WorksheetsSYLLABLES
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 17mins
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
How many syllables does the word "Morning" have?
One
Two
Three
How many syllables does the word "Extra" have?
One
Three
Two
When we have two or more consonants together we call them a
Consonant cluster
Initial consonant
Post-initial consonant
A minimum syllable is
A single vowel in isolation
A single consonant in isolation
Two vowels in isolation
When one consonant stands between vowels and it is difficult to assign the consonant to one syllable or the other- as in "better" and "carry"- we could say that the consonant belongs to
One syllable
Both syllables
A consonant
Some syllables that end with one or more consonants have
A coda
An onset
A coda and an onset
If the first syllable of the word in question begins with a vowel we say that this initial syllable has a
Zero postset
Zero offset
Zero onset
In consonant clusters we can find the possibility of up to four consonants at the end of a words, wich are
Zero coda - Pre-coda - final - Post-final
Zero coda - Final - Post-coda - Post-final
Zero coda - Final - Pre-final - Post-final
The term "sonority" corresponds to:
Loudness
Amplification
Melody
A consonant that "belongs to both syllables" in the same word are also called differently by phonologist as
Double syllabic
Two vowelled
Ambisyllabic
COMPLETE THE BLANK SPACE
A minimum (a) is a single vowel in isolation
The study of possible phoneme combinations of a language is called (a)
Any consonants may be a final consonant, except for H, W and (a)
When we have two or more consonants together we call them a consonant (a)
Syllables may have no onset but have a (a) that is when they end with one or more consonants
TRUE OR FALSE
A syllable may be defined both phonetically and phonologically
True
False
Syllables have only a "coda" or an "onset" separately
True
False
If the first syllable of the word in question begins with a vowel, the initial syllable has a "zero onset"
True
False
There are three sorts of two-consonant final clusters: The pre-final, the middle-final and the post final
True
False
The rhyme is divided into the peak and the syllabic consonants
True
False
