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English Phonology Mid test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a phoneme?

a)

the smallest unit of sound

b)

a blend of phone and meme

c)

a single letter

d)

the volume of your voice

2.

What does phonology deal with?

a)

the pronunciation of a particular language

b)

the sound system of a particular language

c)

the acoustic properties of a particular language

d)

the grammatical properties of a particular language

3.

The space between the vocal folds is called

a)

epiglottis

b)

pharynx

c)

glottis

d)

larynx

4.

It deals with the production of speech sounds. It simply refers to the utterance of speech sounds which may otherwise be identified as enunciation.

a)

Acoustic Phonetics

b)

Articulatory Phonetics

c)

Auditory Phonetics

d)

Autonomy Phonetics

5.

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.

a)

Intonation

b)

Stress

c)

Accent

d)

Juncture

6.

What is the branch of linguistics that investigates the ways in which sounds are used systematically in different languages to form words and utterances?

a)

Phonetics

b)

Phonics

c)

Phonotactics

d)

Phonology

7.

The space between the vocal cords is called the ...

a)

glottis

b)

larynx

c)

nasal cavity

d)

pharynx

8.

The alveolar ridge is just behind the ......

a)

hard palate

b)

upper front teeth

c)

soft palate

d)

vocal cords

9.

The tongue has the greatest variety of movement of all the organs of speech.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which of the following articulators is passive?

a)

upper front teeth

b)

lips

c)

tongue

d)

vocal cords

11.
a)

Teeth

b)

Hard Palate

c)

Alveolar Ridge

12.
IPA stands for
a)
Interval Pronunciation Association
b)
International Phoneme Alphabet
c)
International Phonetic Alphabet
d)
International Phonetic Association
13.
Phonemes is divided into two groups. _______ and _________
a)
vowels and consonant
b)
ear and mouth
c)
syllables and word
d)
syllable and phoneme
14.
vowels are always ___________
a)
voiced
b)
unvoiced
c)
okay
d)
open mouth
15.

1. The place of articulations of the consonant sounds /p/, /b/, and /m/ are

a)

Palatals

b)

Velars

c)

Bilabials

d)

Alveolars

16.

1. [θ] [ð] These sounds spells

a)

ing

b)

is

c)

ng

d)

th

17.

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.

a)

air

b)

tongue

c)

lips

d)

sounds

18.

The words back, bag, and bang are the examples of...

a)

velars

b)

glottals

c)

bilabials

d)

uvulars

19.

A word with /dʒ/ sound is

a)

judge

b)

duck

c)

kick

d)

day

20.

A word with /ŋ/ sound is

a)

thin

b)

thick

c)

bang

d)

sun

21.

Manner of articulation refers to how the airflow is constricted in the vocal tract.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

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/.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Nasal sounds are produced when the velum is lowered allowing air to pass through the nasal cavity

such as /m/ /n/ /ŋ/.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The sound /s/ is considered a voiceless alveolar fricative.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Place of articulation that is shown in the picture is called....

a)

bilabial

b)

alveolar

c)

palatal

d)

dental

26.

Place of articulation that is shown in the picture is called....

a)

bilabial

b)

dental

c)

labiodental

d)

velar

27.

/θ/ – “thick” and “bath” – air is forced through upper teeth and tongue is called ..

a)

labiodental

b)

labial

c)

alveolar

d)

dental

28.

/tʃ/ – “chick” and “match” – air is blocked with tongue just beyond the alveolar ridge is called ...

a)

dental

b)

labiodental

c)

alveolar

d)

palatal

29.

/w/ – “wet” and “howard” – back of tongue raises to velum (but not too close!) and lips are rounded is called...

a)

alveolar

b)

velar

c)

palatal

d)

bilabial

30.

Consonants are created when you completely block air flow through your mouth and let the air pass through your nose is called ...

a)

plosive

b)

nasal

c)

approximant

d)

fricative

31.

Sounds involve only a partial blockage of the vocal tract so that air has to be forced through a narrow channel is called ..

a)

nasal

b)

fricative

c)

affricate

d)

plosive

32.

The position of the tongue of [u], [o], [a] ...

a)

high

b)

back

c)

low

d)

middle

33.

The tongue position of vowel [i, u] is ...

a)

high

b)

middle

c)

low

d)

back

34.

What is the correct diphthong for the word beard ?

a)

/eɪ/

b)

/ɪə/

c)

/aʊ/

d)

/aɪ/

35.

What is the correct diphthong for the word chair ?

a)

/eə/

b)

/aʊ/

c)

/aɪ/

d)

/ɔɪ/

36.

Choose the correct diphthong for the word gate

a)

/ɔɪ/

b)

/aʊ/

c)

/eə/

d)

/eɪ/

37.

Choose the correct diphthong for the word toy

a)

/eə/

b)

/ɔɪ/

c)

/aʊ/

d)

/aɪ/

38.

Choose the right word for this diphthong.


/aɪ/

a)

sky

b)

oil

c)

owl

d)

pay

39.

Choose the right word for this diphthong


/aʊ/

a)

hair

b)

careless

c)

drown

d)

blow

40.

Choose the correct word for


/əʊ/

a)

moan

b)

earthquake

c)

luxurious

d)

gown

41.

Choose the correct diphthong for the underline word.


A hare is much bigger than a bunny.

a)

/eɪ/

b)

/ɔɪ/

c)

/əʊ/

d)

/eə/

42.

/ˈbɑː ˌkəʊd/

a)

baked

b)

bar-code

c)

barracuda

43.

/ˈtʃæl.ɪndʒ/

a)

telling

b)

calling

c)

challenge

44.

/ɪˈfekt/

a)

infect

b)

effect

c)

ipecac

45.

/ˈaɪ.lənd/

a)

island

b)

air land

c)

alien

46.

A word that consists of /tʃ/ below is ...

a)

feature

b)

image

c)

beige

47.

A word that consists of /ʒ/ below is ...

a)

television

b)

fish

c)

sausage

48.

Which of the following includes voiceless sound?

a)

/v/

b)

/z/

c)

/f/

d)

/r/

49.

This sound has got the Spanish ch sound

a)
b)
c)
d)
50.

Where can you find these sounds?

a)

cat- bar

b)

apple-sad

c)

car-bath