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ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY I .SECOND TERM

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is phonetics?

a)

The study and classification of speech sounds.

b)

The study of vowels

c)

The study of consonants

d)

It is the classification of the sounds within the system of a particular language or languages.

2.

What is phonology?

a)

The study of vowels

b)

The study of consonants

c)

The study and classification of speech sounds.

d)

It is the classification of the sounds within the system of a particular language or languages.

3.

What is IPA?

a)

International Physical Sounds

b)

International Political Action

c)

International Phonetic Alphabet

d)

International Phonology Allophones

4.

This is a kind of sound that just uses air to make the sound and not the voice.

a)

Voiceless

b)

Voiced

5.

When you say a sound and you can feel a vibration, it is known as a (a)   sound.

6.

You can tell if a sound is voiced or not by putting your hand gently on your throat.

a)

False

b)

True

7.

Which are part of the articulatory system?

a)

Lips,vocal cords, liver, prints

b)

Tongue, lips, soft palate, hard palate

c)

hard palate, back, finger, toes

d)

Soft palate, hard palate, veins, ribs

8.

Which are voiced sounds? (Choose two options)

a)

/b/ /g/ /z/

b)

/p/ /t/ /f/

c)

/s/ /sh/ /k/

d)

/m/ /d/ /l/

9.

Which are voiceless sounds? (Choose two options)

a)

/ch/ /f/ /sh/

b)

/t/ /s/ /p/

c)

/g/ /Sz/ /m/

d)

/z/ /w/ /n/

10.

 

A ____________ is a basic unit of which words are composed (is an abstract unit in your mind) 

a)

Phone

b)

Phoneme

11.

Which group of words has the phonetic symbol /æ/

a)

raise - palm

b)

cat - cap

c)

car - call

12.

What is the right phonetic transcription for ¨SING¨

a)

/sing/

b)

/sin/

c)

/ˈsɪŋ/

13.

Are these examples of fricatives sounds?

Sitter /ˈsɪtə/

Zebra /ˈzɛbrə/

Think /ˈθɪŋk/

This /ðɪs/

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which of the following group words contain diphthongs?

a)

Foot

Hammer

b)

Draw

Day

c)

Show

Cloud

d)

Feather

Horse

15.

Which phonetic symbol represents the underlined sound CLEAN

a)

/iː/

b)

/ɪ/

16.

Write the words you listened.

4 lines
17.

Read the words: knife, knight, knit, knock, know and answer. What´s the silent consonant?

a)

n

b)

k

c)

h

d)

w

18.

Read the following words: align, campaign, design, foreign and say what´s the silent consonant?

a)

g

b)

n

c)

m

d)

i

19.

Read the following words: bomb, climb, comb, lamb, and answer. What´s the silent consonant?

a)

m

b)

b

20.

/bɜːd/ is the phonetic transcription to:

a)

bear

b)

beard

c)

bird

d)

bread

21.

What is the right stress?

a)

OPportunity

b)

opPORtunity

c)

opporTUnity

d)

opportuNIty

22.

What is the right stress?

a)

philoSOphy

b)

philosoPHY

c)

PHIlosophy

d)

phiLOsophy

23.

How many syllables does this word have?

PASTE

a)

2

b)

3

c)

5

d)

1

24.

Divide BUTTER into syllables

a)

butt-er

b)

but-ter

c)

but-tter

d)

butte-r

25.

How many syllables in knowledge?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

2

d)

5