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NN 1 Buổi 3,4

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

Sounds that are produced when air flow through the mouth is completely blocked and released through the nose are called

a)

Glides

b)

Plosives

c)

Nasals

d)

Stops

2.

Which of the following words starts with an affricate sound?

a)

Head

b)

Mode

c)

Those

d)

Chain

3.

A fricative and an affricate differ in…

a)

place of articulation

b)

nothing

c)

pressure phase and friction phase

d)

manner of articulation

4.

The initial sound in "chitchat" is

a)

palatal, affricate, voiced

b)

alveolar, affricate, voiceless

c)

palato-alveolar, affricate, voiceless

d)

palatal, affricate, voiced

5.

What is the difference between a nasal and a plosive?

a)

The position of the tongue

b)

The position of the velum

c)

Voicing

d)

Lip rounding

6.

The sound /l/ when occurring after a vowel is called…..

a)

Devoiced

b)

Clear

c)

Dark

d)

Syllabic

7.

…….are pronounced with the contact made between lower lip and upper teeth.

a)

Labio-dentals

b)

Alveolars

c)

Bilabials

d)

Dentals

8.

Which of the following statements is correct? All the consonants are produced with

a)

an extra puff of the air strongly expelled

b)

an obstruction of the airstream (complete or partial)

c)

no vibration of the vocal cords

d)

vibration of the vocal cords

9.

Which of the following phonetic variations that may happen to the lateral [ l ] in this context: ankle?

a)

[ l ] becomes devoiced after voiced stop [ k ]

b)

[ l ] becomes syllabic after voiced stop [ k ]

c)

[ l ] becomes unaspirated after voiced stop [ k ]

d)

[ l] becomes aspirated after voiced stop [ k ]

10.

How are vowels different from consonants?

a)

They are always nasal.

b)

They are always voiceless.

c)

They are spoken further back in the mouth.

d)

They can occupy the nucleus of a syllable.

11.

The sounds that never occurs in final position are

a)

/w,j,h/

b)

/m,n,l,g/

c)

/r,w,h,k/

d)

/h,w,j,p/

12.

The sound /l/ when preceding a vowel is called…..

a)

Devoiced

b)

Clear

c)

Dark

d)

Syllabic

13.

The main difference between /b/ and /m/ is……...

a)

Manner of articulation

b)

Voicing

c)

Place of articulation

d)

Length

14.

Which of the following statements is correct? Palato- alveolar is the sound made

a)

as a very rapidly articulated non-syllabic segment

b)

just behind the alveolar ridge

c)

with the identical articulation to that of the long vowel [ i: ]

d)

with the tongue at the alveolar ridge

15.

Which of the following statements is correct? Palatal is made

a)

at the hard palate

b)

at the soft area toward the rear of the roof of the mouth

c)

at the teeth ridge

d)

with the tongue placed against the teeth

16.

Which of the following statements is correct? Nasal sounds are produced with

a)

the airstream released through the oral cavity

b)

the continuous air flow through the mouth

c)

with the velum being lowered

d)

A & B

17.

Which of the following statements is correct?

a)

Alveolars are sounds made at the soft area toward the rear of the roof of the mouth

b)

Alveolars are sounds made just behind the alveolar ridge

c)

Alveolars are sounds made at the tooth ridge

d)

Alveolars are sounds made with the tongue placed against the teeth

18.

Which of the following statements is correct?

a)

The fricatives are consonants produced with a continuous airflow through the mouth

b)

The fricatives are consonants produced with the complete stoppage of the air in the mouth which causes explosion

c)

The fricatives are consonants produced with the lowering of the soft palate

d)

The fricatives are non-continuant consonants.

19.

Which of the following is the minimal pair?

a)

there - bet

b)

dab - bad

c)

bad - bet

d)

there - dare

20.

Which of the following statements is incorrect? All the aspirated voiceless stops are produced with

a)

no vibration of the vocal cords

b)

an extra puff of the air strongly expelled

c)

the airstream from the lungs

d)

the vibration of the vocal cords

21.

Which of the following statements is correct?

a)

Phonology aims to provide the set of features, or properties that can describe all sounds in human language.

b)

Phonology deals with the articulatory and acoustic aspects of speech sounds.

c)

Phonology provides the means for describing speech sounds.

d)

Phonology studies the ways phonemes function in language

22.

Which of the following is incorrect? When a feature is predictable by the phonological rules, it is

a)

a redundant feature

b)

a phonetic feature

c)

a phonemic feature

d)

both A and B

23.

Which of the following is a glide?

a)

[l]

b)

[r]

c)

[j]

d)

[z]

24.

Which of the following is the phonetic transcription of this form "singing"?

a)

[ 'sɪŋgɪng ]

b)

[ 'sɪngɪŋ ]

c)

[ 'sɪŋɪŋ ]

d)

[ 'sɪŋɪng ]

25.

consonants produced in the area of the soft palate

a)
  1. stress

b)

nasals

c)

uvula

d)

velars

26.

consonants produced in a narrowing between two articulators, which is not narrow enough to cause friction

a)

glides

b)

glottals

c)

velars

d)

nasals

27.

A position in the vocal tract by which a consonant is classified

a)

alveolars

b)

place of articulation

c)

labiodentals    

d)

 manner of articulation