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Экзаменационные вопросы по фонетике

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Phonology?

a)

The study of the sound system of a particular language

b)

The study of the telephone

c)

Refers to cultural rules of a community

d)

The complete loss of a sound in rapid connected speech

e)

The study of rhythm, pitch, volume, and intonation

2.

What does phonetics refer to?

a)

Study of sounds on an individual basis and how they are articulated

b)

A condition where you are constantly attached to your phone

c)

The complete loss of a sound in rapid connected speech

d)

The complete loss of a sound in rapid connected speech

e)

Areas such as rhythm, pitch, volume, and intonation

3.

What type of sounds belongs to the consonant group called fricatives?

a)

f, v, s, z, ʃ

b)

m, n, ŋ

c)

b, p, t, d, k, g

d)

all answers are right

e)

r, j, w

4.

What type of sounds belongs to the consonant group called plosives?

a)

b, p, t, d, k, g

b)

m, n, ŋ

c)

f, v, s, z, ʃ

d)

all answers are right

e)

r, j, w

5.

What type of sounds belong to the consonant group called approximants?

a)

r, j, w

b)

m, n, ŋ

c)

tʃ, dʒ

d)

all answers are right

e)

b, p, t, d, k, g

6.

An example of a voiceless affricate is _____________

a)

/tʃ/

b)

/m/

c)

/f/

d)

/ʃ/

e)

/dʒ/

7.

What is a correct transcription of 'jumping'?

a)

[ʤʌmpɪŋ]

b)

[jʌmpɪng]

c)

[ʤʌmpɪng]

d)

[jʌmpɪng]

e)

[jʌmpәng]

8.

Two sound segments are different phonemes in a language if ________

a)

replacing one with the other in a word makes a minimal pair

b)

they are pronounced differently

c)

they are variants of an allophone

d)

they have similar pronunciation

e)

they are allophones of each other

9.

A liquid or glide consonant, such as /r/ or /w/ cannot be______

a)

voiceless

b)

the onset of a syllable

c)

voiced

d)

a mid-vowel

e)

the nucleus of a syllable

10.

A diphthong is __________

a)

a single phoneme

b)

voiceless sound

c)

a complex vowel sound

d)

two vowel sounds in a row

e)

a mid-vowel

11.

The words 'have to' are often pronounced 'hafta' because the /t/ causes the /v/ to undergo _______

a)

voice assimilation

b)

place assimilation

c)

a complex vowel sound

d)

elision

e)

flapping

12.

One of a closely related set of sounds of a phoneme is____

a)

Allophones

b)

Phonetics

c)

a complex vowel sound

d)

Syntax

e)

Semantics

13.

_____ is used to indicate a phone.

a)

Brackets

b)

Dash

c)

Semicolon

d)

Slash marks

e)

Hyphen

14.

Which of the following is not a minimal pair?

a)

weight - wait

b)

caught - cut

c)

feel - fit

d)

phase - vase

e)

bat-pat

15.

Two well-known co-articulation effects are _______

a)

assimilation and elision

b)

stress and intonation

c)

syntax and grammar

d)

Phonology and Phonetics

e)

pronunciation - dialect

16.

The process by which one sound becomes more likely a nearby sound is known as______

a)

assimilation

b)

intonation

c)

dialect

d)

deletion

e)

pronunciation

17.

In elision_______

a)

a sound is dropped

b)

the same sound remains

c)

sounds are merged

d)

a new sound is added

e)

sounds are pronounced differently

18.

Which two words are NOT minimal pairs?

a)

loyalty and royally

b)

those and goes

c)

scout and scowl

d)

plays and praise

e)

ship and sheep

19.

Which word contains a diphthong (strong diphthong)?

a)

boy

b)

greet

c)

date

d)

bore

e)

meet

20.

What is a correct transcription of "wrong"?

a)

[rɒŋ]

b)

[wɒŋ]

c)

[rɑn]

d)

[wrɒŋ]

e)

[rәŋ]

21.

________deals with how speech sounds are produced, transmitted, and perceived.

a)

Phonetics

b)

Phonotactics

c)

Grammar

d)

Stylistics

e)

Text linguistics

22.

_____phonetics deals with how speech sounds are perceived by the listener.

a)

Auditory

b)

Experimental

c)

Acoustic

d)

Articulatory

e)

Phonotactics

23.

_________phonetics deals with the transmission of speech sounds through the air.

a)

Acoustic

b)

Experimental

c)

Phonotactics

d)

Auditory

e)

Articulatory

24.

Which of the following is not considered as (an) articulator(s)?

a)

the ears

b)

the velum

c)

the tongue

d)

the lips

e)

the palate

25.

________is the study or description of the distinctive sound units of a language and their relationship to one another.

a)

Phonology

b)

Pragmatics

c)

Semantics

d)

Phonetics

e)

Syntax

26.

The production of different speech sounds through the use of the organs of speech is known as________

a)

articulation

b)

dissimilation

c)

syllabification

d)

assimilation

e)

flapping

27.

Which of the following is not an aspect of the speech sounds as a physical event?

a)

Comprehensive

b)

Articulatory

c)

Physiological

d)

Acoustic

e)

Transmission

28.

Besides having the physical properties, the speech sound also have______when they are used as distinctive units of sounds in a language.

a)

distinctive function

b)

affective function

c)

thematic function

d)

syllabic function

e)

stylistic function

29.

The term_______is applied for the study of the more abstract, the more functional, or the more psychological aspects of speech.

a)

phonology

b)

pronunciation

c)

grammar

d)

phonetics

e)

semantics

30.

How many branches does phonetics have?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

8

d)

1

e)

2

31.

How many branches does phonology have?

a)

2

b)

1

c)

3

d)

6

e)

5

32.

A variety of a language which is different not just in pronunciation but also in such matters as vocabulary, grammar and word order.

a)

dialect

b)

intonation

c)

phoneme

d)

accent

e)

stress

33.

Smallest unit of speech distinguishing one word from another.

a)

phoneme

b)

stress

c)

intonation

d)

dialect

e)

accent

34.

Pronunciation differences that people from different geographical places from different social classes of different ages and different educational backgrounds have ______

a)

accent

b)

phoneme

c)

intonation

d)

dialect

e)

stress

35.

The way that a word or syllable is pronounced with greater force than other words in the same sentence or other syllables in the same word.

a)

stress

b)

dialect

c)

intonation

d)

accent

e)

phoneme

36.

The use of the pitch of the voice to convey meaning. The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

a)

intonation

b)

dialect

c)

stress

d)

accent

e)

phoneme

37.

The soft palate is also known as__________

a)

velum

b)

hard palate

c)

glottis

d)

alveolar ridge

e)

tongue

38.

What is articulatory phonetics?

a)

The study of how speech sounds are produced in the vocal tract.

b)

The study of voiced and voiceless sounds

c)

The study of sound wave which consists of vibrating particles.

d)

The study of sounds and airstream

e)

The study of sound systems of languages

39.

"vine" and "have" are____________

a)

labiodental

b)

alveolar

c)

dental

d)

velar

e)

bilabial

40.

"chick" and "match" are___________

a)

alveolar

b)

labiodental

c)

dental

d)

velar

e)

bilabial

41.

This word contains /ɔ:/

a)

warm

b)

draught

c)

australia

d)

word

e)

car

42.

The following words contain diphthongs

a)

fine, boys and house

b)

shirt, arm, thing

c)

cheap, cup and door

d)

man, deep, art

e)

born, burn, bark

43.

The Study of the way Humans make, Transmit, and Receive Sounds

a)

Phonetics

b)

Phoneme

c)

Phonology

d)

Mnemotechnics

e)

Stylistics

44.

The study of sound systems of languages

a)

Phonology

b)

Phoneme

c)

Stylistics

d)

Mnemotechnics

e)

Phonetics

45.

Vowels can be single sounds:

a)

monophthongs or pure vowels

b)

Triphthongs

c)

Diphthongs

d)

unsyllabled words

e)

word-combinations

46.

The most frequently occurring vowel in English is_________

a)

/ə/

b)

/ɪ/

c)

/ʊ/

d)

/i/

e)

/e/

47.

What is the correct English word for this phonetical transcription? [ˈkæt]

a)

cat

b)

cet

c)

Kite

d)

ket

e)

cut

48.

How many vowel sounds are there in the IPA chart?

a)

12

b)

8

c)

5

d)

10

e)

15

49.

How many consonant sounds are there in the IPA chart?

a)

24

b)

16

c)

9

d)

28

e)

12

50.

How many diphthongs are there in the IPA chart?

a)

8

b)

10

c)

6

d)

14

e)

5

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