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Better Pronunciation

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

--------------------------- is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds

a)

Phonology

b)

Phonetics

c)

Phonics

d)

Philology

2.

The relation between sounds and letters in English is ---------

a)

consistent

b)

reliable

c)

inconsistent

d)

predictable

3.

The word ------------- is transcribed as /keə/.

a)

car

b)

cure

c)

cow

d)

care

4.

The vowel sound /e/ is found in----------------

a)

head

b)

friend

c)

bed

d)

all of them

5.

A --------------- is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract

a)

Vowel

b)

consonant

c)

phoneme

d)

diphthong

6.

There are ---------- vowel phonemes in English.

a)

24

b)

5

c)

20

d)

44

7.

--------------------is the study of the patterns of sounds in a language and across languages

a)

Phonology

b)

Morphology

c)

Phonetics

d)

Phonics

8.

------------------is a method for teaching people how to read and write an alphabetic language

a)

Phonetics

b)

Phonics

c)

Phonology

d)

Morphology

9.

A--------------is a written symbol that represents a sound (phoneme). This can be a single letter, or could be a sequence of letters

a)

grapheme

b)

phoneme

c)

letter

d)

vowel

10.

Which of the following words has a consonant cluster?

a)

shoe

b)

chair

c)

speak

d)

write

11.

---------------are two letters that together make one sound

a)

Phonemes

b)

Trigraphs

c)

Digraphs

d)

Homographs

12.

In -------------- lessons, a pronunciation problem which arises in class is dealth with there and then.

a)

Accumulative

b)

Reactive

c)

Integrated

d)

Practice

13.

-------------------means listening to a model, provided by the teacher, or a tape or another student, and repeating what is heard.

a)

Chaining

b)

Front Chaining

c)

Back Chaining

d)

Drilling

14.

In teaching pronunciation, ------------- means encouraging students to bring up a previously studied word or phrase.

a)

Drilling

b)

Eliciting

c)

Chaining

d)

Deduction

15.

Drilling is divided into----------

a)

Choral and individual

b)

front and back

c)

choral and collective

d)

forward and backward

16.

A ----------------is two words that vary by only a single sound,

a)

Phoneme

b)

Minimal Pair

c)

Homograph

d)

Homophone

17.

The following technique in teaching pronunciation is termed --------------.

Teacher: I‘m studying the present progressive. (Students find it difficult to reproduce the sentence.)

Teacher: Progressive.

Student: Progressive.

Teacher: The present progressive. (Students imitate.)

Teacher: I’m studying the present progressive. (Students imitate the whole sentence correctly.)

a)

Back chaining

b)

Front chaining

c)

Drilling

d)

Eliciting

18.

The following teaching technique is termed ------------------.

Teacher: Angela gets the pink toothbrush (student repeats)

from her cup (student repeats)

and the toothpaste (student repeats)

from the top vanity drawer. (student repeats)

Finally, the student can read the whole sentence

Angela gets the pink toothbrush from her cup and the toothpaste from the top vanity drawer.

a)

Back Chaining

b)

Front Chaining

c)

Eliciting

d)

Choral Drilling

19.

Choose the word which has the sound /ʌ/.

a)

cute

b)

done

c)

put

d)

comb

20.

--------is the branch of linguistics that studies sound patterns in a language.

a)

Phonology

b)

Phonetics

c)

Phonics

d)

Pragmatics

21.

Which of the following words does not have the sound /eɪ/?

a)

weigh

b)

later

c)

latter

d)

great

22.

The two words heard and herd are........

a)

Homophones

b)

Homographs

c)

Minimal Pairs

d)

Homonyms

23.

The letter A in the word orange is pronounced as

a)

ɑː

b)

ɪ

c)

d)

æ

24.

The two words policeman and policemen are

a)

homographs

b)

homonyms

c)

Minimal Pairs

d)

Homophones

25.

The letter A in the word many is pronounced as

a)

ɜ:

b)

a:

c)

æ

d)

e

26.

The letter A in the word car is pronounced as

a)

ɜ:

b)

a:

c)

æ

d)

e

27.

---------------are three letters that together make one sound

a)

Phonemes

b)

Trigraphs

c)

Digraphs

d)

Homographs

28.

The vowel sound /e/ is NOT found in the word ----------------

a)

head

b)

Women

c)

many

d)

bread

29.

Compound vowel phonemes are phonetically termed------.

a)

Monophthongs

b)

Digraphs

c)

Diphthongs

d)

Graphemes

30.

There are ---------- consonant phonemes in English.

a)

24

b)

5

c)

20

d)

44

31.

This application is called----

a)

Say it

b)

Speakometer

c)

Phonemic chart

d)

Jolly Phonics

32.

1. -------- in phonics is combining broken up sounds to make a word.

a)

Eliciting

b)

Blending

c)

Drilling

d)

Chaining