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Rhythm and Linking

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 2mins

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Class
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1.

Some languages (French, Telugu, Yoruba...) have a different rhythmical structure : called.....

a)

stress-timed rhthym

b)

syllable-timed rhythm

c)

foot

2.

Stress-timed rhythm theory states that the time from each ...... to the next will tend to be the same, irrespective of the number of intervening.....

a)

unstressed syllable/

unstressed syllables

b)

stressed syllable/

stressed syllables

c)

stressed syllable/

unstressed syllables

d)

unstressed syllables/

stressed syllable

3.

Stress-timed rhythm implies that stressed syllables tend to occur at ...... regular intervals whether they're separated by unstressed syllables or not.

a)

exactly

b)

relatively

c)

regularly

d)

time

4.

The time between stressed syllables will be shorter or longer depend on...

a)

the way of stressing

b)

context

c)

quantity of syllables

d)

the number of unstressed syllables

5.

In English, Rhythm is marked by.....,.....,and......

a)

the stress

b)

timing

c)

quantity of syllables

d)

number of unstressed syllables

6.

When the final consonant of one word is the same as the first consonant of the following word, we pronounce the consonant …….by lengthening  the sound or saying it with a little bit more energy.

a)

only one

b)

dauble

c)

louder

d)

lighter

7.

When the first word ends in an a, e, i vowel sound [/eɪ/, /i:/, /aɪ/], our lips are wide. Then we add a ….. sound at the beginning of the next word:

a)

/v/

b)

/w/

c)

/y/

d)

/j/

8.

Fill in full words or phrases based on phonetics

/li:v vit/

(a)  

9.

. Fill in full words or phrases based on phonetics

/pre ʃər hændz təˈgeðər/

(a)  

10.

Fill in full words or phrases based on phonetics

/wʊ dʒu help mi/?

(a)  

11.

Fill in full words or phrases based on phonetics

/midlli:st/

(a)  

12.

Fill in full words or phrases based on phonetics

/wʌ zi ðer/?

(a)