WorksheetsTheoretical Phonetics
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 10mins
True or False?
Practical phonetics studies substance, the material form of phonetic phenomena in the context
True
False
Which of the below is NOT the aspect of speech sounds?
Articulatory
Context
Acoustic
Functional
Auditory
Acoustic phonetics - studies the way in which the air vibrates between the speaker’s mouth and the listener's ear
True
False
Functional phonetics – is also termed as morphology
False
True
Recognitive– phoneme makes up grammatical forms of words, sentences, thus, the right use of allophones
True
False
Which sounds are produced by a movement of the lower lip against the upper teeth?
Labiodental
Dental
Interdental
Which sounds are made with the tongue tip coming near or touching the bony ridge behind the upper teeth?
Palatal
Alveolar
Postalveolar
Retroflex
Sounds /p/, /t/ and /k/ are plosives
True
False
Which of the below is NOT a characteristic of the manner of articulation?
closeness/openness
frontness/backness
air obstriction
the shape o f the lips
If the tongue is in a mid-high position, i.e. a bit lower than in high, the resultant sound is a mid-close vowel, or half-close vowel.
True
False
If the tongue is mid-low, i.e. a bit higher than low, we hear a mid-open vowel, or half-open vowel.
False
True
Choose the two types of cardinal vowels
Primary
Tertiary
Secondary
Retroflex
Sound /ɔ:/ is mid back vowel
True
False
I do not know
Sound /u:/ is a close back vowel
False
True
I do not know
When producing the sound /æ/ lips are rounded
True
False
Depends on the accent
When producing the sound /ɪ/ lips are slightly spread
False
True
Depends on the accent
schwa or /ə/ occurs solely in unstressed syllables.
True
False
There are 3 centring diphthongs in English. What are those?
/eə/ as in the word air
/ʊə/ as in tour
/iə/ as in ear
/eə/ as in the word bear
Find the correct transcription the word 'regard'
/rɪˈɡɑːrd/
/rɪˈɡɑːd/
There is a secondary stress in the word:
/ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪk/
/ˈneɪbərˌhʊd/
/ˌvæksɪˈneɪʃən/
/rɪˈɡɑːrd/
Stress in the words of Romance origin tend to fall on the second syllable
False
True
The stress in the word picturesque falls on the
First syllable
Second syllable
Third syllable
There is no stress
Choose a word with a different stress
Frustrate
Tutor
Dictate
Describe
Which one is NOT a constituent of a syllable?
Coda
Sigma
Onset
Nucleus
Choose the correct version of syllbification
re | gard | ing
re | gar | ding
reg | ard | ing
