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Phonology

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Phonology is interested in...

a)

Phonology studies the patterns of sounds in a specific language

b)

Phonology is the study of the physical properties of speech

c)

Phonology studies patterns of letters

2.

Acoustics, Auditory and Articulation are aspects studied in...

a)

Phonology

b)

Phonetics

c)

Grammar

3.

Choose the correct one!

a)

Phonetics is interested in physical properties of speech

b)

Phonetics is interested in the "abstract" properties of speech

c)

Phonetics is interested in both the physical and the abstract properties of speech

4.

Auditory phonetics is related to...

a)

Patterns of sounds

b)

The perception of different sounds

c)

Sound waves measurement

5.

Speech perception (Auditory phonetics) can be improved if...

a)

If you read a lot about speech perception

b)

If you memorize the tongue's positions

c)

If you train your ear

6.

Articulatory phonetics is related to...

a)

How different words are written

b)

How sounds are physically articulated

c)

The analysis of the speech signal

7.

Acoustic phonetics is related to...

a)

The analysis of the speech signal by means of instrumentation and sound waves measurements (frequency, intensity...)

b)

The tongue's position in the mouth in order to create different sounds

c)

Phonetic transcription

8.

Mark all the options related to Manner of Articulation

a)

Plosives

b)

Fricatives

c)

Labiodental

d)

Nasals

e)

Alveolar

9.

Mark all the options related to Place of Articulation:

a)

Bilabial

b)

Velar

c)

Palatal

d)

Alveolar

e)

Dental

10.

What is "Manner of articulation"?

a)

It refers to the tongue's positions

b)

It refers to how the airstream is released through the vocal tract

c)

It refers to the way the lips get in contact to make different sounds

11.

Phonetics & Phonology knowledge is necessary to predict and understand your students' difficulties

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

What is "Place of Articulation"?

a)

It refers to the different English accents (American, British...)

b)

It refers to how the airstream is released through the vocal tract

c)

It is the location at which two speech organs (teeth, tongue, lips...) get in contact when producing a speech sound

13.

Which of the following statements does NOT belong to manners of articulation:

a)

Affricates

b)

Plosives

c)

Approximants

d)

Glottal