Phonetics Quiz

... are pronounced with the tongue touching the palate right behind the alveolar ridge.

• Labio-dentals

• Alveolars

• Bilabials

• Post-alveolars

The final sound of "dough" is a(an) .......

• Dental

• Diphthong

• Labio-dental

• Glottal

Sounds produced when air escapes through a narrow passage in the vocal tract and makes a hissing sound are ......

• Plosives

• Fricatives

• Nasals

• Approximants

The final sound in "psyche" is a(n)

• Voiced palato-alveolar plosive

• Mid front vowel

• Voiceless velar plosive

• Voiceless palato-alveolar plosive

The main difference between / u / and /u:/ is

• Backness

• Length

• Place of articulation

• Voicing

The initial sound in "shore" is a(an) . . . .

• Approximant

• Affricate

• Fricative

• Plosive

Vocal cords are two inside the

• Velum

• Pharynx

• Trachea

• Larynx

The initial sound of "jelly" is a(an).........

• Affricate

• Approximant

• Fricative

• Plosive

The sound /l/ when occurring after a vowel is called......

• Devoiced

• Clear

• Dark

• Syllabic

Which of the following is the final sound in "house"

• Unvoiced alveolar fricative

• Voiced alveolar fricative

• Unvoiced postalveolar fricative

• Voiced postalveolar fricative