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THE IPA

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

Is there a way to accurately transcribe any word from any language anywher ever?

a)

YES

b)

NO

2.

English spelling is nuts because

a)

Each letter represents one sound.

b)

Each letter represents two sounds

c)

The same letters can represent all kinds of different sounds

3.

Transcribing the sounds of language is really important to linguists because

a)

It allows us to know the translation of the word

b)

It allows us to map out different dialects

c)

It allows us to know the origin of the word

4.

the International Phonetic Alphabet is also called

a)

IPHA

b)

IPA

c)

APE

5.

the International Phonetic Alphabet

a)

is a writing system that capture all the sounds in all the languages.

b)

is a writing system that capture all the sounds in English.

c)

Is a pronoutiation strategy that helps us to identify the sounds in a word.

6.

what’s the IPA made of?

a)

it comes in three parts

b)

It comes in two parts: consonat chart and numerical chart

c)

it comes in two parts: a vowel chart, and a consonant chart.

7.

The most important thing to remember about the IPA is

a)

that you get two symbols per sound

b)

that you get one symbol per sound

c)

that you don't get symbol per sound

8.

Linguists from anywhere in the world should be able to share their data with people from anywhere else

a)

because IPA is international

b)

because IPA an english pronountiation strategy

c)

because IPA is from England

9.

The way the consonant and vowel chart gives you information about the________

a)

meaning

b)

translation

c)

sounds

10.

The IPA chart is like a

a)

the Periodic Table of the Elements

b)

The natural numbers chart

c)

The multiplication char

11.

At the consonat chart, the rows...

a)

are different ways humans can push air through their vocal tract to make more beautiful sounds

b)

are different ways humans can push air through their vocal tract to make sounds from more closed to more free air flow.

c)

are different ways humans can push air through their vocal tract to make louder

12.

at the consonant chart, the columns

a)

are the meaning of the words

b)

are the form of the sounds

c)

are the different places in the mouth that you can make those sounds

13.

the vowel chart is a weird trapezoidrect angular oddity because

a)

it represents the inside of your mouth, and all the different ways you can make vowels.

b)

it represents the pronountiation of the words

c)

it represents the meaning of the words