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Vowels Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All vowels are always voiced sound

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

Below are things which influence the production of vowels according to Collins, except

a)

tongue shape

b)

lip shape

c)

duration

d)

position of vocal cords

3.

A group of reference vowels used by phoneticians in describing the sounds of languages is

a)

International Phonetics alphabet

b)

Cardinal Vowels System

c)

Phonetics Transcription

d)

Broad transcription

4.

The words "raise" and "palm" have the phonetic symbol [æ]

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

Which sounds below are front vowels

a)

ɛ and i

b)

a and ɒ

c)

i and e

d)

ə and e

6.

The vowel sound in the word 'boat' contains the tense vowel

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

[bɜːd] is the phonetic transcription to

a)

beard

b)

beard

c)

bird

d)

bord

8.

The phonetics transcription for 'said' is

a)

[sed]

b)

[sæd]

c)

[siːd]

d)

[seid]

9.

ɛ and e are belong to

a)

back mid vowels

b)

front high vowels

c)

front mid vowels

d)

central low vowel

10.

Below are words that contain diphthong (more than one answers)

a)

fleece

b)

price

c)

face

d)

goose

11.

The words 'flea' 'rude' 'piece' contains

a)

long and high vowels

b)

short and high vowels

c)

long and middle vowles

d)

short and low vowels

12.

The tongue position in the picture determines the production of the vowels, such as....

a)

u and o

b)

a and a

c)

e and i

d)

æ and o

13.

all vowels are not approximants

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

The words 'son, courage, blood' have the same vowel as

a)

Trap

b)

Strut

c)

lot

d)

foot

15.

the vowel phoneme /ʊr/ exists in the words...........(more than one answer)

a)

ensure

b)

tour

c)

flower

d)

couture

16.

Vowels determines the syllables of the words

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

Give on example of English word which consist of triphthong

4 lines
18.

a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth is called (a)  

19.

Give two examples of English words containing diphtong /ei/

4 lines
20.

Give 2 examples of rounded vowels

(a)