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Phonological processes

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Replacing one syllable or part of syllable by repeating the preceding syllable is?

a)

Devoicing

b)

Reduplication

c)

denasalization

d)

Affrication

2.

When a nasal sound is replaced with a homogranic (same place) stops

a)

Gliding

b)

Denasalization

c)

Cluster reduction

3.

Inserting a vowel (schwa) to change it's syllable structure

a)

Epenthesis

b)

Stopping

c)

Backing

d)

Voicing

4.

When a nonalveolar sound is substituted with an alveolar soun

a)

Reduplication

b)

Vowelization

c)

Alevorization

d)

Derhotacization

5.

When a fricative is substituted with a stop consonant.

a)

Labialization

b)

Stopping

c)

Fronting

d)

Gliding

6.

When a child replaces a back sound with a sound that is made toward the front of the mouth

a)

Stopping

b)

Labialization

c)

Affrication

d)

Fronting

7.

omitting the first single consonant or consonant cluster at the beginning of a word.

a)

Final consonant delection

b)

Initial consonant deletion

c)

Cluster reduction

d)

Weak-syllable deletion

8.

Omitting the unstressed syllable

a)

Reduplication

b)

Cluster reduction

c)

Weak-syllable deletion

d)

Epenthesis

9.

When an affricate is replaced with a fricative or stop sound.

a)

Labialization

b)

Alveolarization

c)

Deaffrication

d)

Affrication

10.

when two consonants are together in a word and they omit one

a)

Cluster reduction

b)

Epenthesis

c)

Weak-syllable deletion

d)

Fronting

11.

omitting the last consonant.

a)

Backing

b)

Devoicing

c)

Final-consonant deletion

d)

Cluster reduction

12.

When a child substitutes a front sound with a back sound.

a)

Fronting

b)

Backing

c)

Stopping

d)

Gliding

13.

When a nonaffricate is replaced with an affricate.

a)

Deaffrication

b)

Affrication

14.

When a voiced sound is replaced by voiceless sound

a)

Devoicing

b)

Voicing

15.

the loss of r-coloring in central vowels

a)

Denasalization

b)

Derhotacization

c)

Devoicing

d)

Gliding

16.

When liquid sound is replaced with glide sound

a)

Stopping

b)

Affrication

c)

Vowelization

d)

Gliding

17.

When a voiceless sound is replaced by voiced sound

a)

Devoicing

b)

Voicing

18.

When syllabic (liquids and nasals) sounds are replaced by vowels

a)

Affrication

b)

Vowelization

c)

Stopping

19.

When a nonlabial sound is replaced with a labial sound

a)

Vowelization

b)

Derhotacization

c)

Labialization

20.

Example: water ---> wa-wa, bottle--> ba-ba

a)

Reduplication

b)

Epenthesis

c)

Cluster reduction

21.

Example: banana ---> nana, telephone ---> tephone

a)

Weak-syllable delection

b)

Final cononant deletion

c)

Reduplication

22.

Example: ball --> ba, dog --> do

a)

Cluster reduction

b)

Initial consonant deletion

c)

Final consonant deletion

23.

Example: phone --> one

a)

Final consonant deletion

b)

Epenthesis

c)

Initial consonant deletion

24.

Example: spoon --->poon, play---> pay/lay

a)

Weak syllable deletion

b)

Reduplication

c)

Cluster reduction

25.

Example: please --> puhlease, (valley girl), bread ---> buhread

a)

Cluster reduction

b)

Epenthesis

c)

Stopping

26.

Example: cop --> top, go --> doe, ring --> rin

a)

Stopping

b)

Backing

c)

Fronting

27.

Example: ship --> sip, shoe --> soo

a)

Fronting

Palatal

b)

Gliding

c)

Backing

28.

Example: ring ---> ring, key --> tee, candy --> tandy

a)

Stopping

b)

Backing

c)

Fronting

Velar

29.

Example: top --> kop, dog --> gog, play --> clay, dime --> gim

a)

Stopping

b)

Fronting

c)

Backing

30.

Example: thumb --> fumb

a)

Alveolarization

b)

Affrication

c)

Labialization

31.

Example: shoe --> too

a)

Alveolarization

b)

Stopping

c)

Labialization

32.

Example: fan --> pan, sam --> tam

a)

Gliding

b)

Backing

c)

Stopping

33.

Example: chips --> ships

a)

Stopping

b)

Deaffrication

c)

Derhotacization

34.

Example: door --> jore, tear --> chair, shoe --. chew, wash --> watch

a)

Gliding

b)

Deaffrication

c)

Affrication

35.

Example: meat --> beat, noon --> dood

a)

Stopping

b)

Gliding

c)

Denasalization

36.

Example: love --> wuv, rabbit --> wabbi

a)

Gliding

b)

Stopping

c)

Backing

37.

Example: apple --> appo, table --> tabo, cuddle --> cudo

a)

Voicing

b)

Affrication

c)

Vowelization

38.

Example: better --> beduh, Peter-->Petuh

a)

Epenthesis

b)

Fronting

c)

Derhotacization

39.

Example: toe --> doe, shoe --> 3hoo, pie --> bye, key --> gee

a)

Devoicing

b)

Voicing

40.

Example: do --> too, zebra --> sebra, green --> kreen, bingo --> pingo, vase --> face

a)

Devoicing

b)

Voicing