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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of the production

and perception of speech sounds ?

a)

phonology

b)

phonetics

c)

semantics

d)

pragmatics

2.

The study of the sound patterns of

language is called :

a)

articulation

b)

phonetics

c)

pragmatics

d)

phonology

3.

A minimal unit of sound that differentiates meaning in a particular language is a :

a)

syllable

b)

vowel

c)

phoneme

d)

morpheme

4.

The units of meaning that make up a word are know as :

a)

phonemes

b)

morphemes

c)

words

d)

components

5.

The system of rules of a language is called :

a)

order

b)

rules

c)

laws

d)

grammar

6.

A morpheme that occurs before, after, or within the root or stem of a word is called :

a)

a prefix

b)

a suffix

c)

an affix

d)

a lexical

7.

This are sound made with air passing through the nose

a)

bilabial

b)

dental

c)

glottal

d)

nasal

8.

A variant of a morpheme is called a/an

a)

allomorph

b)

phone

c)

phoneme

d)

morpheme

9.

A property of language that allows users to talk about things in the future is called :

a)

duality

b)

displacement

c)

productivity

d)

creativity

10.

The study of the physical properties of speech as sound waves is .......... phonetics

a)

ordinary

b)

articulatory

c)

acoustic

d)

auditory

11.

Sounds that resulting from combining two vowels are :

a)

diphthongs

b)

vowels

c)

consonants

d)

pure vowels

12.

The process of leaving out a sound segment in the pronounciation of a word is :

a)

assimilation

b)

aspiration

c)

articulation

d)

elision

13.

The process of taking words from other languages is :

a)

coinage

b)

borrowing

c)

blending

d)

conversion

14.

It can stand alone with distinct meaning :

a)

bound morphemes

b)

derivational morphems

c)

inflectional morphemes

d)

functional morphemes

15.

/ p / is a :

a)

fricatives

b)

affricate

c)

stop

d)

nasal

16.

the study of the origin and ..... of words is called etymology

a)

history

b)

form

c)

structure

d)

meaning

17.

A property of language whereby linguistics forms have two simulataneous levels is :

a)

displacement

b)

productivity

c)

creativity

d)

duality

18.

/ p / is :

a)

dental

b)

bilabial

c)

alveolar

d)

palatal

19.

the syllable before the vowel is :

a)

rhyme

b)

coda

c)

nucleus

d)

onset

20.

A new words formed from the initial letters of other words is :

a)

backformation

b)

acronyms

c)

clipping

d)

blending