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ID703 Review of weeks 1-3

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A _______ is a language sound that carries meaning.

a)

thought group

b)

phoneme

2.

In this class, you need to memorize ______ .

a)

the international phonetic alphabet (IPA)

b)

the modified international phonetic alphabet (MIPA)

3.

Vowel and consonant sounds are ______ .

a)

segmental phonemes

b)

suprasegmental phonemes

4.

Syllable stress, word stress, pitch, reductions, linking, and thought groups are _______ .

a)

segmental phonemes

b)

suprasegmental phonemes

5.

All vowel sounds are ______.

a)

voiced

b)

voiceless

6.

These consonants are ___________ : /p/ /f/ /t/ /h/ /s/ /k/ /θ/ /ʃ/ /tʃ/

a)

voiced

b)

voiceless

7.

A stressed syllable is ... (*choose all correct answers*)

a)

stronger

b)

louder

c)

longer

d)

shorter

8.

The rising and falling of pitch is called ...

a)

thought groups

b)

minimal pairs

c)

intonation

d)

syllable stress

9.

Bear and chair are a ______.

a)

thought group

b)

minimal pair

c)

segmental phoneme

d)

limerick

10.

Which of the following is true?

a)

When a PREFIX is added to a word, the syllable stress usually changes. (inter+national=international)

b)

When a SUFFIX is added to a work, the syllable stress usually changes. (Paris+ian --> Parisian)

11.

Trudy ______ piano lessons every Saturday.

a)

CONducts

b)

conDUCTS

12.

His ______ in class is not always great because he is a mischievous child.

a)

CONduct

b)

conDUCT

13.

You might not see the ________ this year, but you will when you come back for AELIC. :)

a)

WHITE house

b)

white HOUSE

14.

English, Arabic, Russian, and German are _____ languages.

a)

syllable-timed

b)

stress-timed

15.

In a _____ language, the amount of time it takes to say something depends on the number of syllables.

a)

stress-timed

b)

syllable-timed

16.

The shorter vowel sounds in English are ...

a)

/ɪ/ /æ/ /ɛ/ /ə/ /ʊ/

b)

/iy/ /ey/ /a/ /uw/ /ow/

c)

/ɔ/ /ɔy/ /aw/ /ay/

17.

Which of these words has a longer vowel sound? (PAE p. 31)

a)

beat (/biyt/)

b)

bees (/biyz/)

18.

Which of these words has a longer final consonant sound? (PAE p. 33)

a)

price (/prays/)

b)

prize (/prayz/)

19.

_______ words are the words in a sentence that are usually stressed because they convey the meaning/main idea. (nouns, main verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

a)

Content

b)

Function

20.

________ words are the words that help form grammatical sentences. (prepositions, articles, auxiliary verbs, pronouns)

a)

Content

b)

Function

21.

'Men fight wars' takes about the same amount of time to say as 'the men will fight the wars'.

a)

True.

b)

No way.

22.

__________ is when you stress the answer to an information question.

a)

Normal stress

b)

Emphatic stress

c)

Contrastive stress

d)

New information stress

23.

Which of the following would be linked with a /y/?

a)

you are

b)

he is

24.

Which of the following would be linked with a /w/?

a)

go out

b)

we owe

25.

Regular statements, information questions, and commands use ________.

a)

rising intonation (2-3)

b)

falling intonation (2-3-1)

26.

The bluebonnets are going to be great this year, aren't they?

a)

I'm confident (because there has been so much rain).

b)

I'm not certain about this (I don't know much about bluebonnets).

27.

The bluebonnets are going to be great this year, aren't they?

a)

I'm confident (because there has been so much rain).

b)

I'm not certain about this (I don't know much about bluebonnets).