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Vowel Classification

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT for vowel classification?

a)

Lip rounding

b)

Voicing

c)

Tongue advancement

d)

Tongue height

2.

Vowels are normally made with thу the air stream that meets............... obstruction in the mouth

a)

incomplete

b)

complete

c)

no

d)

total

3.

Which ARE for the vowel classification

a)

the tongue position

b)

the degree of noise

c)

the lip position

d)

the palate position

4.

It is an example of diphthong:

a)

/ʌ/

b)

/ð/

c)

/aʊ/

5.

Which IPA symbols describe high front vowel?

a)

/i:/ and /I/

b)

/i:/ and [ʊ]

c)

/i:/ and /e/

d)

/u:/ and /ʊ/

6.

This sound has a special name: /ə/

(a)  

7.

Which of the following is a back vowel in English?

a)

/i:/

b)

/e/

c)

/ʌ/

d)

/ɑ/

8.

Draw, please, a low front vowel

9.

According to the stability of articulation, in English there are...

a)

diphthongs

b)

diphthongoids

c)

monophthongoids

d)

monophthongs

10.

The English vowel /i:/ is a back vowel.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

Which IPA symbols describe mid central unrounded vowel?

a)

/e/ and /ə/

b)

/ʌ/ and /a:/

c)

/ə/ and /ʌ/

d)

/æ/ and /ə/

12.

Which of the following is described as low front unrounded vowel?

a)

/o:/

b)

/æ/

c)

/e/

d)

/a:/

13.

The front vowels are made with the body of the tongue moving forward from its neutral position.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

There are five monophthongs described as rounded vowel.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

Some of the vowels are voiceless.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

16.

Which statement is true about the phoneme /a:/?

a)

It is a high vowel

b)

It is a mid vowel

c)

It is a back vowel

d)

None of these