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Connected Speech Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is Rhythm in speech?
2. Which words would you stress in the next sentence: "My brother is a doctor"
3. Which is called the melody of a language?
4. In "entertain" , stress falls on:
5. A syllabic consonant replaces:
6. The intonation in 'yes/no' questions normally goes ..... at the end.
7. What does the term "juncture" refer to in connected speech?
8. Spot and say the linking sounds. In our house, there is a big garden.
9. Give an example of assimilation in connected speech.
10. Did you finish the plan? How would you say it?
11. In the sentence "Red door was open, " which word pair contains a geminate?
12. The phrasal verb ..... meaning is "wait for a short time" .
13. What is regressive assimilation?
14. /w/ and /j/ are sometimes used to link .....
15. "Tell him to come for me" has:
16. What happens to a sound when it is influenced by one of its neighbours. e.g. this ship-in public
17. The regressive assimilation has the effect of:
18. Don't you ..... Wich is the new sound added here?
19. Regressive Assimilation
20. My sister is ..... year old.
21. A direct comparison between two unrelated things without using "like" or "as" .
22. A termed for assimilation that may involve a reduction of the fortis/lenis contrast
23. Which of the following is an example of progressive assimilation?
24. "When a phoneme is realised differently as a result of being near of some other phoneme belonging to a neighbouring word" . This is the definition of:
25. The process in which the last consonant of the first word is joined to the vowel sound at the start of the second word is called:
26. Assimilation can be of three types as far as its direction is concerned:
27. Which of the following words has a silent letter?
28. Which of the following is true about weak forms in English?
29. When first word ends in a vowel sound and the second word also ends in a vowel sound, we join the two sounds by adding the ..... sounds in between.
30. What is intonation?
31. Which of those utterances has placed the stress correctly in the second syllable?
32. Linking /r/ occurs when:
33. What is liasion?
34. In three-syllable words, where is the stress often found?
35. What is word stress?
36. What effect does the stress syllable of a word have on a vowel?
37. What does assimilation refer to in connected speech?
38. Which word most commonly loses a schwa in casual speech?
39. It refers to the natural way native speakers link words together in spoken English.
40. What is the typical adult rate of connected speech?
41. What is sentence stress?
42. In which example does /t/ change to /p/ due to regressive assimilation?
43. What is the primary phenomenon discussed regarding sounds in natural speech?
44. Which of the following sentences shows an exaple of assimilation?
45. Elision often occurs in:
46. Select the sentence that you hear.
47. The omission of one or more sounds in spoken language.
48. Which of the following is NOT a process involved in segmental modifications?
49. In rapid speech, /t/ and /d/ are elided (omitted) when they occur at the end of word or in between two consonants.
50. Suprasegmental modifications affect which of the following?
51. ..... vowels are present in the word "crocodile" .
52. Select the phones that can be intruded.
53. If we say "Theyend" in connected pronunciation, it means that .....
54. "I can't do it" is an example of:
55. What happens to the vowel sound in 'was' and 'were' when they are unstressed in a sentence?
56. Which of the following words from Germanic Origin has an incorrect stress?
57. What causes sounds to change in connected speech?
58. How would you pronounce "wake up '' in connected speech?
59. What is linking?
60. Intrusive /r/ is expected in which?
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