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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which of the following is a nasal alveolar stop?
b
d
h
n
What word formation process is involved in the word, hangry?
acronymy
blending
clipping
borrowing
How does one transcribe the word champion?
[ˈtʃæmpjən]
[ˈtʃæmpjεn]
[ˈtʃɅmpjεn]
[ˈtʃmpjIn]
In which syllable can we find the primary stress of the word, pragmatic?
first syllable
second syllable
third syllable
first and second syllables
Which phonological process captures a child’s pronunciation of animal as aminal?
backing
cluster reduction
metathesis
denasalization
Which term refers to a subpart of a higher unit?
constituent
phone
morpheme
tree diagram
A. Phonetics is the study of the sound system of any given language: the organization of a language’s sounds and their relationships to one another.
B. Phonology is also the study of speech sounds more generally, how they are produced and how they are perceived.
Both statements are TRUE.
Both statements are FALSE.
Only statement A is TRUE.
Only statement B is TRUE.
Which of the following vowels can be described as mid front unrounded lax ?
a
ε
u
i
Which of the following skills is an exercise of phonological awareness?
Do oddity tasks
Blend or split syllables
Perform phoneme manipulation
Perform phonemic segmentation
Which of of the following is NOT a minimal pair?
ship / sheep
fort / thought
pilot / pirate
mist / myth
What does it require to know in which context can one use the word sesh?
Morphological
Phonological
Pragmatic
Semantic
Which two words were combined to form the portmanteau, cyborg?
cybernetic + organism
cybernetic + organization
cyberworld + organ
cyberion + organismus
The auxiliary verb is going to is categorized as…
Catenative
Marginal modals
Modal idioms
Semi-auxiliary
Who is the proponent of the Natural Order Hypothesis?
Chomsky
Halliday
Krashen
Vygotsky
If you were the teacher and you need to address “puter” from “computer” which of the following phoneme manipulation task would be BEST to start with?
Phoneme Isolation Task (What is the first sound in van?)
Phoneme Blending (Combine individual phonemes to form a word.)
Phoneme Segmentation (Divide a word into its phonemes and say each one.)
Phoneme Categorization (Which word doesn’t belong— bus, burn, or rug?)
Which of the following phonological processes can be observed when a child pronounces puter instead of computer?
backing
cluster reduction
fronting
metathesis
Which of the following structures do most ESL students find challenging?
Adjective phrases
Adverbial phrases
Prepositional clauses
Relative clauses
How many CPs are present in the sentence below:
The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me to succeed in the future.
1
2
3
4
TRUE OR FALSE
A. Morphological evidence can also be used to help classify words.
B. Only inflectional and not derivational suffixes provide clues about parts of speech.
Both statements are TRUE.
Both statements are FALSE.
Only statement A is TRUE.
Only statement B is FALSE.
Which of the following skills should be learned last?
The names of letters
The sounds associated with each letter
The words are made up of individual sounds
The correspondences between sounds and letters
In which word category does the word overboard belong?
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
From which writing system is the current English orthographic system derived?
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Ugaritic
Phoenician
Which of the following is a function word?
gorgeous
man
he
run
Which of the following forces shape the spelling of the word, avalanche?
etymological
phonetic
semantic
syntactic
What should teachers use to distinguish phonemes?
articulatory description
minimal pairs
diphthongs
phonetic transcription
