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Worksheetsфонетика 3
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
According to the length English vowels are subdivided into:
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rounded & unrounded
monophthongs & diphthongs
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According to the stability of articulation English monophthongs are subdivided into:
monophthongs & diphthongs
Short & long
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According to the degree of muscular tense English vowels are subdivided
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Tense & lax
Short & long
Which of the following groups of sounds are monophthongs?
[ei, au, ou]
[e:, i:, ә:, u:]
[әu, ai, εә, iә]
[uә, ai, ph, th, מi, oә, uә]
Sound realizations of one & the same phoneme that cannot distinguish words in a definite language & occur only in certain positions or in combinations with certain all sounds are called its:
Lexemes
Phonemes
Allophone
Morphemes
phonemic phenomenon of the weakening of articulation & shortening of the duration of unstressed vowels, resulted in modification of their quality & quantity is called
Reductions
Accommoda
Assimila
Elision
Which of the following is an example of the covered syllable type?
Long,shore
Art,sit
Tar,sea,tie
Apt,eat
Which of the following is an example of the uncovered syllable type?
Long,shore
Tar,sea,tie
Apt,eat,art
A,at,on
What is the smallest articulatory unit?
Syllable
Words
Phonemes
Morphemes
Which of the following groups of sounds are diphthongs?
bilabial, labiodental, apical
labial, lingual, pharyngeal
occlusive, constrictives, occlusive-constrictives
dental, palatal, velar
Pronunciation of the words “empty”, “castle”, “Christmas” are the examples of:
Assimilation
Accomoda
Elision
Dental
How many syllable structures are there in the English language?
28
26
29
23
Point out the examples of the double-peaked type of consonants
Penknife,that time,mid-day
Me,tie
Us,sad,it
Both,these
English word stress is created by:
interactions: intensity, fundamental frequency, duration & formant structure
intensity alone
fundamental frequency alone
duration alone
The largest prosodic unit is:
The combination
The word
The syllable
The unterance
According to the relative sonority theory the opensonorous sounds are:
Open vowels
Close vowels
Mid sonants
Voiceless stops
The number of syllables is determined by the number of:
Sonants
Consonants
Peaks in prominence
Fricatives
English word stress is:
Quantitative
Uncomplex nature
Dynamic
Qualitative
English closed vowels occur only in:
Closed syllable
Open syllable
Complex nature
Dynamic
English open vowels can occur in:
Open syllable
Complex nature
Dynamic
Accent
Point out the sonorants:
f, v, ð, θ, s
c, p, t, k
m, n, l, r, w
b, d, g, h
The English consonants [p, b, t, d, k] belong to:
Unclusive
Constrictive
Occlusive
Lingual
The English consonants [p, b, m, w, v, f] belong to:
Constrictive
Labial
Pharyngeals
Occlusives
Phonemic (broa<variant>transcription contains:
Allophones of each phoneme
As many symbols as there are phonemes in the language
Vowel
Consonant
Phonetic (narrow) transcription contains:
Allophones in each phoneme
As many symbols as there are phonemes of the language
Vowels only
Consonants only
Definition of Intonation:
variations of the pitch of the voice
variations of the word stress
complex unity in speech melody, sentence stress, tempo, timber, paused rhythm
variations of loudness.
Definition of Prosody:
Pitch,loudness,duration and pauses
Variations of pitch only
Variations of loudness only
Variations of duration only
Consecutive elements of the intonation groups are:
word stress
pre-head, head, nucleus and tail
Pause
Syllable
Intonation performs:
5 basic functions
3(constitutive,distinctive,recognitive)
6 basic functions
7 basic functions
The notion of styles of pronunciation was introduced by:
Lomonosov
Palmer
Pike
Abercrombie
Styles of pronunciation were introduced in the:
14th century
15th century
18th century
13th century
The speaker is governed by:
by various types of devices
his/her family
his/her supervisor
his/her audience in choice of vocabulary units, grammatical structures, tempo of speech, distinctiveness of articulation & so on
Each phonetic style is characterized by:
specific combination of tones
specific combination of morphemes
specific combination in segmental prosodic features
specific combination of lexemes
The intonation group is
lower than the “syntagm”
higher in the rhythmic group
lower than the “sense group”
lower than “breath group”.
Obligatory elements of Intonation group:
Prehead
unnuclear stress & the terminal tone
Head
Tail
Phonetic system of a language contains:
2 levels
5 levels
6 levels
8 levels
Segmental units are:
Pause
Melody
Vowels and consonants
Word stress
Prosodic units are:
Syllables,accentual units,intonation groups,utterances
Phonemes
Morphemes
Grammatical units
Sound phenomena has different
Syllables
Word stress
Sentence stress
Articulatory,acoustic,auditory and linguistic
Sound production consists of:
6 alternating phases
2 alternating phases
7 alternating phases
5 alternating phases
Choose correct variant: Berik was working in ______.
Had worked
Glasgow
Is working
Am working
Put into Present Continuous Tense: Arina ______ now.
Is washing up
Are
Sing
Washing
Complete the sentence: Are those the people ______
But
Because
Who are selling their house?
Which
Find Present Perfect
Sandra hasn’t cooked dinner yet.
Nancy has the longest hair.
She can play tennis.
A lot of students go to college.
Choose correct form: Are you going ________
Have
Look
Has
To have a holiday this summer?
Find correct article: Не took some great photos ___ the party.
At
From
For
Free
Choose correct form: They _____ like clothes which have a bright color.
What
Don’t
When
Where
Choose correct form: You were _______ when I took the photo.
Laughing
Was laughing
Is laughing
Has laugh
Choose the right word “Open your _____ and write down”
Dinner
Pencil
Desk
Copybook
Choose the right word “My _____car is on the road”
Father’s
Plate
Table
Desk
Choose the right word “_____ magazine”
Jump
My sister’s
Eat
Make
Choose the right word “____ of apples”
What kind
Tool
Trip
Drop
Choose the right word “I _____French”
Work
Can’t speak
When
Cry
Choose the right word “I usually stay in bed ________”
Vegetable
Science
Transport
Until 10.30
Complete the sentence: My _____ Nurzhanov.
Life
Live
Come
Surname’s
Choose the right word “Their parents live near _____ ”
Toy
St.Peterburg
Hard
Dive
Choose the right word “Her birthday is in _____”
December
Sale
Sun
Fun
Choose the correct answer: “What date is today?”
It was drawn yesterday
He can swim
I like a dog
Today’s September 12th
Choose the correct answer: Do you speak English?
I can
I speak
Yes,I do
I dream
Choose the correct answer: Does she like bananas?
No,she doesn’t
She plays
We are builders
She is painter
