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Total questions: 90
Worksheet time: 48mins
Choose the correct answers to complete the statements below: …… deals with how speech sounds are produced, transmitted and perceived.
Grammar
lexicology
phonetics
text linguistics
Which of the following is not considered as a(n) articulator(s)?
the tongue
the lips
the velum
the ears
The … is between the teeth ridge and the soft palate
hard palate
tongue
nose
lungs
Which of the following is not a segmental phoneme?
the vowel
stress
the consonant
the diphthong
Which of the following words form a minimal pair?
bat-bite
thin-free
bat-she
ship-three
Which of the following contains a close vowel?
sand
hard
sit
hot
… vowels are the ones in the production of which the lips are drawn together so that the opening between them is more or less round
Rounded
Unrounded
Long
Short
Which of the following syllable has the structure of V?
talk
learn
or
at
How many syllables are there in the word “garden”?
1
2
3
4
Which of the following syllable has the structure of CV?
learn
see
a
in
What are joined in the front but separated at the back?
The vocal cords
The voice box
The glottis
The larynx
What is the opening between the vocal cords called?
The articulators
Glottis
Glottal stop
Adam’s apple
In how many positions can the opening of the vocal cords be described?
3
4
5
6
What sounds will be produced when the vocal cords are wide apart?
voiceless sounds
voiced sounds
nasal sounds
lateral sounds
When the vocal cords are touched or nearly touched, what sounds are produced?
Voiced sounds
Vowels
Voiced consonants
Voiceless sounds
Find a sound that is different from all the others: /n/, /m/, /s/, /d/.
/n/
/m/
/s/
/d/
What is another name for Larynx?
Voice box
Adam’s apple
neither A nor B
Both A and B
Language is defined as a/an _________ system.
Conventional
Arbitrary
Learned
All of them
The sounds which are produced by touching the alveolar ridge are called _______.
Back sounds
Velar sounds
Alveolar sounds
Fricative sounds
The /b/ and /p/ are described as _______.
Dental sounds
Labiodental sounds
Fricative sounds
Bilabial sounds
Which statement is NOT true?
The phoneme is the smallest distinctive unit of sound in a language.
The allophones of the same phoneme must occur in the same phonetic context.
The morpheme is the smallest unit of sound in a language which can distinguish two morphemes or two words.
The allophones of the same phoneme must show phonetic similarity to one another.
What is not a phonetic feature in narrow phonetic transcription?
Aspirated stops
Flaps
Phonetic features
Dental consonants
What is a phonetic feature included in narrow phonetic transcription?
Nasalization
Strident
Continuant
Labial
What is not a fricative sound?
/f/
/s/
/z/
/p/
The sound /h/ is described as a _______.
Voiced sound
Voiceless sound
Glottal stop
Voiceless glottal fricative
What is an affricate sound?
/ʃ/
/t/
/tʃ/
/l/
The sounds which are produced by touching the velum with the back of the tongue are called _______.
Velar sounds
Alveolar sounds
Dental sounds
Labiodental sounds
Which of the following syllable division is correct?
Ger-ma-ny
Germ-any
German-y
Ger-many
Which of the following syllable has the structure of V?
talk
learn
or
at
How many phonemes are there in the word teaching?
2
3
4
5
…………is the study or description of the distinctive sound units of a language and their relationship to one another
Pronunciation
Phonology
Semantics
Pragmatics
Which of the following is not a segmental phoneme?
Vowels
Consonants
Diphthongs
Pitch
Which of the following words form a minimal pair?
ten-pen
thin-free
bat-she
ship-three
………………deals with how speech sounds are produced, transmitted, and perceived
Grammar
Phonotactics
Phonetics
Linguistics
………..may be defined as one or more speech sounds forming a word or a part of word, containing one vowel sound, with or without a consonant and uttered in a single effort.
The syllable
The phoneme
The intonation
The morpheme
Which of the following words has the stress on the last syllable?
Teaching
Mountaineer
Photography
Perfection
The production of different speech sounds through the use of the organs of speech is known as…………..
assimilation
dissimilation
articulation
syllabification
The initial vowel of the word economics could be either /i/ or /e/ according to the variation in the pronunciation of different speakers. These sounds are said to be in………in that particular word.
free variation
positional variation
distinctive variation
significant variation
Speech sounds are divided into vowels and………………
phonemes
syllables
consonants
words
………..vowels are the ones in the production of which the lips are drawn together so that the opening between them is more or less round
Front
Back
Rounded
Nasal
The …………provides the most usual source of energy.
lungs
ears
eyes
lips
We use the term “glottis” to refer to the opening between ………..
the eyes
the ears
the vocal cords
the mouth
Which of the following is not a segmental phoneme?
the vowel
the intonation
the consonant
the diphthong
…………..is a combination of two vowels pronounced within one syllable.
A diphthong
A consonant
A front vowel
A vowel
Which syllable is formed by a vowel + a consonant?
she
eat
sit
or
What is NOT a characteristic of language?
conventional
arbitrary
coronal
a system of signal
What is a branch of linguistics?
phonology
culture
communication
community
Here are all organs of speech, except…………………………
lips
ears
nose
lungs
The lungs provide…………………that is necessary to produce sounds.
features
larynx
vocal cords
the airstream
The vocal cords are located in the ………………………………
lungs
larynx
glottis
oral cavity
What is a part in the oral cavity?
uvula
the nose
the eyes
the heart
What is the most important of the organs of speech?
the apex
the palate
the tongue
the nose
Both lips are ………………………..and important in speech.
rounded
spread
long
movable
What is NOT an area of phonetics?
Articulatory phonetics
Auditory phonetics
Acoustic phonetics
Pronunciation
What may be included in a narrow phonetic transcription?
Which feature doesn’t belong to the major class features?
syllabic
continuant
sonorant
consonantal
Which sound is not continuant?
[s]
[p]
[f]
[v]
Which sound is bilabial?
[l]
[t]
[m]
[n]
Which sound is nasal?
[b]
[t]
[d]
[m]
Which sound has the following features [+consonantal, +voiced, + continuant, +lateral, +/-Syllabic]
[l]
[j]
[r]
[h]
Which sound is a glide?
[s]
[j]
[w]
[l]
Find the natural class of the group [p, t, k]
[-continuant, -voiced, strident]
[-continuant, +voiced, +coronal]
[+continuant, -voiced, +anterior]
[-continuant, -voiced, +labial]
Which property does not belong to suprasegmental sounds?
loudness
pitch
consonantal
duration
Which group of sounds is oral stops?
[t,k,s]
[t,d,n]
[p,b,m]
[b,d,g]
Which sound is not a fricative?
[k]
[z]
[v]
[θ]
Which is a voiceless sound?
[w]
[j]
[h]
[r]
Which is a dental sound?
[d]
[f]
[k]
[ŋ]
Find a sound that is different from all the others in the group: [f, s, ʃ, ð]
[f]
[ð]
[ʃ]
[s]
Find the natural class of the sound [n]
[+continuant, +voiced, +nasal]
[+anterior, +voiced, +nasal]
[+anterior, +voiced, +nasal]
Find the natural class of the sound [ʒ].
[+consonantal, +continuant, -voiced, -anterior]
[+consonantal, +continuant, -voiced, +anterior]
[-consonantal, +continuant, -voiced, -anterior]
[+consonantal, +continuant, +voiced, -anterior]
Find a sound which is different from all the others [ʌ, ə, ɑ, ei].
[ʌ]
[ɑ]
[ɑ] (open back unrounded)
[ei]
Find a sound which is different from all the others [iː, aː, æ, uː].
[iː]
[aː]
[æ]
[uː]
Find a sound which is different from all the others [ʌ, aː, ə, uː].
[uː]
[ə]
[aː]
[ʌ]
Find a sound which is different from all the others [ei, ai, ɔː, ɒ].
[ei]
[ai]
[ɔː]
[ɒ]
A/An ……………………is not a sound, but a group of sounds which are phonetically similar, and either in complementary distribution or in free variation.
Phoneme
Allophone
Segment
Sound
The production of different speech sounds through the use of the organs of speech is known as …………………
assimilation
dissimilation
articulation
syllabification
When the vocal cords are touching or nearly touching, the sounds they produced might be…….
/p, t, k/
/s, k, t/
/p, s, k/
/aː, l, iː/
We use the term glottis to refer to the opening between………………
the eyes
the ears
the vocal cords
the mouth
Allophones are known as ………………variants of a phoneme.
The predictable syllabic
The predictable phonetic
the predictable morphological
the predictable textual
Which of the following pairs of phoneme differs in two distinctive features?
[p-b]
[t-d]
[p-g]
[p-z]
The initial vowel of economics could be [i] or [e] according to the variation in the pronunciation of different speakers. These sounds are said to be …….in that particular word.
phonemes
allophones
syllables
morphemes
When the word mean is transcribed as [miːn], ………transcription is used.
Allophonic
phonemic
narrow
phonetic
Speech sounds are divided into vowels and ……………………………..
Phonemes
syllables
words
consonants
Which of the following is incorrect? (Not true)
All vowels are voiced
Vowels are less sonorous than consonants
All vowels are syllabic
consonants are either voiced or voiceless
Which of the following words do not contain an open vowel?
seen
hat
hot
not
…………………..is a combination of two vowels pronounced within one syllable.
A diphthong
A consonant
A front vowel
An open vowel
Which of the following can’t be used as a classifying criterion for consonant classification?
The position of the soft palate
The place of articulation
The manner of articulation
The shape of the lips
[iː] is a …………………………………..
diphthong
consonant
pure vowel
syllable
[ai] is a ……………………………………..
diphthong
consonant
pure vowel
glide
Which of the following is true?
Vowels are produced with complete closure in the vocal tract.
Consonants are produced with no obstruction in the vocal tract.
Consonants are more sonorous than vowels.
All vowels are syllabic.
