wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Allophone 🤡

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The allophonic transcription of “kind” is?

a)

[kʰɑind]  

b)

[k=ɑind]

c)

[kæind]

2.

 [h] is the symbol of .....

a)

Dentalised

b)

Nasalized

c)

Aspiration

d)

Syllabic

3.

An allophone is a phonetic variant of phoneme in a particular language

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The allophone /k/ in the “keen” is

a)

[ kh]   

b)

[ko]   

c)

[k~]

5.

The approximants /w, r, j, l/ become devoiced when they occur after initial…

a)

/p,t,l/

b)

/p,t,k/   

c)

/p,k,h/   

6.

/t/ in the word “STAY” is ….

a)

devoiced

b)

aspirated

c)

unaspirated

7.

Which word does not have a dentalised sound?

a)

month

b)

health

c)

those

d)

strength

8.

Voiceless stops /p,t,k/ become glottal stops when immediately after a consonant

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which word NOT below contains syllabics?

a)

button

b)

rthym

c)

double

d)

imagine

10.

All Consonants become become dentalized  when they stand before a dental sound

a)

True

b)

False

11.

/p/ in the word “space” is…

a)

devoiced

b)

aspirated

c)

unexploded

d)

unaspirated

12.

Which pronunciation is correct for the word “please”?

a)

[plhi:z]

b)

[pl~i:zʔ]

c)

[ploi:z,]

d)

 [ploi:z,]

13.

/n/ does not become syllabic after

a)

/m,n,ʧ/

b)

/l,t,d/

c)

/m,n,s/

d)

/m,n/

14.

Allophones are contrastive variants of a particular phoneme.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Voiceless stops /p,t,k/ are unaspirated after /s/ or before another stop

a)

True

b)

False