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WorksheetsPhonology 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is phonology?
The study of all human sounds
The study of sounds in a language
The study of phones and their uses
What is a phoneme?
The smallest unit of sound in a language
The newest phone in the market
A group of sounds in a language
What is phonics?
The smallest unit of sound in a language
A chart that compiles all the sounds in the English language
An early literacy programme for the teaching of reading and writing in English
What is a vowel?
A sound made by the vocal cords, the position of the lips and tongue without restriction of the air flow through the mouth.
A sound made by vocal cords, the position of the tongue and lips with air flow restriction.
A sound made by applying extra force to a specific syllable in a word.
What is a consonant?
A sound made by the vocal cords, the position of the lips and tongue without restriction of the air flow through the mouth.
A sound made by vocal cords, the position of the tongue and lips with air flow restriction.
A sound made by applying extra force to a specific syllable in a word.
What is a diphthong?
Two vowel sounds together
Two consonant sounds together.
A consonant followed by a vowel and then a consonant.
How many vowel sounds are there in Spanish?
5
9
12
How many vowel sounds are there in English?
5
9
12
How many diphthongs are there in English?
5
8
12
How many diphthongs are there in Spanish?
5
8
15
How many consonant sounds are there in English?
15
18
24
How many consonant sounds are there in Spanish?
12
18
20
What's a syllable?
a vowel sound in a word with or without consonants
a vowel sound sorrounded by consonants
a vowel sound alone in a word
What’s a stressed syllable?
a syllable with a higher, louder and longer sound in a word.
a syllable with an accent in a word.
a syllable which is pronounced weakly in a word
What’s a schwa sound?
a weak vowel sound represented by the symbol /ə/
a vowel sound produced when the position of the mouth and tongue are in a relaxed neutral form.
it is the most common sound in the English language
All of the answers are correct
What’s a silent letter?
A letter that is represented in the spelling or written form of a word but it is not pronounced.
Letters that are omitted when spelling a word.
letters that are pronounced differently depending on a geographical region
What are varieties of English?
Depending on the region, the same language may be pronounced or used differently.
The use of slang and idiomatic expressions
How language is used on the internet.
What’s the phonemic chart?
A visual representation of sounds in the English language according to their characteristics
A teaching technique for improving pronunciation
A study of the sounds in the English language
What's an unvoiced consonant sound?
This is when the vocal cords are engaged to produce consonant sounds
This is when vocal cords are not involved in the production of consonant sounds
This is when two vowels are combined with a consonant to produce a sound
What's a voiced consonant sound?
This is when the vocal cords are engaged to produce consonant sounds
This is when vocal cords are not involved in the production of consonant sounds
This is when two vowels are combined with a consonant to produce a sound
