Phonetics Quiz

1. What does phonetics involve?

• A. The production and reception of oral communication, the organs of the speech, the articulation of sounds and the transmission and reception of sounds

• B. The meaning of messages in spoken communication in different contexts.

• C. The factors that influence in the comprehension of messages in spoken communication

• D. All of the above

2. What are the main organs to produce a speech?

• A. lips, the teeth, the tip of the tongue, the body of the tongue, the back of the tongue,the vocal cords and the nasal cavity.

• B. the lips and the tongue

• C. vocal cords, tongue and lips

• D. All of the above 

3. How can we link sounds?

• A. With final consonant and beginning vowel

• B. With vowel and vowel

• C. With final consonant and beginning vowel, with vowel and vowel, linking as /ou/ and /u/ 

• D. When the last consonant of a word  is  p or  t

4. In which question does falling intonation take place? 

• A. Do you have any cats at home ?

• B. Is she responsible enough in life ?

• C. Where did Harry get that ?

• D. Would you like to go dancing tonight?

5. What is stress in phonetics?

• A. It is the sensation of being exhausted

• B. It is the emphasis put into syllables

• C. It is the division of words into syllables

• D. It is the emphasis we put on syllables or words, depending on the idea

6. How many vowel sounds are there in the English language?

• A. Twelve sounds

• B. Twenty sounds

• c. Fifteen sounds

• D. Sixteen sounds

7. When producing nasal sounds, the air must go out through…

• A. The mouth

• B. The mouth and the nose

• C. The nose

• D. The air must not escape

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8. Minimal pairs have similar...

• A. SOUND

• B. CONTEXT

• C. MEANING

• D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

9.  When talking about the final ed pronunciation, what kinds of consonants do we need to take into account?

• A. Voiced and voiceless

• B. Fricative sounds

• C. Glottal sounds

• D. Strong consonants

10. Glottal stop sounds are commonly found in

• A. American English accent

• B. British accent

• C. Australian accent

• D. English in general