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Phonology III / Second Partial // 15 points.

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Aspects of connected speech.

Do stressing and de-stressing syllables and words give us "rhythm"?

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Rhythm is the musicality of english the ups and downs and the connected speech in the linking of words...

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Where does the rhythm come from in english?

a)

Syllable stress and word stress.

b)

Syllable de-stress and staircase intonation.

4.

Do "content words" include: Main verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, negatives, "wh words" and interjections?

a)

Ture

b)

False

5.

Assimilation is a process by which one sound becomes more similar to a nearby sound in one or more features...

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Assimilation may occur between two adjacent sounds (Contiguous) or at a distance (non-contiguous)...

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The direction of assimilation may be forward (progressive) or backward (regressive)...

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The assimilation may be partial or total...

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Elision is omitting one or more sounds from a word or phrase to make it easier to pronounce...

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Elision. When T or D comes between two consonants at the end of a syllable it gets elided... C-t-C---

a)

False

b)

True

11.

Choose the correct types of linking.

a)

Consonant-vowel and vowel-vowel

b)

Consonant-consonant and vowel-vowel

12.

Based on Consonant-vowel linking.

How do you pronounce "look up"?

a)

Look up

b)

Loo kup

13.

Based on Consonant-vowel liking.

How do you pronounce "that's an umbrella"

a)

That is an umbrella.

b)

That´ sa numbrella.

14.

Based on vowel-vowel linking.

How do you pronounce "stay out"?

a)

Sta yout.

b)

Stay-y-out.

15.

Based on vowel-vowel linking.

How do you pronounce "he asked"?

a)

He-w-asked.

b)

He-y-asked.