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phonetics 101-200

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

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Class
Date
1.

Through repetition of words phonetics is connected with:

a)

Stylistics

b)

Grammar

c)

Logics

d)

Physics

e)

Lexicology

2.

A branch of phonetics which studies the language in its histotical development is:

a)

Historical

b)

Acoustic

c)

Articulatory

d)

comparative

e)

General

3.

The sound { ж } is produced in the:

a)

Front part of the tongue

b)

Back part of the tongue

c)

Middle part of the tongue

d)

Front-retracted part of the tongue

e)

Back-advanced part of the tongue

4.

Point out the  principal  method used in physiological phonetics:

a)

The method of direct observation

b)

The experimental method

c)

Statistical method

d)

The method of commutation

e)

The indirect method

5.

An uneducated  London accent is:

a)

Cockney accent

b)

Northern accent

c)

Yorkshire accent

d)

Bradford accent

e)

Scottish accent

6.

According to the height of the raised part of the tongue { i, i: } are:

a)

Close, high

b)

Mid-open

c)

Open, low

d)

Back

e)

Back-advanced

7.

According to the work of vocal cords and the force of exhalation consonants are divided into:

a)

Voiced and voiceless

b)

Occlusive and nasal

c)

Constrictive and fricative

d)

Plosives and affricates

e)

Close and open

8.

According  to the position of the active organs of speech consonants are divided into:

a)

Labial, lingual, glottal

b)

Palato-alveolar, interdental

c)

Post-alveolar, dental

d)

Bilabial, nasal, voiced

e)

Lingual and oral

9.

English vowel sounds { u, u: } are:

a)

Labialized

b)

Protruded

c)

Spread

d)

Neutral

e)

Front

10.

Palatalization is:

a)

Softness of consonants

b)

Work of vocal cords

c)

Adaption of sounds

d)

Loss  of sounds in speech

e)

Softness of vowels

11.

Human speech sounds are of a complex nature and may be viewed from the following points: articulatory, auditory, acoustic, functional. These are called:

a)

The aspects of speech sounds

b)

The functions of speech sounds

c)

The degrees of speech sounds

d)

Types of speech sounds

e)

The directions of speech sounds

12.

What do we mean by pause:

a)

An act of stopping

b)

Normal speech

c)

Duration

d)

Speed

e)

Tempo

13.

What style needs special training:

a)

Declamatory

b)

Academic

c)

Scientific

d)

Publicistic

e)

Informational

14.

What branch of phonetics investigates the hearing process:

a)

Auditory

b)

Acoustic

c)

Muscular

d)

Articulatory

e)

Practical

15.

What does phonetics study:

a)

Syllabic structure

b)

Styles

c)

Sequence of tenses

d)

Sentence patterns

e)

Speech patterns

16.

What are the main principles of classification of vowels:

a)

All variants are right

b)

Lip position

c)

Stability of articulation

d)

Tongue position

e)

Character of the vowel end

17.

What is the function of pausation:

a)

To break our speech into intonation groups

b)

To show attitude

c)

To express feelings

d)

To choose the proper rate

e)

To attract the listener’s attitude

18.

What style is frequently used by lecturers:

a)

Academic

b)

Declamatory

c)

Informational

d)

Publicistic

e)

Familiar

19.

Which branch of phonetics studies the way in which the air vibrates between the speaker’s mouth and the listener’s ear:

a)

Acoustic

b)

Auditory

c)

Articulatory

d)

Muscular

e)

Theoretical

20.

What does “allophone” mean:

a)

Variant of a phoneme

b)

Phoneme

c)

Sound

d)

Speech

e)

Tempo

21.

Find a voiced sound:

a)

{ d }

b)

{ p }

c)

{ t }

d)

{ k }

e)

{ f }

22.

How are the vowels divided according to the vowel length:

a)

Long and short

b)

Rounded and unrounded

c)

Close and open

d)

Checked and free

e)

Front, central

23.

What are the main principles of classification of consonants:

a)

All variants are right

b)

The degree of noise

c)

The manner of articulation

d)

The place of articulation

e)

All variants are wrong

24.

How are vowels divided  according to the character of vowel end:

a)

Checked and free

b)

Long and short

c)

Close and open

d)

Rounded and unrounded

e)

Front, central

25.

How are the vowels divided according to the lip position:

a)

Rounded, unrounded

b)

Long and short

c)

Close and open

d)

Checked and free

e)

Front, central

26.

How are the consonants divided according to the degree of noise:

a)

Noise, sonorants

b)

inclusive, constrictive

c)

Noise, occlusive

d)

Labial, lingual

e)

Glottal

27.

Find the word with correct word stress:

a)

Blackboard

b)

‘Black,board

c)

Black,board

d)

Blackboard

e)

Black’board

28.

What is the function of the phoneme:

a)

To point the sound

b)

To realize the speech

c)

To explain the meaning

d)

To clear out the word

e)

To distinguish one utterance from another

29.

Voiced consonants are:

a)

{ b, d , g, z}

b)

{ p, t, k }

c)

{ p, t, k }

d)

{ l, m, n }

e)

{ w, s, k }

30.

{ b, d, g, z } – are:

a)

Voiced consonants

b)

Voiceless consonants

c)

Fricatives

d)

Affricates

e)

Sonorants

31.

How many syllables are there in the word “education”:

a)

4

b)

2

c)

5

d)

3

e)

6

32.

Who put forward the theory of syllable by:

a)

O. Jespersen

b)

Vassiliyev

c)

Scherba

d)

Socolova

e)

Torsuev

33.

What theory states that expiration in speech is a pulsating process:

a)

Pressure theory

b)

Sonority theory

c)

Theory of syllable

d)

Musical theory

e)

Loudness theory

34.

The syllable is:

a)

the smallest pronounceable unit

b)

Speech production

c)

The phoneme

d)

The sound

e)

the utterance

35.

How many syllables are there in the word “communication”:

a)

5

b)

6

c)

3

d)

4

e)

7

36.

What function of the syllable lies in the ability to be a part of a word:

a)

Constitutive

b)

Distinctive

c)

Divisable

d)

constrictive

e)

Recognitive

37.

What function is characterized by its ability to differentiate words:

a)

Distinctive

b)

Constitutive

c)

Recognitive

d)

Divisable

e)

Constrictive

38.

{ l, m, n } – are:

a)

Sonorants

b)

Voiced

c)

Voiceless

d)

Plosives

e)

Affricates

39.

What language possesses dynamic word stress:

a)

German

b)

Chinese

c)

Japanese

d)

Vietnamese

e)

Latin

40.

What is the accentuation influenced by:

a)

The vowel length and quality

b)

Tempo

c)

Melody

d)

Speed

e)

Rhythm

41.

Who introduced the typology of accentual  structure:

a)

Torsuev

b)

Stetson

c)

Jespersen

d)

Socolova

e)

Vassiliyev

42.

According to the horizontal movement vowels are classified into:

a)

Front

b)

Close

c)

Open

d)

Mid

e)

Narrow

43.

What vowel is front:

a)

{ i: }

b)

{ i }

c)

{ u }

d)

{ 3: }

e)

{ u: }

44.

What vowel is central:

a)

{ 3: }

b)

{ o }

c)

{ e }

d)

{ a }

e)

{ i }

45.

What vowel is back:

a)

{ a: }

b)

{ 3: ]

c)

{ i }

d)

{ e }

46.

All long vowels are:

a)

Free

b)

Short

c)

Narrow

d)

Broad

e)

Open

47.

How many syllables are there in the word “independent”:

a)

4

b)

3

c)

5

d)

6

e)

2

48.

According to the length vowels are divided into:

a)

Long, short

b)

Narrow, close

c)

Broad, open

d)

Mid, close

e)

High, low

49.

What vowel is long:

a)

{ u: }

b)

{ u }

c)

{ o }

d)

{ a }

e)

{ e }

50.

In what language word stress is used as a means of word-building:

a)

English

b)

French

c)

German

d)

Chinese

e)

Russian

51.

Which stress is the strongest:

a)

The primary

b)

The secondary

c)

The longest

d)

The shortest

e)

The tertiary

52.

From what language the word “architect” is borrowed:

a)

Latin

b)

Greek

c)

German

d)

Russian

e)

Scandinavian

53.

What is assimilation:

a)

The modification of a consonant

b)

The interchanges of vowel

c)

Complete loss of sounds

d)

Weakening of vowels

e)

Labialization

54.

{ t } – is:

a)

Dental

b)

Nasal

c)

Labial

d)

Lingual

e)

Sonorants

55.

{ Ө } – is:

a)

Interdental

b)

Dental

c)

Nasal

d)

Labial

e)

Lingual

56.

What is elision :

a)

Complete loss of sounds

b)

Weakening of vowels

c)

Modification of consonants

d)

Labialization

e)

Rapid speech

57.

The length of a vowel depends on___:

a)

Its position in a word

b)

Unstressed position

c)

Quality of a vowel

d)

Form words

e)

Tempo of speech

58.

What style is also called “artistic”:

a)

Declamatory

b)

Coversational

c)

Publicistic

d)

Academic

e)

Informational

59.

What style is qualified “neutral”:

a)

Informational

b)

Declamatory

c)

Publicistic

d)

Conversational

e)

Academic

60.

What style is described as intellectual:

a)

Academic

b)

Conversational

c)

Publicistic

d)

Informational

e)

Declamatory

61.

What style is informal:

a)

Conversational

b)

Informational

c)

Declamatory

d)

Publicistic

e)

Academic

62.

What style is called ‘oratorial”:

a)

Publicistic

b)

Declamatory

c)

Informational

d)

Academic

e)

Conversational

63.

What is the glottis:

a)

The opening between the vocal cords

b)

A vibrator

c)

The vocal tract

d)

The air-stream

e)

The muscles

64.

The height of the speaking voice depends on ____:

a)

The frequency of the vibrations

b)

The glottal stop

c)

The lungs

d)

The power mechanism

e)

The syllables

65.

How are dialects distinguished from each other:

a)

In pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary

b)

In pronunciation only

c)

In sound, stress, intonation

d)

In grammar only

e)

In intination only

66.

The opening between the vocal cords is :

a)

The glottis

b)

The vocal tract

c)

A vibrator

d)

The glottal stop

e)

The air-stream

67.

The phoneme is material, objective and __:

a)

Real

b)

Unreal

c)

abstract

d)

Free

e)

Fixed

68.

The type of broad transcription was used by:

a)

Vassilyev

b)

Shcherba

c)

Torsuev

d)

Jones

e)

Socolova

69.

What type of transcription is used in research work:

a)

The narrow transcription

b)

The broad transcription

c)

The wide transcription

d)

The standard transcription

e)

The free transcription

70.

The narrow type of transcription is used in :

a)

Research work

b)

Lectures

c)

Books

d)

Music

e)

Poems

71.

What type of transcription was used by Vassiliev:

a)

The narrow transcription

b)

The broad transcription  

c)

The wide transcription

d)

The standard transcription

e)

The free transcription

72.

What does Phonetics study?

a)

All variants are right

b)

Phonemes

c)

Word stress

d)

Sound system

e)

All variants are wrong

73.

Acoustic phonetics study____

a)

How the air vibrates

b)

The hearing process

c)

Sets of methods

d)

The functions of the syllable

e)

The speech organs

74.

Articulatory phonetics study____

a)

Sets of methods

b)

The hearing process

c)

How the air is set in motion  

d)

The functions of the syllable

e)

The speech organs

75.

Auditory phonetics study____

a)

The speech organs

b)

Sets of methods

c)

The functions of the syllable

d)

The hearing process  

e)

The speech organs

76.

Phonology studies…

a)

Pitch

b)

All variants are wrong

c)

Stress

d)

Tempo

e)

All variants are right  

77.

Different aspects of language are studied by…

a)

Articulatory phonetics

b)

Sociolinguistics

c)

Auditory phonetics

d)

Phonology

e)

Acoustic phonetics

78.

Standard national pronuniation is called…

a)

Informal pronunciation

b)

Formal pronunciation

c)

Literary pronunciation

d)

Oratorial pronunciation

e)

Correct pronunciation

79.

The national variants of English differ in:

a)

Intonation

b)

Sound

c)

Stress

d)

All variants are right ​

e)

All variants are wrong

80.

Billingualism is…

a)

Auditory phonetics

b)

An immitation of a language

c)

Phonology

d)

Sound system

e)

The command of two different languages

81.

The command of two different languages is…

a)

An immitation of a language

b)

Billingualism

c)

Correct pronunciation

d)

Phonology

e)

All variants are right

82.

Idiolect is:

a)

Group speech

b)

Individual speech

c)

Public speech

d)

Private speech

e)

All variants are right

83.

Individual speech of members of the same language community is…

a)

Private speech

b)

Group speech

c)

Public speech

d)

Idiolect

e)

All variants are right

84.

Accomodation means…

a)

All variants are right

b)

Correct pronunciation

c)

Weakening of vowels

d)

Weakening of consonants

e)

The interchanges of “vowel+consonant”

85.

Complete loss of sounds is…

a)

Elision

b)

Correct pronunciation

c)

Weakening of vowels

d)

Weakening of consonants

e)

All variants are right

86.

Reduction is…

a)

Weakening of consonants

b)

Wrong pronunciation

c)

Weakening of vowels

d)

The interchanges of vowel+consonant

e)

All variants are right

87.

The adaptive modification of a consonant is…

a)

The interchanges of vowel+consonant

b)

Wrong pronunciation

c)

Weakening od consonants

d)

Assimilation

e)

All variants are right

88.

Assimilation is…

a)

All variants are right

b)

Wrong pronunciation

c)

Weakening of consonants

d)

The interchanges of vowel+consonant

e)

The adaptive modification of a consonant

89.

The quality of a vowel is determined by …

a)

All variants are right

b)

Volume of the mouth resonator

c)

Shape of the mouth resonator

d)

Size of the mouth resonator

e)

All variants are wrong

90.

Three lip positions are distinguished …

a)

Neutral

b)

All variants are right

c)

Rounded

d)

Spread

e)

All variants are wrong

91.

The shape of the mouth resonator determines…

a)

The modification of a vowel

b)

The quantity of a vowel

c)

The quality of a vowel

d)

All variants are right

e)

All variants are wrong

92.

The size of the mouth resonator determines…

a)

All variants are right

b)

The quantity of a vowel

c)

The modification of a vowel

d)

The quality of a vowel

e)

All variants are wrong

93.

The volume of the mouth resonator determines…

a)

All variants are right

b)

The quantity of a vowel

c)

The modification of a vowel

d)

The quality of a vowel

e)

All variants are wrong

94.

the theory of syllable is based on…

a)

All variants are wrong

b)

The number of the syllable

c)

The number of expirations

d)

All variants are right

e)

The concept of sonority

95.

The structure of the syllable depends on…

a)

The number of consonants  

b)

The number of the syllable

c)

The number of expirations

d)

All variants are right

e)

All variants are wrong

96.

Word stress is marked by the variations in…

a)

Force

b)

All variants are right

c)

Pitch

d)

Quantity

e)

Quality

97.

The vowel length and quality influences:

a)

Reduction

b)

The accomodation

c)

the accentuation  

d)

Elision

e)

All variants are right

98.

The vowel of the stresed syllable is:

a)

Short

b)

Reduced

c)

Obscure

d)

Longer

e)

All variants are wrong

99.

The vowel of the stressed syllable is never:

a)

All variants are wrong

b)

Long

c)

Short

d)

All variants are right

e)

Reduced

100.

The musical word stress is observed in:

a)

Chinese

b)

All variants are right

c)

Vietnamese

d)

Japanese

e)

All variants are wrong

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