This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Assimilation In Speech – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Assimilation In Speech Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A type of cell division that occurs in the sex cells and reducing the chromosome number in half. A) Synapsis. B) Meiosis. C) Tetrad. D) Mitosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meiosis. 2. Train, pride, cry, cream, fright A) Progressive assimilation affecting the work of the vocal cords. B) Double assimilation. C) Assimilation affecting the place and manner of articulation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Progressive assimilation affecting the work of the vocal cords. 3. Who is considered the father of TPS? A) Taichi Ohno. B) Sakichi Toyoda. C) Eiji Toyoda. D) Edward Demming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taichi Ohno. 4. A symbiotic relationship in which one species (the parasite) benefits while the other species (the host) is harmed in a significant way A) Parasitism. B) Competition. C) Predation. D) Commensalism. E) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasitism. 5. Crooked, promise, progress A) Complete devoicing. B) Partial devoicing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete devoicing. 6. What is vowel reduction? A) The complete omission of a vowel sound. B) The reduction of a vowel to a less distinct, central sound. C) Changing consonants to vowels in quick speech. D) The omission of /t/ and /d/ sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reduction of a vowel to a less distinct, central sound. 7. How would employment help to assimilate immigrants in France? A) Help immigrants pass their citizenship test. B) Help immigrants feel fairly treated. C) Help immigrants earn more money. D) Help immigrants establish social networks with more French people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Help immigrants establish social networks with more French people. 8. Which can be used in this quotation (from the classic novel The Horse and His Boy)?"But one of the worst results of being a slave ..... A) H-elision. B) Cluster simplification. C) Contraction. D) F-elision. E) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) F-elision. 9. What do cells need glucose for? A) Respiration. B) Combustion. C) Photosynthesis. D) Protein synthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respiration. 10. Keyboard is ..... device? A) Software. B) An Input. C) Memory. D) An Output. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An Input. 11. Meiotic cell division occurs in the ..... ? A) Muscle cells. B) Cheek cells. C) Reproductive cells. D) Body cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reproductive cells. 12. A symbiotic relationship in which one species survives on consuming the other species. The species that consume or win is the predator, and the species that is eaten up is the prey. A) Commensalism. B) Parasitism. C) Mutualism. D) Competition. E) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Predation. 13. As part of the naturalization process in France, what are immigrants expected to do? A) Find permanent residence. B) Attend a month of civic education. C) Pass a French cultural test. D) Get a job. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pass a French cultural test. 14. In progressive assimilation: A) The assimilated consonant is influenced by the following consonant. B) The assimilated consonant is influenced by the preceding consonant. C) Both consonants influence each other. D) The vowel sound influences the consonant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The assimilated consonant is influenced by the preceding consonant. 15. The suffix s will be pronounced as /s/ if the preceding consonants is fortis (voiceless)and as /z/ if the preceding consonant is lenis(voiced). A) True. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Gumawa ng mga banga at palayok na ginamit bilang imbakan ng mga sobrang pagkain. A) Panahong Paleolitiko. B) Maagang panahon ng metal. C) Panahong Neolitiko. D) Maunlad na panahon ng metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Panahong Neolitiko. 17. In this assimilation under the influence of the post-alveolar r the alveolar t, d become post alveolar A) Assimilation affecting the place and manner of articulation. B) Assimilation affecting the work of the vocal cords. C) Double assimilation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assimilation affecting the place and manner of articulation. 18. What does laicite mean? A) Brotherhood. B) Democracy. C) Equality. D) Secularism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secularism. 19. Types of assimilation ..... A) Voicedunvoiced. B) Progressiveregressivedouble. C) Reciprocalcompletedouble. D) Divoiceddisvoiced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Progressiveregressivedouble. 20. Fill in the blank:In the assimilation of voice, a voiceless sound that is near a voiced sound will become ..... , or a voiced sound that is near a voiceless sound becomes ..... This type of assimilation is incredibly common in English. A) Voiced-voiceless. B) Voiceless-voiced. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voiced-voiceless. 21. Consonant:Fortis is ..... and lenis is ..... A) Voiceless, voiced. B) Voiced, voiceless. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voiceless, voiced. 22. Meiosis results in ..... ? A) 2 Diploid cells. B) 2 Haploid cells. C) 4 Diploid cells. D) 4 Haploid cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 Haploid cells. 23. What is regressive assimilation in phonetics? A) The process by which a sound is influenced by a neighboring sound. B) The process by which a sound becomes more similar to a preceding sound. C) The process by which a sound changes its features or manner of articulation. D) The process by which a sound changes to match the following sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The process by which a sound is influenced by a neighboring sound. 24. When is the homologous chromosomes exchange DNA and the diploid cell is divided into two haploid cells? A) Meiosis II. B) Mitosis. C) Meiosis I. D) Interphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meiosis I. 25. What is a negative effect of the use of assimilation to manage socio-cultural diversity in France? A) Create tensions as immigrants feel discriminated. B) Reduce diversity in France. C) Less places of worship in France. D) Reduction in tourist arrivals from Muslim countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Create tensions as immigrants feel discriminated. 26. When the last consonant in a prefix changes to be exactly like the first consonant in the stem, the process is called ..... When the last consonant in a prefix changes to be more like, but not exactly like, the first consonant in the stem, the process is called ..... A) Total assimilation/ Partial assimilation. B) Partial assimilation/ Total assimilation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Total assimilation/ Partial assimilation. 27. Find words for degrees of assimilation:1) intermediate 2) partial 3)complete A) Gooseberry2) sea horse3)little. B) Fall2)shamrock3) tree. C) Foot2) green3)ball. D) Goosebumps2)click3)does she. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Goosebumps2)click3)does she. 28. Would you like to take a cup of coffee?In the previous sentence, which of the phonemes does it coalesce? A) /d/ and /j/. B) /d/ and /y/. C) /d/ and /z/. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) /d/ and /j/. 29. Waitress, profession, portrait A) Commple devoicing. B) Partial devoicing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Partial devoicing. 30. Fill in the blank: "Assimilation in phonetics is the process in which a sound is influenced by and becomes ..... to a surrounding sound, especially when words are said quickly." A) Similar. B) Different. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similar. 31. When sounds become similar, it is called, , , A) Stress. B) Elision. C) Dissimilation. D) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assimilation. 32. Gumamit ang mga tao ng magagaspang na kasangkapang bato. A) Panahong Paleolitiko. B) Panahong Neolitiko. C) Maunlad na panahon ng metal. D) Maagang panahon ng metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Panahong Paleolitiko. 33. "Forget your pride (what have you to be proud of?) ..... A) Cluster simplification. B) H-elision. C) Assimilation. D) Contraction. E) F-elision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assimilation. 34. Fingerlike projection of the small intestine that increase the surface area for absorption are called A) Alvioli. B) Chyme. C) Villi. D) Bronchi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Villi. 35. Implements manipulated by the hand to facilitate carpentry works. A) Materials. B) Tools. C) Equipment. D) Hardware. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tools. 36. How many types of place assimilation? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 37. Microsoft word is used for? A) Drawing. B) Typing. C) Painting. D) Hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Typing. 38. How would the naturalization in France help assimilate immigrants? A) Help build bonds between immigrants & locals. B) Make the immigrants love France. C) Provide legal status to immigrants. D) Help immigrants know more about France & what being a French citizen mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Help immigrants know more about France & what being a French citizen mean. 39. It is used to check vertical accuracy of a post or wall. A) Level bar. B) Try square. C) Plumb bob. D) Spirit level. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plumb bob. 40. In stressed positions sound r is completely devoiced. True or False? A) False. B) True. C) Don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 41. What type of assimilation contain these words:washed, loved, tricks? A) Progression. B) Reciprocal. C) Double. D) Regression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Progression. 42. An example of regressive assimilation is: A) When the assimilated consonant affects the preceding sound. B) When the following consonant affects the articulation of the previous one. C) When both consonants change to a vowel sound. D) When the consonant changes into a completely different sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the following consonant affects the articulation of the previous one. 43. But if ever we need to know it, A) Contraction. B) H-elision. C) Assimilation. D) F-elision. E) Cluster simplification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assimilation. 44. Which of the following is a quick tool for identifying the root cause of a problem? A) Check sheets. B) Ishikawa. C) 5 Why Analysis. D) Problem Breakdown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5 Why Analysis. 45. How does regressive assimilation occur? A) By making adjacent sounds more different from each other. B) By simplifying articulation and making adjacent sounds more alike. C) By anticipating a future sound and changing the preceding sound. D) By modifying the place of articulation of a sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By simplifying articulation and making adjacent sounds more alike. 46. Assimilation in France means that individuals are expected to put aside their unique identities & display their French identity as the only observable identity in the ..... domain. A) Public. B) Private. C) Official. D) Religious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public. 47. A hand saw use to cut wood along the grain A) Cross-cut saw. B) Crow Bar. C) Jack Saw. D) Rip Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cross-cut saw. 48. What is assimilation in phonetics? A) The insertion of a sound to clarify speech. B) A process where vowels reduce to a more central sound. C) A process where two adjacent consonants influence each other's articulation. D) The omission of sounds for faster speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A process where two adjacent consonants influence each other's articulation. 49. What is assimilation? A) Immigrants are to adopt the beliefs & practices of the majority group in the host country. B) Immigrants could retain their unique identities & stay different from the people in the host country. C) Immigrants are adopt the practices of any of the groups in the host country. D) Immigrants could retain their unique identities while developing common grounds with locals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immigrants are to adopt the beliefs & practices of the majority group in the host country. 50. To find countermeasures for an abnormality is to, A) Shine. B) Sustain. C) Standardize. D) Situate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Standardize. 51. Find word for double assimilation ..... A) His. B) Happy. C) Idiot. D) Twenty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Twenty. 52. There is something about all this that I do not understand: A) F-elision. B) Assimilation. C) H-elision. D) Contraction. E) Cluster simplification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contraction. 53. Which of the following is known to be the worst of all 7 wastes? A) Transport Waste. B) Overproduction Waste. C) Inventory Waste. D) Over Processing Waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overproduction Waste. 54. If the phoneme that comes after is affected by the one that comes before, it is called A) Regressive assimilation. B) Initial consonat. C) Final consonant. D) Progressive assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Progressive assimilation. 55. Nanirahan ang mga tao sa tabi ng mga dagat at ilog. A) Panahong Neolitiko. B) Maunlad na panahon ng metal. C) Panahong Paleolitiko. D) Maagang panahon ng metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Panahong Neolitiko. 56. Ang panahon kung kailan napaghusay ng mga sinaunang Pilipino ang kanilang mga kasangkapang metal. A) Panahong Neolitiko. B) Maunlad na panahon ng metal. C) Maagang panahon ng metal. D) Panahong Paleolitiko. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maunlad na panahon ng metal. 57. Which of the following is/are transported by the hepatic portal vein? A) Glycogen. B) Glucose. C) Globules of fats. D) Glycerol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glucose. 58. What part of the computer do you use to type? A) Desktop. B) Mouse. C) Cursor. D) Keyboard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keyboard. 59. What is the most important "S" A) Standardize. B) Set in Order. C) Sustain. D) Situational. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustain. 60. How does crossing over contribute to genetic diversity? A) In crossing over, genetic information is exchanged between homologous chromosomes. B) In crossing over exchanges of genetic materials between chromosomes did not happen. C) One parent cell contributes the genetic materials to the daughter cell. During meiosis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In crossing over, genetic information is exchanged between homologous chromosomes. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAssimilation In Speech Quiz 1Assimilation In Speech Quiz 3Connected Speech QuizConsonant Clusters Pronunciation QuizConsonant Clusters QuizContrastive Stress QuizDiphthongs QuizElision In Speech Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books