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🧠 Phonetics – Quiz 1
1. Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the world that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
A) Streat.
B) Teacher.
C) Great.
D) Receive.
2. Question 5:.
A) Prepared.
B) Involved.
C) Impressed.
D) Organized.
3. How many sounds are present in English?.
A) 56.
B) 20.
C) 24.
D) 44.
4. Choose the word whose s/es are pronounced differently from the other words.
A) Buzzes.
B) Boxes.
C) Assets.
D) Horses.
5. Choose the word with a different sound.
A) MAtch.
B) CArry.
C) ChArm.
D) CAt.
6. A. style B. top C. ton D. till.
A) D.
B) B.
C) C.
D) A.
7. Choose the word whose s/es are pronounced differently from the other words. A. proofs B. books C. points D. days.
A) A.
B) B.
C) D.
D) C.
8. Which criteria refers to how high or low the tongue is when producing a vowel?.
A) Roundedness.
B) Height.
C) Backness.
D) Constriction.
9. Which one of the following words that violates the phonological rules of English language?.
A) Stroke.
B) Taurus.
C) Mblath.
D) Gnome.
10. _____ is a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language. It is based primarily on the Latin script.
A) International Phonetic Association.
B) International Phonetic Alphabet.
11. The letter "A" is in type II syllable.
A) Cat.
B) Bark.
C) Day.
D) Ago.
E) May.
12. Choose the word that has a different s/es pronunciation.
A) Suggests.
B) Involves.
C) Steals.
D) Believes.
13. Talking about consonants, place:post-alveolar.
A) Tip of tongue to teeth-ridge.
B) Tip to tongue to rear of teeth-ridge.
14. Phonetics is useful for.
A) False.
B) Latin.
C) Greek.
D) Pronunciation.
15. There are _____ sounds in English language.
A) 26.
B) 44.
C) 28.
D) 23.
16. Find which word does not belong to each group.
A) Tired.
B) Sick.
C) Fit.
D) Sore.
17. Choose the word whose s/es are pronounced differently from the other words.
A) Lakes.
B) Stays.
C) Weighs.
D) Bathes.
18. [j] is a:.
A) Voiced palatal glide.
B) Voiceless glottal fricative.
C) Voiced high central consonant.
D) None of above.
19. .
A) Squeak.
B) Squeeze.
C) Speak.
D) Square.
20. Choose the word with a different sound.
A) CheQue.
B) Cycle.
C) Carriage.
D) Coin.
21. Question 1:.
A) Economic.
B) Technological.
C) Preservation.
D) Initiative.
22. Orthography is _____ .
A) The pronunciation of a word that represents the alphabetics spelling.
B) The study of the phonetics symbols.
C) The production of any speech.
D) The alphabetic spelling of words that represents the way they are pronounced.
23. The sound of sae sae tsu, tsu.
A) L, l.
B) S, s.
C) H, h.
D) W, w.
24. Where is the primary stress in the word "personality"?.
A) Fourth syllable.
B) Second syllable.
C) Third syllable.
D) First syllable.
25. The science of sounds is called.
A) Phonetics.
B) Semantics.
C) Phonology.
D) Meaning.