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Chapter 2. The Vowels

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

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1.

__________ are classified according to four criteria: shape of lips, position of the tongue in the mouth, highest part of the tongue, and the lenght of sounds.

a)

Vowels

b)

Triphthongs

c)

Diphthongs

d)

Monophthongs

2.

If the front of the tongue is at the highest point near the hard palate, we have a _______ vowel.

a)

  High

b)

Middle

c)

Low

d)

Front

3.

If the back of the tongue is at the highest point near the soft palate, we have a _______ vowel.

a)

Low

b)

Front

c)

Central

d)

Back

4.

Vowels can be classified as rounded or unrounded according to the ___________

a)

Position of the tongue

b)

Length of sounds

c)

Shape of lips

d)

Height of the tongue

5.

A combination of three pure vowels phonetically presented in one syllable is a __________

a)

Triphthongs

b)

Diphthongs

c)

Monophthongs

d)

Vowels

6.

Which word contains a monophthong?

a)

Stands

b)

Says

c)

  Days

d)

Stays

7.

Which word contains a triphthong?

a)

Mine

b)

  Flour

c)

  Drawn

d)

  Floor

8.

Which of the following pairs has the same pronouciation of vowels?

a)

Gone, none

b)

Sweat, feat

c)

Court, caught

d)

Cost, both

9.

Which of the following words has the same sound as “bought”?

a)

Cost

b)

Caught

c)

Both

d)

Boat

10.

Which of the following words has the same sound as “meant”?

a)

Mean

b)

Lean

c)

Rent

d)

Bear

11.

Which words doesn’t contain a rounded vowel?

a)

him 

b)

who    

c)

who    

d)

card

12.

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

a)

suitable     

b)

biscuit     

c)

building   

d)

guilty

13.

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others

a)

bind   

b)

kind 

c)

find 

d)

win

14.

Which word consists of a long vowel?

a)

listen  

b)

pizza   

c)

swim  

d)

dinner

15.

Which word contains a diphthong?

a)

Quay

b)

Grease

c)

Gray

d)

Breath