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Total questions: 117

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1.

Count the [ʃ] sounds in sentence: “English Shoppers Short of Cash”.

a)

4

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

e)

9

2.

Give one word in line below, the underlined letter is pronounced [ʃ].

a)

chef

b)

children

c)

mechanic

d)

teacher

e)

chair

3.

Give the word which is pronounced [u:].

a)

fool

b)

full

c)

look

d)

soot

e)

book

4.

To make the sound [s], your tongue should be ____________.

a)

forward

b)

backward

c)

move

d)

retracted

e)

soft

5.

Count the [ʃ] sounds in sentence: “Ambitious Scottish receptionist shoots boss”.

a)

4

b)

9

c)

6

d)

8

e)

7

6.

To make the sound ________ make your lips very round and hard. Make the sound long.

a)

[u:]

b)

[u]

c)

[ɔ]

d)

[e]

e)

[ei]

7.

To make the sound [ ], smile and open your mouth a little. [ ] is long sound.

a)

[i:]

b)

[u]

c)

[a]

d)

[i]

e)

[o]

8.

The letter “C” is pronounced before these letters “i”, “e”, “y”…

a)

[s]

b)

[c]

c)

[k]

d)

[z]

9.

When the verb ____ is in the sentence, use the correct form of ____ in the reply question.

a)

be

b)

have

c)

do

d)

have to

10.

When there is no auxiliary verb in the sentence, use the correct form of _____.

a)

do

b)

be

c)

have

d)

have to

11.

How do you pronounce “g” in the word “message”?

a)

[dʒ]

b)

[g]

c)

[k]

d)

[ʃ]

12.

The origin of the word ‘…’ is a Greek ‘phona’.

a)

a sound, a voice

b)

a sonorant

c)

acoustics

d)

articulation

e)

vowel

13.

… which is mainly concerned with the functioning of phonetic units in the language.

a)

theoretical phonetics

b)

segmental phonetics

c)

practical phonetics

d)

normative phonetics

e)

suprasegmental phonetics

14.

Sound alterations are also widely spread on the synchronical level in the present-day English and are known as …

a)

contextual phonetic

b)

practical phonetics

c)

experimental phonetics

d)

acoustic phonetics

e)

normative phonetics

15.

The branch of phonetics that studies the linguistic function of consonant and vowel sounds, syllable structure, word accent and prosodic features, such as pitch, stress and tempo is called …

a)

instrumental phonetic

b)

phonology

c)

practical phonetics

d)

theoretical phonetics

e)

experimental phonetics

16.

… studies the larger units of connected speech—syllables, words, phrases, texts.

a)

suprasegmental phonetics

b)

segmental phonetics

c)

normative phonetics

d)

theoretical phonetics

e)

practical phonetics

17.

… studies the system of sound units and their function.

a)

instrumental phonetic

b)

phonology

c)

practical phonetics

d)

theoretical phonetics

e)

experimental phonetics

18.

What sciences are connected with phonetics?

a)

medicine, physics, psychology, linguistics, maths, statistics, computer technologies

b)

medicine; physics, psychology, statistics, engineering

c)

mathematics, statistics, computer technologies

d)

physics, mathematics, engineering, computer technologies

e)

psychology, biology, physics

19.

The branch of phonetics that studies the way in which the air is set into motion, the movement of the speech organs and the coordination of these movements in the production of English sounds and trains of sounds is called …

a)

articulator phonetic

b)

practical phonetics

c)

normative phonetics

d)

acoustic phonetics

e)

theoretical phonetics

20.

… studies the linguistic function of individual sounds or segments of speech.

a)

segmental phonetics

b)

practical phonetics

c)

normative phonetics

d)

suprasegmental phonetics

e)

theoretical phonetics

21.

Some sound alterations are traced to the phonetic changes in earlier periods of the language development and are known as …

a)

Historically

b)

Functional

c)

Phonological

d)

Principal

e)

Abstract

22.

Special phonetics deals with the study of …

a)

one language

b)

two languages

c)

three languages

d)

four languages

e)

many languages

23.

General phonetics deals with the study of …

a)

a number in languages

b)

kindred language

c)

a language

d)

Chinese language

e)

German language

24.

What vowels do we distinguish according to the position of the tongue in the horizontal plane?

a)

front, back and mixed vowels

b)

half close

c)

close

d)

back

e)

mix

25.

How many vowels are there in the English language?

a)

20

b)

18

c)

17

d)

16

e)

15

26.

How many consonants are there in the English language?

a)

24

b)

21

c)

20

d)

19

e)

18

27.

According to the passive organs of speech consonants are divided into:

a)

dental and alveolar

b)

labial

c)

sonorant

d)

alveolar

e)

pharynx

28.

What are the functions of speech sounds?

a)

constitutive, distinctive, recognitive

b)

material, abstraction

c)

functional

d)

half close

e)

back

29.

What are the methods used in phonology?

a)

Communicative method and investigation method

b)

Statistical method and method of communicative

c)

Statistical method

d)

Method of communicative

30.

What are the main types of literary pronunciation in Britain?

a)

southern, standard Scottish

b)

southern, northern, eastern

c)

general, eastern, southern

d)

eastern, southern, general

e)

northern, eastern, southern

31.

What are the main types of literary pronunciation in America?

a)

eastern, southern, General

b)

northern, southern

c)

southern, northern, eastern

d)

south, north, west

e)

west, east, south

32.

What organs of speech belong to the power mechanism?

a)

the lung, the wind pipe, the glottis, pharynx, the oral cavity and the nasal cavity

b)

the pharynx, the oral, nasal cavities, the vocal cords

c)

the nasal cavities, vocal cords, the pharynx

d)

the wind pipe, the lungs, the heart, the mouth

e)

the abdomen, the chest, the larynx

33.

What is the obstracter mechanism responsible for?

a)

for articulation in consonants

b)

for articulation of vowels

c)

for articulation of vowels and consonants

d)

for larynx of vowels

e)

for vocal cords

34.

Who was the founder of phonology?

a)

Baudouin de Courtenay

b)

D. Jones

c)

V.A. Vassilyev

d)

L.V. Shcherba

e)

N.I. Linkin

35.

What styles of pronunciation are given by L.V. Shcherba?

a)

in style, careful colloquial style, rapid familiar style

b)

natural style, acquired style

c)

rapid familiar style, slower, colloquial style

d)

slower, colloquial style, natural style

e)

acquired style, rapid familiar style

36.

The vocal cords and the glottis constitute:

a)

Vibrator mechanism

b)

Resonator mechanism

c)

Power mechanism

d)

Obstructer mechanism

e)

They don’t constitute any mechanisms

37.

Phonetic is an independent branch of:

a)

Linguistics

b)

Lexicology

c)

Stylistics

d)

Grammar

e)

Logic

38.

A syllable which begins in vowel sound is called:

a)

Uncovered

b)

Fixed

c)

Open

d)

Closed

e)

Covered

39.

Allophones are:

a)

Variants in phoneme

b)

Phonemes themselves

c)

Morphemes

d)

Non distinctive sounds

e)

Any sounds

40.

The terminal tone is:

a)

The last unstressed word

b)

The first stressed word

c)

The stressed word preceding the first stressed word

d)

The stressed words with the last stressed word

e)

All stressed words

41.

What obstracter mechanism responsible for?

a)

For the production in consonant

b)

For the production of vowels

c)

For the production of sonorant only

d)

For the production of all the sounds

e)

For the production of nasal sounds

42.

What functions does Intonation perform?

a)

Rhythmical and accentual

b)

Identificatory, rhythmic, fixed

c)

Constitute, distinctive, recognitive

d)

Constitutive, recessive, retentive

e)

Segmental, supra segmental

43.

The first stressed word in an intonation group is:

a)

The pre-head

b)

The head

c)

The scale

d)

The nucleus

e)

The tail

44.

The last stressed word in an intonation group is:

a)

The unnucleus

b)

The head

c)

The scale

d)

The tail

e)

The brain

45.

What directions of assimilation do you know?

a)

Progressive, reciprocal and regressive

b)

Double, regressive

c)

Regressive, reciprocal

d)

Progressive, reciprocal

e)

Complete, regressive

46.

What branch of phonetics studies the functional aspect of speech sounds?

a)

Phonology

b)

Acoustic phonetics

c)

General phonetics

d)

Comparative phonetics

e)

Physiological phonetics

47.

Modification of consonants under the influence of vowels is called:

a)

Accommodations

b)

Assimilation

c)

Lateral plosion

d)

Elision

e)

Loss of plosion

48.

What type is the syllable "no"?

a)

uncovered, open

b)

covered, close

c)

close, covered

d)

covered, open

e)

open, covered

49.

What is the unit of Phonetics?

a)

instinctive speech sound

b)

phoneme

c)

allophone

d)

Minimal pairs

e)

speech sound

50.

Sonority theory of the syllable was put forward by:

a)

O. Yesperson

b)

N.I. Linkin

c)

L.V. Shcherba

d)

I.A. Vassiliev

e)

B. Block

51.

What resonator mechanism is responsible for the articulation of vowels?

a)

Unusually resonator

b)

Nasal resonator

c)

Resonator mechanisms are not responsible for it

d)

Resonator mechanisms with nasal resonator

e)

Oral resonator and the vocal cords

52.

Pronunciation of a syllable in a word on different pitch levels and with different pitch directions is called:

a)

Dynamic

b)

Quantitative

c)

Qualitative

d)

Lyrical

e)

Logical

53.

What are the English nasal consonants?

a)

[m], [n], [ŋ]

b)

[m], [p], [d]

c)

[p], [b], [d], [t], [k]

d)

[g], [p], [l]

e)

[m], [d], [l], [t], [r]

54.

The origin of the word is a Greek ‘phona’:

a)

a sound and a voice

b)

a sonorant

c)

acoustics

d)

articulation

e)

vowel

55.

Phonemic awareness is:

a)

all in the above

b)

a strong predictor of future reading success

c)

a sub skill of phonological awareness

d)

a foundational reading skill

e)

a unit of syllable

56.

There are ______ sounds in the English language:

a)

more than 40

b)

exactly 60

c)

more than 80

d)

more than 70

e)

more than 90

57.

Phoneme blending is:

a)

harder than onset and rime

b)

easier than syllable blending

c)

easier than identifying rhyming words

d)

easier than phoneme addition, deletion, or substitution

e)

easier than phoneme

58.

The definition of phoneme is, "The smallest part of ________ language."

a)

spoken

b)

all of this

c)

nonformal

d)

formal

e)

negative

59.

The onset sound(s) is the:

a)

sounds before the vowel in a syllable

b)

last sound of a syllable

c)

any following consonant sounds at the end of a syllable

d)

the vowel sound

e)

the syllable rid

60.

The word “eight” has how many phonemes?

a)

2

b)

5

c)

6

d)

4

e)

7

61.

Phonological awareness is:

a)

all in the above

b)

a person’s ability to hear sound structures of speech

c)

a person’s ability to manipulate sound structures of speech

d)

a print free skill set

e)

contain long vowels

62.

How are phonemes represented in writing to differentiate them from actual words?

a)

by placing the letters in slashes /b/

b)

by placing the letters between asterisks *b*

c)

by placing the letters of parentheses (b)

d)

by placing the letters between percent signs %b%

e)

by placing the letters of slashes /d/

63.

How many syllables do you hear in the word “submerges”?

a)

1

b)

5

c)

3

d)

4

e)

6

64.

Which of the following is an example of phoneme segmentation?

a)

a child telling his teacher there are four sounds in truck, /t/ /r/ /u/ /ck/

b)

a child telling his teacher that the first sound run is /r/

c)

a child sounding out a known word ("/b/ /e/ /s/ /t/ ... best")

d)

a child telling his teacher that the last sound cup is /p/

e)

a child telling his teacher that the last sound cup is /v/

65.

According to the force of articulation at the end of the vowel English vowels are subdivided into:

a)

rounded & unrounded

b)

tense & lax

c)

monophthongs & diphthongs

66.

What comprises all the movements and positions of the speech?

a)

articulation

b)

tone of speech

c)

frequency of tone

d)

melody of song

e)

speech of tone

67.

Sound production means ….

a)

phonation

b)

tone of speech

c)

frequency of tone

d)

melody of song

e)

speech of tone

68.

Number of vibrations per second is called …

a)

frequency

b)

tone of speech

c)

frequency of tone

d)

melody of song

e)

speech of language

69.

Syllables, accentual units, intonation groups, utterances are …

a)

suprasegmental units

b)

segmental units

c)

monosegmental units

d)

segmental, prosodic features

e)

prosodic features

70.

Sounds, vowels and consonants are …

a)

segmental unit

b)

supra units

c)

polymental units

d)

prosodic features

e)

prosodic units

71.

The phonetic system of a language contains two systems (levels)

a)

segmental and supra-segmental

b)

low narrow, low broad

c)

mid narrow, mid broad

d)

high broad

e)

high narrow

72.

What is articulation?

a)

it comprises all the movements and positions in the speech

b)

branches of phonetics

c)

segmental units

d)

to differentiate units of other subsystems

e)

prosodic features

73.

What is the function of segmental and suprasegmental systems?

a)

to differentiate units in other subsystems

b)

branches of phonetics

c)

positions of the speech

d)

segmental units

e)

prosodic features

74.

p, t, f, k, s, ʃ, θ, g consonants are …

a)

unrounded sounds

b)

voiced consonants

c)

long sound vowels

d)

voiceless consonants

e)

short sound vowels

75.

[b, d, v, g, z, ʒ, ð, dʒ] consonants are …

a)

unrounded sounds

b)

voiceless consonants

c)

long sound vowels

d)

voiced consonants

e)

short sound vowels

76.

Sounds [i:, a:, o:, u:, ə:] are …

a)

long sound vowels

b)

voiceless consonants

c)

voiced consonants

d)

rounded sounds

e)

short sound vowels

77.

Short sounds [i, o, e, u, a, æ] are …

a)

short sound vowels

b)

rounded sounds

c)

long sound vowels

d)

voiced consonants

e)

voiceless consonants

78.

Sounds [ɪ, i:, e, eæ, ə, a:] are …

a)

unrounded sounds

b)

voiceless consonants

c)

voiced consonants

d)

long sound vowels

79.

Sounds [o, o:, u, u:] are …

a)

unrounded sounds

b)

voiceless consonants

c)

voiced consonants

d)

long sound vowels

e)

short sound vowels

80.

Sounds [i, u] are …

a)

high-broad sounds

b)

voiceless consonant

c)

voiced consonant

d)

long sound vowel

e)

short sound vowel

81.

Sounds [i:, u:] are …

a)

high-narrow sounds

b)

rounded sound

c)

voiced consonant

d)

long sound vowel

e)

short sound vowel

82.

According to the length English vowels are subdivided into:

a)

rounded & unrounded

b)

monophthongs & diphthongs

c)

free & checked

d)

huge

e)

short & long

83.

According to the stability of articulation English monophthongs are subdivided into:

a)

monophthongs & diphthongs

b)

short & long

c)

free & checked

d)

huge

e)

rounded & checked

84.

According to the degree of muscular tense English vowels are subdivided into:

a)

tense & lax

b)

free & checked

c)

short & long

d)

huge

e)

rounded & closed

85.

Which of the following groups of sounds are monophthongs?

a)

[e:, i:, ə:, u:]

b)

[ei, au, ou]

c)

[au, ai, eə, iə]

d)

[ʊə, ai, ph, th, ʔi, oə, uə]

e)

[p, t]

86.

Sound realizations of one and the same phoneme that cannot distinguish words in a definite language and occur only in certain positions or in combinations with certain sounds are called its:

a)

allophone

b)

phonemes

c)

morphemes

d)

lexemes

e)

phonations

87.

Phonemic phenomenon of the weakening of articulation and shortening of the duration of unstressed vowels, resulting in modification of their quality and quantity, is called

a)

reductions

b)

accommodation

c)

assimilation

d)

elision

e)

eluse

88.

Which of the following is an example of the covered syllable type?

a)

tar, sea, tie

b)

art, sit

c)

long, shore

d)

apt, eat

e)

dean, university

89.

Which of the following is an example of the uncovered syllable type?

a)

apt, ate, art

b)

long, shore

c)

tar, sea, tie

d)

a, at, on

e)

long, shore, sea, tie, far

90.

What is the smallest articulatory unit?

a)

syllable

b)

words

c)

phonemes

d)

morphemes

e)

sounds

91.

Which of the following groups of sounds are diphthongs?

a)

occlusive, constrictives, occlusive-constrictives

b)

labial, lingual, pharyngeal

c)

bilabial, labiodental, apical

d)

dental, palatal, velar

e)

semantic

92.

Pronunciation of the words empty, castle, Christmas are the examples of:

a)

elision

b)

accommodation

c)

assimilation

d)

dental

e)

diphthongs

93.

How many syllable structures are there in the English language?

a)

23

b)

29

c)

26

d)

28

e)

27

94.

Point out the examples of the double-peaked type of consonants

a)

penknife, that time, mid-day

b)

me, tie

c)

us, sad, it

d)

both, those

e)

term

95.

English word stress is created by:

a)

interactions: intensity, fundamental frequency, duration and formant structure

b)

intensity alone

c)

fundamental frequency alone

d)

duration alone

e)

monophthongs

96.

The largest prosodic unit is:

a)

the utterance

b)

the syllable

c)

the word

d)

the combination

e)

the sound

97.

According to the relative sonority theory the open sonorous sounds are:

a)

open vowels

b)

close vowels

c)

mid sonants

d)

voiceless stops

e)

mid vowels

98.

The number of syllables is determined by the number of:

a)

peaks in prominence

b)

consonants

c)

sonants

d)

fricatives

e)

open vowel

99.

English word stress is:

a)

uncomplex nature

b)

dynamic

c)

qualitative

d)

quantitative

e)

accent

100.

English closed vowels occur only in:

a)

closed syllable

b)

open syllable

c)

complex nature

d)

dynamic

e)

accent

101.

English open vowels can occur in:

a)

open syllable

b)

complex nature

c)

dynamic

d)

accent

e)

closed syllable

102.

Point out the sonorants:

a)

m, n, l, r, w

b)

b, d, g, h

c)

c, p, t, k

d)

f, v, ð, θ, s

e)

t, v, b, k

103.

The English consonants [p, b, t, d, k] belong to:

a)

unclusive

b)

constrictive

c)

occlusive

d)

lingual

e)

monophthongs

104.

The English consonants [p, b, m, w, v, f] belong to:

a)

labial

b)

constrictives

c)

pharyngeals

d)

occlusives

e)

monophthongs

105.

Phonemic (broad) transcription contains:

a)

as many symbols as there are phonemes in the language

b)

vowel

c)

consonant

d)

allophones of each phoneme

e)

accent

106.

Phonetic (narrow) transcription contains:

a)

allophones in each phoneme

b)

as many symbols as there are phonemes of the language

c)

vowels only

d)

consonants only

e)

accent

107.

Definition of Intonation:

a)

complex unity in speech melody, sentence stress, tempo, timber, paused rhythm

b)

variations of the word stress

c)

variations of the pitch of the voice

d)

variations of loudness

e)

all of the above

108.

Definition of Prosody:

a)

pitch, loudness, duration and pauses

b)

variations of pitch only

c)

variations of loudness only

d)

variations of duration only

e)

all of the above

109.

Consecutive elements of the intonation groups are:

a)

pre-head, head, nucleus and tail

b)

word stress

c)

pause

d)

syllable

e)

monophthong

110.

Intonation performs:

a)

3 (constitutive, distinctive, recognitive)

b)

5 basic functions

c)

6 basic functions

d)

7 basic functions

e)

8 functions

111.

The notion of styles of pronunciation was introduced by:

a)

Lomonosov

b)

Palmer

c)

Pike

d)

Abercrombie

e)

Samuel

112.

Styles of pronunciation were introduced in the:

a)

18th century

b)

15th century

c)

14th century

d)

13th century

e)

16th century

113.

The speaker is governed by:

a)

his/her audience in choice of vocabulary units, grammatical structures, tempo of speech, distinctiveness of articulation & so on

b)

his/her supervisor

c)

his/her family

d)

by various types of devices

e)

his/her subordinate

114.

Each phonetic style is characterized by:

a)

specific combination in segmental prosodic features

b)

specific combination of morphemes

c)

specific combination of tones

d)

specific combination of lexemes

e)

specific combination of phonemes

115.

The intonation group is

a)

higher in the rhythmic group

b)

lower than the “syntagm”

c)

lower than the “sense group”

d)

lower than “breath group”

e)

all of the above

116.

Obligatory elements of Intonation group:

a)

unnuclear stress & the terminal tone

b)

prehead

c)

head

d)

tail

e)

terminal note

117.

Phonetic system of a language contains:

a)

2 levels

b)

5 levels

c)

6 levels

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