WorksheetsGST 111 PART 2
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
A student zones out during a GST105 lecture because the room is too hot and noisy. Which factor is primarily affecting listening?
Lecturer’s voice quality
Physiological state of the listener
Physical condition of the environment
Emotional bias
Emmanuel feels offended by a lecturer’s comment about his hometown and stops paying attention. This shows failure to:
Maintain eye contact
Repress emotional attachment
Use shorthand notes
Identify transition cues
During a seminar, a speaker uses phrases like “in conclusion” and “to summarize.” These are best described as:
Phonetic symbols
Transition cues
Lip movements
Vocal folds
A student listens carefully to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a theory. This is an example of:
Informal listening
Emotional listening
Formal listening for evaluation
Passive hearing
Emmanuel listens to his roommate describe a bad day at work. His main goal is likely to:
Transcribe every word
Build emotional rapport
Prepare for an exam
Analyze phonemes
Which activity occurs **before** a lecture to enhance listening?
Copying friends’ notes
Reading related past material
Sleeping to recharge
Skipping breakfast
A lecturer speaks clearly but too quickly. This illustrates a barrier related to the:
Listener’s mood
Environment
Lecturer’s physiological condition
Note-taking system
To avoid distraction during class, a student should:
Text friends discreetly
Focus on classmates’ outfits
Ignore background noise
Listen to music softly
Emmanuel sees listening as a mental puzzle to solve. This attitude supports:
Emotional bias
Passive reception
Listening as a mental challenge
Rapid note transcription
Asking yourself, “How does this connect to last week’s topic?” during a lecture is an example of:
Hasty generalization
Emotional reaction
Asking mental questions
Avoiding eye contact
A student assumes a topic is boring before the lecturer finishes. This violates the strategy of:
Using abbreviations
Avoiding hasty conclusions
Maintaining posture
Observing gestures
Effective note-taking requires the ability to:
Write every word spoken
Paraphrase main ideas
Memorize without writing
Ignore examples
Emmanuel uses “NB” in his notes. This stands for:
“Note book”
“Not bad”
“Note well”
“New beginning”
The symbol “→” in lecture notes usually means:
“Equals”
“Leads to”
“Opposite of”
“Compared with”
Which is a key difference between formal and informal listening?
Formal listening occurs only online
Informal listening is for exams
Formal listening has academic purposes
Informal listening requires transcription
The lungs provide the:
Voice vibrations
Airstream for speech
Lip movements
Nasal resonance
Emmanuel feels vibration in his throat when saying /z/. This shows the sound is:
Voiceless
Glottal
Voiced
Nasal
The space between the vocal folds is called the:
Velum
Glottis
Alveolar ridge
Pharynx
Which part of the vocal tract is **passive**?
Tongue
Lower lip
Upper teeth
Soft palate
The **most flexible** articulator is the:
Lips
Teeth
Tongue
Hard palate
In /f/ as in “fan,” the lower lip touches the upper teeth. This is a:
Bilabial sound
Dental sound
Labio-dental sound
Velar sound
The sound /k/ in “cat” is a:
Voiced alveolar stop
Voiceless velar stop
Voiced bilabial nasal
Voiceless palatal fricative
Which consonant is a **voiced alveolar lateral**?
/r/
/l/
/n/
/d/
The vowel in “cut” is best described as:
High front tense
Low back lax
Mid-low central lax
High back tense
The sound /ch/ as in “chair” is a:
Voiced fricative
Voiceless affricate
Nasal stop
Lateral approximant
Emmanuel hears /ng/ in “ring.” This is a:
Voiceless glottal fricative
Voiced velar nasal
Voiced bilabial stop
Voiceless alveolar fricative
The vowel /u:/ in “food” is:
Low front lax
High back tense
Central mid lax
High front tense
Which is a **diphthong**?
/i:/
/æ/
/ei/
/ʌ/
The word “boy” contains the diphthong:
/ai/
/oi/
/ei/
/au/
In “care,” the vowel sound ends with /ə/. This makes it a:
Closing diphthong
Centering diphthong
Monophthong
Triphthong
The **schwa** /ə/ is most commonly found in:
Stressed syllables
Word-initial position
Unstressed syllables
Final consonant clusters
The sound /h/ in “hat” is:
Voiced and velar
Voiceless and glottal
Voiced and alveolar
Nasal and bilabial
To produce /m/, air escapes through the nose because the:
Glottis is closed
Velum is lowered
Tongue blocks the mouth
Lips vibrate
The consonant /y/ in “yes” is a:
Voiced palatal glide
Voiceless dental fricative
Voiced velar stop
Voiceless bilabial plosive
The **hard palate** is:
The soft back of the mouth roof
The bony front part of the mouth roof
The ridge behind upper teeth
The lower jaw
Lip rounding is used in pronouncing:
/i:/
/æ/
/u:/
/e/
The /r/ in “red” is best described as a:
Voiced post-alveolar approximant
Voiceless alveolar fricative
Voiced bilabial nasal
Voiceless palatal stop
All English vowels are:
Voiceless
Nasal
Voiced
Obstructed
Emmanuel notes that “ough” is /uf/ in “tough” but /o/ in “though.” This shows:
English spelling reliably predicts sound
Sound-letter correspondence is inconsistent
All vowels are short
Consonants determine meaning
Before a lecture, effective preparation includes:
Arriving late
Reviewing related material
Avoiding the textbook
Chatting with friends
During a lecture, Emmanuel listens for phrases like “moreover” and “however.” He is tracking:
Emotional tone
Transition cues
Lip shapes
Breathing patterns
After class, Emmanuel fills gaps in his notes by comparing with peers. This is part of:
Pre-lecture prep
During-lecture distraction
Post-lecture revision
Emotional suppression
The sound /th/ in “think” is:
Voiced dental fricative
Voiceless dental fricative
Voiceless alveolar stop
Voiced labio-dental fricative
The word “this” contains a:
Voiceless /th/
Voiced /th/
Nasal /n/
Glottal /h/
The lateral /l/ is produced by air flowing:
Through the nose
Along the tongue sides
Between lips
At the glottis
Which vowel is **high, front, and tense**?
/i/
/i:/
/e/
/æ/
