Phonetics Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Phonetics – Quiz 17
1. Diphthongs are called _____ .
A) Simple.
B) Complex.
C) Sounds.
D) Glides.
2. How many diphthongs are there in English.
A) 12.
B) 24.
C) 10.
D) 8.
3. When did the first world war start?.
A) 1914.
B) 1945.
C) 1924.
D) 1915.
4. Nasal sounds are produced when the velum is lowered.
A) True.
B) False.
5. .
A) Skin.
B) Stamp.
C) Skate.
D) School.
6. Honesty is the best _____ .
A) Principle.
B) Principal.
C) People.
D) None of above.
7. Choose the word that has a different s/es pronunciation.
A) Cooks.
B) Helps.
C) Finds.
D) Laughs.
8. Choose the word that has a different ed pronunciation.
A) Picnicked.
B) Tapped.
C) Admitted.
D) Roughed.
9. Playing in garden make us.
A) Fresh and energetic.
B) Tired.
C) Dull.
D) Happy.
10. Choose the word with a different sound.
A) Inherit.
B) Hard.
C) Whole.
D) While.
11. Which of the following words contains the /a:/ sound?.
A) Large.
B) Man.
C) Hand.
D) Ten.
12. Choose the best description for the first sound in the American pronunciation of the word 'teeth.'.
A) ALVEOLARPALATAL.
B) LABIODENTAL.
C) ALVEOLAR.
D) VELAR.
13. Choose the word that has a different ed pronunciation.
A) Lifted.
B) Happened.
C) Lasted.
D) Decided.
14. What are the abstractions ofspeech unit which differ one meaning fromanother?.
A) Diphthongs.
B) Segments.
C) Morphemes.
D) Phonemes.
15. Hole rhymes with _____ .
A) All of them are correct.
B) Whole.
C) Pole.
D) Role.
16. What is the alveolar ridge?.
A) The area behind the upper teeth.
B) The flat surface of the tongue just behind the tip.
C) The soft portion of the roof of the mouth.
D) The cavity between the root of the tongue and the walls of the upper throat.
17. Choose the word that has a different s/es pronunciation.
A) Neighbors.
B) Relatives.
C) Photographs.
D) Friends.
18. Choose "ed" which has a different pronunciation from the remaining words.
A) Talked.
B) Passed.
C) Wished.
D) Started.
19. WalkED (last sound pronounced as _____ ).
A) /t/.
B) /d/.
C) /id/.
D) None of above.
20. "s" is pronounced differently.
A) Said.
B) Sure.
C) Surprise.
D) Speaker.
21. Who is the writer of "THE ODYSSEY"?.
A) Albert Camus.
B) Dante Alighieri.
C) Charles Dickens.
D) Homer.
22. The branch of phonetics which is concerned with the study, description and classification of speech sounds as regards their production by the human organs of speech is called _____ .
A) Auditory phonetics.
B) Articulatory phonetics.
C) Acoustic phonetics.
D) Phonology.
23. Choose the word whose ED pronunciation is different from the other words.
A) Visited.
B) Wondered.
C) Studied.
D) Showed.
24. Mr Chris is the _____ of the school.
A) Injection.
B) Principal.
C) Principle.
D) Idea.
25. Circle A. B. C. or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
A) Differ.
B) Follow.
C) Behave.
D) Argue.