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Phonology - PM4

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

p b t d k g are all examples of...

a)

stops

b)

fricatives

c)

affricates

d)

nasals

2.

θ ʃ f v s are examples of...

a)

plosives (stops)

b)

fricatives

c)

affricates

d)

nasals

3.

ch (as in church) and dg (as in judge) are...

a)

plosives

b)

fricatives

c)

affricates

d)

nasals

4.

What is a glottal stop?

a)

a combination of a plosive and a fricative

b)

how you make an L sound

c)

making a fricative sound last a long time

d)

closing vocal cords instead of pronouncing a [t]

5.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

diphthong

b)

dipthong

c)

diphtong

d)

dithpong

6.

Choose the correct transcription for 'grab'

a)

/'græb/

b)

/'graed/

c)

/'græd/

7.

Choose the correct transcription for 'stream' (choose 2)

a)

/'strim/

b)

/'strɪm/

c)

/'striːm/

8.

choose the correct transcription for 'went'

a)

/'went/

b)

/'wənt/

c)

/'wɜːnt/

9.

Choose the correct transcription for 'mood' (choose 2)

a)

/'mud/

b)

/'mʊd/

c)

/'muːd/

10.

Choose the best description for the first sound in the American pronunciation of the word 'teeth.'

a)

ALVEOLAR

b)

VELAR

c)

LABIODENTAL

d)

ALVEOLARPALATAL

11.

describe [i]

a)

high front unrounded tense

b)

high front unrounded lax

c)

mid front unrounded lax

d)

high back unrounded lax

12.

What consonant initate the word : "beach"?

a)

/b/

b)

/ch/

c)

/p/

d)

/m/

13.

What consonant end the word : "beach"?

a)

/b/

b)

/ch/

c)

/p/

d)

/m/

14.

What vowel is in the word : "beach"?

a)

/e/

b)

/i:/

c)

/ɔ/

d)

[ɜ]

15.

/aɪ/ can be read in what words? (choose 2 correct answers)

a)

ant

b)

I

c)

eye

d)

ain't

16.

/aɪs/ can be read as ... (choose 2 correct answers)

a)

aice

b)

ears

c)

ice

d)

eyes

17.

/ˈtempəl/ can be read as ...

a)

tempat

b)

stempel

c)

temple

d)

tempel

18.

/kən/ can be read as ...

a)

can

b)

keen

c)

cone

d)

core

19.

What is the 'voiceless palatal affricate'?

a)

[b]

b)

[tʃ]

c)

[z]

d)

[l]

20.

Which of the following is a voiced fricative?

a)

/s/

b)

/z/

c)

/t/

d)

/f/

21.

What type of sound is represented by the symbol 'ŋ'?

a)

nasal

b)

fricative

c)

plosive

d)

affricate

22.

[m] [n] [ng] are oral sounds

a)

true

b)

false

23.

[ð] is a dental fricative sound.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

[θ] is a voiced sound.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

[ʊ] in the word book is a high back unrounded tense sound.

a)

True

b)

False