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PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY I. Fisrt term exam

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which organs are part of the human vocal tract?

a)

Lips-tongue-heart-pharynx-nose

b)

Hard palate-alveolar ridge-uvula-toe-cavity

c)

epiglottis-glottis-thumb-throat-lips-soft palate

d)

Upper teeth-hard palate-uvula-soft palate-glottis

2.

What is the science that studies the speech sounds, their production, transmission, reception, their analysis, classification, and transcription.

a)

Phonology

b)

Phonetics

3.

A voiced sound is a sound which is produced while your vocal cords vibrate.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

When you produce a sound and your vocal cords don´t vibrate, this kind of sound is known as...

a)

Voiced sound

b)

Voiceless sound

5.

Complete the following statement:

All vowels in English are____________

a)

Voiced

b)

Voiceless

6.

These consonants produce ​ _________ ​​​ sounds: P, T, K, CH, and F; and these consonants M, N, R, V, W, Y, Z, produce ​______________ sounds. ​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
voiceless
voiced
7.

According to the manner of articulation, when you pronounce the phonemes/p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ /k/ /g/, you produce a sudden burst of air. So, they are known as...​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Liquids
Stops
Fricatives
Africates
Nasals
Glides
8.

According to the place of articulation, classify the sound into the correct category.

Categorize the following
Alveolar
Palatal
Bilabial
Velars
9.

What is the meaning of the acronym IPA?

4 lines
10.

What is the correct english word for this phonetical transcription

[ˈkæt]

a)

Kite

b)

ket

c)

cet

d)

cat

11.

In the word THESE, what is the right sound?

a)

/ɪ/

b)

/iː/

12.

How many vowel sounds are there in the IPA chart?

a)

5

b)

12

c)

8

d)

10

13.

How many consonant sounds are there in the IPA chart?

a)

12

b)

28

c)

16

d)

24

14.

How many diphtongs are there in the IPA chart?

a)

8

b)

6

c)

10

d)

5

15.

Which word does the following phonetic transcription correspond?

/ˌjuːnəˈvɜːsəti/

a)

universal

b)

unitary

c)

uniform

d)

university

16.

What is the correct pronunciation for the word DECIDED?

a)

/d/

b)

/ed/

c)

/t/

d)

/id/

17.

What is the correct pronunciation for the verb WATCHED?

a)

/d/

b)

/id/

c)

/t/

d)

/ed/

18.

What is the correct pronunciation for the verb LOVED?

a)

/ed/

b)

/t/

c)

/d/

d)

/id/