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WorksheetsEnglish Phonology Mid test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is a phoneme?
the smallest unit of sound
a blend of phone and meme
a single letter
the volume of your voice
What does phonology deal with?
the pronunciation of a particular language
the sound system of a particular language
the acoustic properties of a particular language
the grammatical properties of a particular language
The space between the vocal folds is called
epiglottis
pharynx
glottis
larynx
It deals with the production of speech sounds. It simply refers to the utterance of speech sounds which may otherwise be identified as enunciation.
Acoustic Phonetics
Articulatory Phonetics
Auditory Phonetics
Autonomy Phonetics
What is a way of speaking a language? It relates to a significant utterance or speech pattern resulting from the consequences and pauses of stress and pitch accent.
Intonation
Stress
Accent
Juncture
What is the branch of linguistics that investigates the ways in which sounds are used systematically in different languages to form words and utterances?
Phonetics
Phonics
Phonotactics
Phonology
The space between the vocal cords is called the ...
glottis
larynx
nasal cavity
pharynx
The alveolar ridge is just behind the ......
hard palate
upper front teeth
soft palate
vocal cords
The tongue has the greatest variety of movement of all the organs of speech.
True
False
Which of the following articulators is passive?
upper front teeth
lips
tongue
vocal cords
Teeth
Hard Palate
Alveolar Ridge
1. The place of articulations of the consonant sounds /p/, /b/, and /m/ are
Palatals
Velars
Bilabials
Alveolars
1. [θ] [ð] These sounds spells
ing
is
ng
th
4. Uvular sounds are produced by raising the back of the …… to the uvula, the fleshy protuberance that hangs down in the back of our throats.
air
tongue
lips
sounds
The words back, bag, and bang are the examples of...
velars
glottals
bilabials
uvulars
A word with /dʒ/ sound is
judge
duck
kick
day
A word with /ŋ/ sound is
thin
thick
bang
sun
Manner of articulation refers to how the airflow is constricted in the vocal tract.
True
False
Fricatives are sounds produced when the tongue approaches but does not make contact with a place of articulation causing a bottleneck of the airflow. This gives the sound a friction like quality such as /v/ /θ/ /z//ʃ/.
True
False
Nasal sounds are produced when the velum is lowered allowing air to pass through the nasal cavity
such as /m/ /n/ /ŋ/.
True
False
The sound /s/ is considered a voiceless alveolar fricative.
True
False
Place of articulation that is shown in the picture is called....
bilabial
alveolar
palatal
dental
Place of articulation that is shown in the picture is called....
bilabial
dental
labiodental
velar
/θ/ – “thick” and “bath” – air is forced through upper teeth and tongue is called ..
labiodental
labial
alveolar
dental
/tʃ/ – “chick” and “match” – air is blocked with tongue just beyond the alveolar ridge is called ...
dental
labiodental
alveolar
palatal
/w/ – “wet” and “howard” – back of tongue raises to velum (but not too close!) and lips are rounded is called...
alveolar
velar
palatal
bilabial
Consonants are created when you completely block air flow through your mouth and let the air pass through your nose is called ...
plosive
nasal
approximant
fricative
Sounds involve only a partial blockage of the vocal tract so that air has to be forced through a narrow channel is called ..
nasal
fricative
affricate
plosive
The position of the tongue of [u], [o], [a] ...
high
back
low
middle
The tongue position of vowel [i, u] is ...
high
middle
low
back
What is the correct diphthong for the word beard ?
/eɪ/
/ɪə/
/aʊ/
/aɪ/
What is the correct diphthong for the word chair ?
/eə/
/aʊ/
/aɪ/
/ɔɪ/
Choose the correct diphthong for the word gate
/ɔɪ/
/aʊ/
/eə/
/eɪ/
Choose the correct diphthong for the word toy
/eə/
/ɔɪ/
/aʊ/
/aɪ/
Choose the right word for this diphthong.
/aɪ/
sky
oil
owl
pay
Choose the right word for this diphthong
/aʊ/
hair
careless
drown
blow
Choose the correct word for
/əʊ/
moan
earthquake
luxurious
gown
Choose the correct diphthong for the underline word.
A hare is much bigger than a bunny.
/eɪ/
/ɔɪ/
/əʊ/
/eə/
/ˈbɑː ˌkəʊd/
baked
bar-code
barracuda
/ˈtʃæl.ɪndʒ/
telling
calling
challenge
/ɪˈfekt/
infect
effect
ipecac
/ˈaɪ.lənd/
island
air land
alien
A word that consists of /tʃ/ below is ...
feature
image
beige
A word that consists of /ʒ/ below is ...
television
fish
sausage
Which of the following includes voiceless sound?
/v/
/z/
/f/
/r/
This sound has got the Spanish ch sound
Where can you find these sounds?
cat- bar
apple-sad
car-bath
