

Rising

b)

Falling

c)

Fall-rise

d)

Rise-fall

24.

Affirmative statements such as "You'd have to be pretty generous to give 1.3 million to someone that you hardly know" use which type of intonation model ?

a)

Rise-fall

b)

Falling

c)

Fall-rise

d)

Rising

25.

With reference to the phonetic symbol sheet completed in lecture, which word (image) was used to help you learn the vowel symbol /ɒ/ ?

a)

Car

b)

Horse

c)

Clock

d)

Shoe

26.

There are 26 letters in the Latin alphabet but how many phonemic sounds are there in the English language ?

a)

40

b)

44

c)

41

d)

42

27.

With reference to the phonetic symbol sheet completed in lecture, which word (image) was used to help you learn the vowel symbol /ɪ/ ?

a)

Fish

b)

Cat

c)

Tree

d)

Car

28.

"The division of speech into units; highlighting specific words, vowels or syllables." - This is a definition of :

a)

Prosody

b)

Phonetics

c)

Intonation

d)

Stress

29.

A phoneme is :

a)

A minimal unit of stress in a language.

b)

A minimal unit of lexical meaning in a language.

c)

A minimal unit of a grammatical meaning in a language.

d)

A minimal unit of sound in a language.

30.

With reference to the phonetic symbol sheet completed in lecture, which word (image) was used to help you learn the vowel symbol /aɪ/ ?

a)

Owl

b)

Train

c)

Cat

d)

Bike

31.

In standard English pronunciation, how many different types of vowels are there ?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

1

d)

4

32.

Indicate the stressed syllable in the word "relationship" ?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

2

d)

1

33.

The english word which correspond to the following phonetic transcription : [tʃɛs].

a)

Chance

b)

Chess

c)

Face

34.

With reference to the phonetic symbol sheet completed in lecture, which word (image) was used to help you learn the vowel symbol /ɪə/ ?

a)

Ear

b)

Owl

c)

Chair

d)

Tourist

35.

In the following sentence, "I didn't say we should kill him.", which word should be stressed in order to convey the meaning "I only meant to frighten him." ?

a)

we

b)

didn't

c)

say

d)

kill

36.

With reference to the phonetic symbol sheet completed in lecture, which vowel symbol was used to help pronounce the first and final syllables of the word "bull" ?

a)

/ə/

b)

/u:/

c)

/ʌ/

d)

/ʊ/

37.

The following languages are stressed-timed (the rythmic impression is based on the regular timing of stress peaks, not syllables).

a)

Swahili and Russian

b)

English and German

c)

French and Italian

d)

Urdu and Hindi

38.

Falling intonation means :

a)

how the voice falls on every stressed syllable of a phrase

b)

how the voice falls on the middle stressed syllable of a phrase

c)

how the voice falls onthe initial stressed syllable of a phrase

d)

how the voice falls on the final stressed syllable of a phrase

39.

In the following sentence "They can come on Friday", the positive form of "can" in pronounced :

a)

/can/

b)

/kən/

c)

/kan/

d)

/kæn/

40.

A morpheme is :

a)

A minimal unit of stress in a language.

b)

A minimal unit of lexical meaning in a language.

c)

A minimal unit of a grammatical meaning in a language.

d)

A minimal unit of sound in a language.

41.

In the sentence "This exercice takes a lot of time", how many times does the schwa sound occur ?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

42.

What is the symbol for the weakest, most unstressed, and most common sound in English ?

a)

/e/

b)

/θ/

c)

/ə/

d)

/ɔ/

43.

With reference to the phonetic symbol sheet completed in lecture, which word (image) was used to help you learn the vowel symbol /ɔ:/ ?

a)

Clock

b)

Car

c)

Boy

d)

Horse

44.

With reference to the phonetic symbol sheet completed in lecture, which word (image) was used to help you learn the vowel symbol /æ/ ?

a)

Clock

b)

Bike

c)

Cat

d)

Car

45.

Which of the following groups of words typically undergoes a process of vowel deletion in English ?

a)

Psychology, sociology, education

b)

Researcher, statistics, probability

c)

Separate, different, camera

d)

Specific, define, constantly

46.

The phonetic symbol which denotes a long vowel is :

a)

:

b)

>

c)

ː

d)

_

47.

In bisyllabic homographs which syllable should we stress if we refer to a verb ?

a)

Neither

b)

The first

c)

Both

d)

The second

48.

In "It's a beautiful town, isn't it ?", if the speaker is checking (not chatting) what type of intonation will be used for the question tag ?

a)

Rise-fall

b)

Falling

c)

Fall-rise

d)

Rising

49.

In English, the following are "Function" words :

a)

Nouns and lexical verbs

b)

Adjectives

c)

Auxiliary verbs and determiners

d)

Adverbs

50.

How many syllables are there in the following words : separate, different and chocolate ?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

51.

In bisyllabic homographs which syllable should we stress if we refer to a noun ?

a)

Both

b)

Neither

c)

The second

d)

The first

52.

In the following sentence, "I love your mother's cooking.", which word should we stressed in order to emphasis how I feel about her cooking ?

a)

love

b)

I

c)

cooking

d)

your mother's

53.

In the word "tomorrow" decide where in the word the schwa sound occur ?

a)

rr

b)

to

c)

ow

d)

mo

54.

Which of the different types of vowels named below is false ?

a)

Diphtongs

b)

Short monophtongs

c)

Short diphtongs

d)

Long monophtongs

55.

With reference to the phonetic symbole sheet completed in lecture, which vowel symbol was used to help pronounce the first syllable of the word "tourist" ?

a)

/ə/

b)

/uː/

c)

/ʊ/

d)

/ʊə/

56.

In the word "difficult" where in the word the schwa sound occur ?

a)

fi

b)

cult

c)

di

d)

ic

57.

With reference to the phonetic symbole sheet completed in lecture, which vowel symbol was used to help pronounce the first and the final syllables of the word "computer" ?

a)

/ə/

b)

/ʌ/

c)

/ɔ/

d)

/e/

58.

Paying particular attention to the pauses, in which of the following propositions is John the idiot ?

a)

John said the boss is (pause) an idiot.

b)

John said (pause) the boss is an idiot.

c)

John (pause) said the boss (pause) is an idiot.

d)

John said the boss is an idiot.

59.

Indicate the stressed syllable in the word "pediatrician" ?

a)

5

b)

4

c)

1

d)

3

60.

In the following sentence, "I didn't say we should kill him.", which word should be stressed in order to convey the meaning "We were supposed to kill his brother " ?

a)

supposed

b)

I

c)

we

d)

him

61.

In English, wh-questions use falling intonation.

a)

True

b)

False

62.

Indicate the stressed syllable in the word "characteristic".

a)

4

b)

2

c)

1

d)

5

63.

In the sentence "The book is about pronunciation.", how many times does the schwa sound occur ?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

1

d)

2

64.

With reference to the phonetic symbol sheet completed in lecture, which word (image) was used to help you learn the vowel symbol /eɪ/ ?

a)

Owl

b)

Bike

c)

Train

d)

Phone

65.

In English, the following are "Content" words :

a)

Conjunctions

b)

Nouns and lexical verbs

c)

Auxiliary verbs

d)

Determiners and prepositions

66.

Which of the following syllables is prophetic ?

a)

-ness

b)

-tion

c)

-ship

d)

-ful

67.

With reference to the phonetic symbol sheet completed in lecture, which word (image) was used to help you learn the vowel symbol /eə/ ?

a)

Egg

b)

Ear

c)

Owl

d)

Chair

68.

Indicate the prophetic syllable in the word "opportunity".

a)

por

b)

ity

c)

tun

d)

op

69.

If you want to speed up when you speak in English, you have to ...

a)

shorten the lenght of all the syllables

b)

speak quicker

c)

verbalise only the important words such as nouns and verbs

d)

reduce the unstressed syllables even more by "schwa-ing" them

70.

In the following sentence "They can't come on Friday", the negative form of "can't" in pronounced :

a)

/ka:nt/

b)

/kant/

c)

/kænt/

d)

/kənt/