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англ теория 5

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many long monophtongs are there among English vowels sounds?

a)

five

b)

six

c)

three

d)

eight

e)

four

2.

How many short monophtongs are there among English vowel sounds.

a)

seven

b)

eight

c)

nine

d)

ten

e)

eleven

3.

There are ___________ consonant sounds in the English language.

a)

twenty four

b)

twenty

c)

twenty one

d)

twenty five

e)

twenty seven

4.

There are ____________ vowel sounds in the English language.

a)

twenty

b)

thirty

c)

forty

d)

fifty

e)

twenty five

5.

How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

a)

twenty six

b)

twenty four

c)

twenty eight

d)

twenty

e)

twenty one

6.

There are vowel letters in the English alphabet.

a)

six

b)

ten

c)

fifteen

d)

five

e)

eight

7.

There are __________ consonant letters in the English alphabet.

a)

twenty

b)

twenty two

c)

twenty five

d)

twenty four

e)

twenty one

8.

English intonation has got _________ basic tones.

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

five

e)

six

9.

How many basic tunes in English do you know?

a)

two

b)

four

c)

six

d)

five

e)

ten

10.

What type of English pronunciation should be taught in our country?

a)

Received pronunciation

b)

General American

c)

Canadian English

d)

New Zealand English

e)

Australian English.

11.

Which style of pronunciation should be taught first at schools and universities?

a)

full

b)

colloquial

c)

jargonisms

d)

americanisms

e)

borrowings

12.

In language with ___________ type of stress the place of stress is always the same.

a)

fixed

b)

free

c)

level

d)

consonant

e)

unstressed

13.

All English vowels occur in stressed syllables, except ________ .

a)

[∂]

b)

[æ]

c)

[u:]

d)

[∂:]

e)

[α:]

14.

Stress is indicated by placing a stress mark ___________ the stressed syllable.

a)

before

b)

after

c)

on the third

d)

on the first

e)

on the second

15.

When one or more syllables in a word are made prominent, they are perceived as ____________ .

a)

stressed

b)

unstressed

c)

half-stressed

d)

level

e)

emphatic

16.

What organs of speech belong to the vibrator mechanism?

a)

the vocal cards and glottis

b)

the lungs, the wind pipe

c)

the glottis, the pharynx

d)

the nasal cavity

e)

the mouth cavity

17.

Where is lateral plosion?

a)

kettle

b)

sudden

c)

pattern

d)

black cat

e)

red rose

18.

Each intonation–group is characterized by a definite ___________

a)

intonation pattern

b)

intonation structure

c)

sense-group

d)

tone-group

e)

no correct answer

19.

Intonation serves ______________ sentences and intonation-groups

a)

to form

b)

to organize

c)

to formulate

d)

to point out

e)

no correct answer

20.

Intonation serves _____________ communicative type of sentences and intonation –groups.

a)

to define

b)

to express

c)

to determine

d)

to point out

e)

no correct answer

21.

Intonation serves ____ the speaker’s thoughts

a)

to express

b)

to determine

c)

to point out

d)

to define

e)

no correct answer

22.

Intonation serves __________ the attitudinal meaning.

a)

to convey

b)

to define

c)

to determine

d)

to point out

e)

no correct answer

23.

The nucleus is the most important part of the _______.

a)

intonation pattern

b)

tone – group

c)

sense – group

d)

intonation structure

e)

no correct answer

24.

The nucleus __________ the communicative type of the sentence.

a)

defines

b)

expresses

c)

points out

d)

decides

e)

no correct answer

25.

The nucleus ________ the semantic value of the intonation-group

a)

determines

b)

expresses

c)

points out

d)

decides

e)

no correct answer

26.

The nucleus _________ the communicative centre of the intonation – group or of the whole sentence.

a)

indicates

b)

expresses

c)

points out

d)

decides

e)

no correct answer

27.

According to the lenght English vowels are subdivided into ________ groups.

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

five

e)

no correct answer

28.

Vowel lenght may depend on ___________ linguistic factors.

a)

five

b)

three

c)

two

d)

four

e)

six

29.

Intonation is a complex unity of _________ non-segmental or prosodic features of speech.

a)

five

b)

four

c)

three

d)

two

e)

six

30.

The grammatical approach to the study of intonation was worked out by ____________ .

a)

H. Halliday

b)

D. Jones

c)

L. Armstrong

d)

H. Sweet

e)

A. Gimson.

31.

The founder of the American school of intonation is ________ .

a)

K. Pike

b)

D. Jones

c)

H. Sweet

d)

Gimson

e)

H. Halliday

32.

V.A.Vassilyev gives _________ tone units.

a)

ten

b)

seven

c)

six

d)

eight

e)

nine

33.

A national language has _________ material forms.

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

five

e)

six

34.

American English is characterized by _______ [r].

a)

retroflex

b)

cacuminal

c)

medial

d)

nasal

e)

lateral

35.

What type of English pronunciation was brought to America many centuries ago?

a)

Northern English type

b)

Eastern English type

c)

Western English type

d)

Southern English type

e)

Mid – Western English type.

36.

Besides the neutral vowels three more vowels in English are always unstressed. They are ____________.

a)

[-]

b)

[æ, e, I]

c)

[u: , I:, α]:

d)

[∂ :, ٨]

37.

The unstressed vocalism in English is represented by __________.

a)

∂

b)

æ

c)

∂:

d)

۸

e)

α:

38.

Musical or tonic type of stress is achieved through the changes in the _____________ of the vowel under stress.

a)

pitch

b)

quality

c)

quantity

d)

force of articulation

e)

force of exhalation

39.

If special prominence in a stressed syllable is achieved through the change in the quantity of the vowels, which is longer in a stressed one, such type is called _________.

a)

quantitative

b)

qualitative

c)

musical

d)

dynamic

e)

pitch

40.

If special prominence in a stressed syllable is achieved mainly through the change of pitch such accent is called ___________.

a)

qualitative

b)

quantitative

c)

musical

d)

dynamic

e)

pitch

41.

If special prominence in a stressed syllable is achieved mainly through the intensity of articulation, such type of stress is called __________ type of stress.

a)

dynamic

b)

musical

c)

qualitative

d)

quantitative

e)

pitch

42.

On what does a number of syllables in a word depend?

a)

on the number of vowels

b)

on the number of noise consonants

c)

on the number of sonorants

d)

on the number of plosives

e)

on the number of unvoiced consonants.

43.

Each rhythmic group within an intonation group is given ________ .

a)

the same amount of time

b)

different amount of time

c)

seconds

d)

minutes

e)

hours

44.

Define the direction of assimilation in the following examples: e.g. news [n j u: z] – newspaper [‘nju:speIp∂]                        horse [h o: s ]   - horse – shoe [‘h o: ∫ ∫ u: ]

a)

regressive

b)

progressive

c)

double

d)

difficult

e)

simple

45.

The type of assimilation in which two adjacent consonants influence each other called _________.

a)

double

b)

progressive

c)

regressive

d)

difficult

e)

simple

46.

The type of assimilation in which the assimilated consonant is influenced by the preceding consonant is called __________ .

a)

progressive

b)

regressive

c)

double

d)

different

e)

simple

47.

Phoneme fulfils ____________ main functions.

a)

three

b)

two

c)

four

d)

five

e)

six

48.

The phoneme is a dialected unity of ________ aspects.

a)

three

b)

two

c)

four

d)

five

e)

six

49.

What do we call the articulatory features which are present in all allophones?

a)

They are called relevant articulatory features.

b)

They are called irrelevant articulatory features.

c)

They are no such articulatory features in English.

d)

They are many irrelevant articulatory features in English.

e)

They are many relevant articulatory features in English.

50.

Subsidiary allophones may be of ________ types.

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

five

e)

six

51.

Allophones are divided into _____________ groups.

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

five

e)

six

52.

Whom is the definition of the phoneme as the smallest language unit which is capable in distinguishing one word from another, one grammatical form from another given by?

a)

by Shcherba L.V.

b)

by foreign linguists

c)

by prof.Vassilyev

d)

by N.Zhinkin

e)

by S.F.Leontyeva

53.

With what type of obstruction are affricates articulated ?

a)

beginning with a complete and ending with incomplete one.

b)

with complete.

c)

with incomplete.

d)

with no obstruction

e)

beginning with an incomplete and ending with complete one.

54.

For the production of what sounds is the obstructor mechanism responsible?

a)

for the production of consonants

b)

for the production of vowels

c)

for the production of sonorants only

d)

for the production of plosives only

e)

for the production of fricatives only

55.

What sounds are syllabic in English?

a)

all vowel sounds and consonants [m,n,l].

b)

all vowel sounds

c)

all consonant sounds

d)

all sonorants

e)

all semi-vowels.

56.

Where do the combinations of consonants [tl, dl,tn,dn] occur in English words ?

a)

they occur at the end and in the middle of words

b)

they never occur at the beginning of the words

c)

the English language doesn’t have such combinations

d)

the English language has several such kind of combinations.

e)

they never occur at the end of the words.

57.

In what branch is a statistical method widely used?

a)

in general phonetics

b)

in historical phonetics

c)

in phonology

d)

in linguistics

e)

in non-linguistic sciences

58.

What are the principal methods used in acoustic phonetics?

a)

They are experimental ones.

b)

It is the method of direct obstruction.

c)

The methods of discovering minimal pairs.

d)

There are no methods at all.

e)

There are special methods used in acoustic phonetics.

59.

What is the oldest and the most developed branch of phonetics?

a)

It is physiological phonetics.

b)

It is phonology.

c)

It is acoustic phonetics.

d)

It is phonological aspect.

e)

It is practical phonetics.

60.

Physiological phonetics studies _________ .

a)

sound producing possibilities of the speech apparatues and the ways they are used for human intercommunication;

b)

the physical nature of speech sounds;

c)

the functional aspect of speech sounds;

d)

the contemporary phonetic system of a particular language;

e)

the correlation between the phonetic system of two or more languages.

61.

Acoustic phonetics studies

a)

sound producing possibilities of the speech apparatues and the ways they are used for human intercommunication;

b)

the physical nature of speech sounds;

c)

the functional aspect of speech sounds;

d)

the contemporary phonetic system of a particular language;

e)

the correlation between the phonetic system of two or more languages.

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