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Phonology 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is phonology?

a)

The study of all human sounds

b)

The study of sounds in a language

c)

The study of phones and their uses

2.

What is a phoneme?

a)

The smallest unit of sound in a language

b)

The newest phone in the market

c)

A group of sounds in a language

3.

What is phonics?

a)

The smallest unit of sound in a language

b)

A chart that compiles all the sounds in the English language

c)

An early literacy programme for the teaching of reading and writing in English

4.

What is a vowel?

a)

A sound made by the vocal cords, the position of the lips and tongue without restriction of the air flow through the mouth.

b)

A sound made by vocal cords, the position of the tongue and lips with air flow restriction.

c)

A sound made by applying extra force to a specific syllable in a word.

5.

What is a consonant?

a)

A sound made by the vocal cords, the position of the lips and tongue without restriction of the air flow through the mouth.

b)

A sound made by vocal cords, the position of the tongue and lips with air flow restriction.

c)

A sound made by applying extra force to a specific syllable in a word.

6.

What is a diphthong?

a)

Two vowel sounds together

b)

Two consonant sounds together.

c)

A consonant followed by a vowel and then a consonant.

7.

How many vowel sounds are there in Spanish?

a)

5

b)

9

c)

12

8.

How many vowel sounds are there in English?

a)

5

b)

9

c)

12

9.

How many diphthongs are there in English?

a)

5

b)

8

c)

12

10.

How many diphthongs are there in Spanish?

a)

5

b)

8

c)

15

11.

How many consonant sounds are there in English?

a)

15

b)

18

c)

24

12.

How many consonant sounds are there in Spanish?

a)

12

b)

18

c)

20

13.

What's a syllable?

a)

a vowel sound in a word with or without consonants

b)

a vowel sound sorrounded by consonants

c)

a vowel sound alone in a word

14.

What’s a stressed syllable?

a)

a syllable with a higher, louder and longer sound in a word.

b)

a syllable with an accent in a word.

c)

a syllable which is pronounced weakly in a word

15.

What’s a schwa sound?

a)

a weak vowel sound represented by the symbol /ə/

b)

a vowel sound produced when the position of the mouth and tongue are in a relaxed neutral form.

c)

it is the most common sound in the English language

d)

All of the answers are correct

16.

What’s a silent letter?

a)

A letter that is represented in the spelling or written form of a word but it is not pronounced.

b)

Letters that are omitted when spelling a word.

c)

letters that are pronounced differently depending on a geographical region

17.

What are varieties of English?

a)

Depending on the region, the same language may be pronounced or used differently.

b)

The use of slang and idiomatic expressions

c)

How language is used on the internet.

18.

What’s the phonemic chart?

a)

A visual representation of sounds in the English language according to their characteristics

b)

A teaching technique for improving pronunciation

c)

A study of the sounds in the English language

19.

What's an unvoiced consonant sound?

a)

This is when the vocal cords are engaged to produce consonant sounds

b)

This is when vocal cords are not involved in the production of consonant sounds

c)

This is when two vowels are combined with a consonant to produce a sound

20.

What's a voiced consonant sound?

a)

This is when the vocal cords are engaged to produce consonant sounds

b)

This is when vocal cords are not involved in the production of consonant sounds

c)

This is when two vowels are combined with a consonant to produce a sound