Phonetics Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Phonetics – Quiz 5
1. Question 4:.
A) Persuade.
B) Reduce.
C) Apply.
D) Cancel.
2. Choose the word that has a different s/es pronunciation.
A) Makes.
B) Phones.
C) Books.
D) Streets.
3. _____ sounds are produced when vocal cords are drawn wide apart.
A) Nasalized.
B) Voiceless.
C) Voiced.
D) Nasal.
4. Choose the word whose s/es are pronounced differently from the other words.
A) Coughs.
B) Laughs.
C) Weighs.
D) Toughs.
5. Question 7:.
A) Certificate.
B) Biology.
C) Apartment.
D) Individual.
6. A branch of linguistics that focuses on the production and classification of the world's speech sounds, is called _____ .
A) Morphology.
B) Syntax.
C) Phonetics.
D) Semantics.
7. 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) Statement.
B) Movement.
C) Cement.
D) Different.
8. Choose words that contain the /e/ sound.
A) Women.
B) Bad.
C) Men.
9. Identify the word whose main stress is placed differently.
A) Tomorrow.
B) Develop.
C) Interest.
D) Longevity.
10. Choose the different sound of vowel.
A) Save.
B) Have.
C) Cave.
D) Gave.
11. We were so relieved when he finally left.
A) Last sound is d.
B) Last sound is t.
C) Last sound is something else.
D) None of above.
12. The phonemes /s/, /z/, /t/, and /l/.
A) Glottal.
B) Alveolar.
C) Velar.
D) Palatal.
13. .
A) Smoke.
B) Task.
C) Sky.
D) Scope.
14. WHAT IS PHONETICS?.
A) The study of speech sounds.
B) The study of speech sentences.
C) The study of parts of speech.
D) None of above.
15. My dad _____ a toy plane.
A) Did.
B) Made.
C) Melted.
D) Maid.
16. Which one is the odd one out?.
A) Rate.
B) Right.
C) Rite.
D) Write.
17. The branch of phonetics that studies the functional (linguistic, social) aspect of speech sounds and all the other components of the sound matter of the language (syllabic structure, word stress and intonation) is called _____ .
A) Acoustic phonetics.
B) Phonology.
C) Auditory phonetics.
D) Articulatory phonetics.
18. Choose the different sound of vowel.
A) Break.
B) Sea.
C) Cake.
D) Check.
19. Question 10:.
A) Impressed.
B) Increased.
C) Urbanised.
D) Decreased.
20. A. seek B. potential C. sleep D. social.
A) A.
B) C.
C) B.
D) D.
21. Choose the different sound of vowel.
A) Chain.
B) Again.
C) Their.
D) Friend.
22. They build bridges.
A) Last sound is d.
B) Last sound is t.
C) Last sound is something else.
D) None of above.
23. Choose "ed" which has a different pronunciation from the remaining words.
A) Opened.
B) Landed.
C) Needed.
D) Wanted.
24. What are the three pieces of information used to classify consonants?.
A) Voicing, place of articulation, and manner of articulation.
B) Length, pitch, and intensity.
C) Nasality, aspiration, and stress.
D) Articulatory description, phonetic transcription, and phonological analysis.
25. A _____ looks like a rabbit.
A) Hare.
B) Hear.
C) Hair.
D) Here.