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📘 Phonetics – Quiz 12
1. Phonetics is the science of study of _____ .
A) Speech sounds.
B) Articulatory system.
C) Organs of human body.
D) Grammar.
2. The physical properties of speech (i.e. the sound wave), as transmitted between mouth and ear are.
A) Acoustic phonetic.
B) Articulatory phonetics.
C) Acoustic phonology.
D) None of above.
3. How many individual sounds do we have in the word "teacher"?.
A) Six.
B) Four.
C) Five.
D) Three.
4. RP is used in _____ .
A) BBC.
B) AIR.
C) Doordarshan.
D) None of above.
5. He asked me for money.
A) Last sound is t.
B) Last sound is d.
C) Last sound is something else.
D) None of above.
6. The vocal cords have _____ main functions.
A) Two.
B) Five.
C) Three.
D) One.
7. "ed" is pronounced differently.
A) Showed.
B) Agreed.
C) Missed.
D) Claimed.
8. IPA stands for.
A) International Phoneme Alphabet.
B) Interval Pronunciation Association.
C) International Phonetic Alphabet.
D) International Phonetic Association.
9. When it is raised in speech, the air cannot escape.
A) The screen.
B) Hard palate.
C) Larynx.
D) None of above.
10. Invited visited wished dested.
A) Dested.
B) Wished.
C) Visited.
D) Invited.
11. Talking about consonants, place:bilabial?.
A) Lip to teeth.
B) Lip to lip.
12. Take up a new hobby _____ you'll have some new friends.
A) And.
B) Or.
C) So.
D) But.
13. Which is NOT considered a "problem".
A) Difference.
B) Delay.
C) Disorder.
D) All are "problems".
14. How many diphthongs are there in English?.
A) 8.
B) 7.
C) 2.
D) None of above.
15. When the vocal folds vibrate we produce _____ .
A) Vowels.
B) Letters.
C) Graphemes.
D) Consonants.
16. Where is the primary stress in this word:invite?.
A) 2nd syllable.
B) 1st syllable.
17. /i:/.
A) Bit.
B) Hit.
C) Beat.
D) Kick.
18. Which word has this sound? i:.
A) See .
B) Climb.
C) Sit.
D) None of above.
19. SAY, GO, FIVE, BOY are examples of diphthongs?.
A) FALSE.
B) TRUE.
20. School food tooth flood.
A) School.
B) Flood.
C) Food.
D) Tooth.
21. What is the type of sounds in DOWN.
A) Diphthong .
B) Court.
C) Long.
D) None of above.
22. Reaches impresses practices improves.
A) Reaches.
B) Practices.
C) Improves.
D) Impresses.
23. Pre-judgement is a.
A) Disgusting.
B) Dirty.
C) Bad.
D) Barrier.
24. Find which word does not belong to each group.
A) Rest.
B) Work.
C) Sleep.
D) Relax.
25. The purpose of listening is to improve.
A) Ask.
B) Interpersonal relations.
C) Meaning.
D) Doubt.