British vs American pronunciation

Due to "/r/-dropping", American English pronunciation is reagrded as rhotic.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

"/r/-dropping" is a charasteristic of British pronunciation

The /r/ is dropped before vowels in in British English pronunciation.

• FALSE

• TRUE

Answer explanation

It is dropped before consonants.

American English pronounces the sound /r/ in all contexts.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The /D/ sound in American English pronunciation is called a ...

American English pronunciation has ...

• primary word stress

• secondary word stress

• both

Which sound is often dropped in American English pronunciation between /n/ and /ə/ or /ɪ/

• /t/

• /l/

• /p/

• /g/

Answer explanation

e.g. : twenty /twenɪ/

In which of the following words is the /r/ pronounced the same way in both American and British English?

• urgent

• present

• cream

• prey

The words petal and pedal sound very much the same in which pronunciation?

• British English

• American English

The /r/ sound appearing intervocalically in British English pronunciation is called an ... /r/

What does it mean when a consonant is in an intervocalic position?

• It appears between a consonant and a vowel

• It appears between a vowel and a consonant

• It appears between two vowels

• It appears between two consonants