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The sound of Language

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

how many consonant clusters in this given word?

BEAUTIFUL

a)

5 consonants

b)

3 consonants

c)

4 consonants

d)

2020 consonants

2.

what is the phonetic notation system used to represent all of the phones in human speech?

a)

IPI

b)

APA

c)

IPA

d)

API

3.

what is phonetics

a)

who know???

b)

studies the properties of speech sounds in general (independent of any language)

c)

is the study of words how are they formed and their relationship to other words in the same alnguage

d)

is the set of rules, principles and processes that govern structure of sentences in given language, usually insluding word order

4.

which one is not pronounce /t/?

a)

Culture

b)

Little

c)

Terminal

d)

Photographer

5.

which word is voiceless?

a)

loved

b)

stabbed

c)

laughed

d)

pleased

6.

Labiodental?

a)

Made with upper and lower lip

b)

Lower lip and upper front teeth

c)

Tongue tip and upper front teeth

d)

Tongue blade and back of alveolar ridge

7.

which word has the same vowel as day

a)

Thought

b)

What

c)

play

d)

soil

8.

which word has the same vowel as dream?

a)

Drip

b)

Lip

c)

Scream

d)

drink

9.

Choose the correct diphthong for the underline word.


The basketball is bouncing.

a)

/eɪ/

b)

/aɪ/

c)

/aʊ/

d)

/eə/

10.

Choose the correct word for


/ɪə/

a)

trace

b)

anathema

c)

beard

d)

Antidisestablishmentarianism