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Phonetics 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a phoneme?

a)

The smallest unit of pronunciation

b)

The most important unit of pronunciation

c)

The variations of each sound

d)

All of the above

2.

Phonetics is a science that studies...

a)

the description of sounds

b)

the classification of sounds

c)

the description and classification of sounds

d)

the systematic organization and functions of sounds

3.

Phonology is the branch of Linguistics that studies...

a)

the description and classification of sounds

b)

the funtions of sounds

c)

the organization of sounds

d)

the systematic organization of sounds, and their functions

4.

What is voice?

a)

The sounds produced by the larynx

b)

The sounds produced by the vocal folds

c)

The sounds produced by the mouth

d)

The sounds produced by speech

5.

How are vowels classified?

a)

bilabial - labiodental - alveolar

b)

close - mid - open

c)

front - central - back

d)

semivowels - laterals - nasals

6.

An allophone is any of the various phonetic realizations of a phoneme in a language

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

d)

Possibly

7.

What is aspiration?

a)

the voiceless interval between the release of a fricative and the voicing of a following vowel

b)

the voiceless interval between the release of a lateral and the voicing of a following vowel

c)

the voiceless interval between the release of a vowel and the voicing of a following consonant

d)

the voiceless interval between the release of a plosive and the voicing of a following vowel

8.

Tick the nasals

a)

/m/ /w/ /y/

b)

/s/ /l/ /p/

c)

/n/ /m/

d)

/t/ /k/ /g/

9.

Elision is the omission of a sound in formal speech

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

d)

Possibly

10.

Assimilation is ...

a)

the alteration of speech sound to make it more similar to consonant sounds.

b)

the alteration of speech sound to make it more similar to vowel sounds.

c)

the alteration of speech sound to make it more similar to its neighbours.

d)

the alteration of speech sound to make it different to its neighbours.