This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Connected Speech – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Connected Speech Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When phonemes are deleted in casual speech (ex. the /d/ is not pronounced in "friendship") A) Assimilation. B) Citation form. C) Metathesis. D) Elision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elision. 2. Which is the strong form of "you" ? A) /ju:/. B) /ju/. C) /yu/. D) /yu:/. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) /ju:/. 3. ..... am going to play football this evening. A) Eye. B) Iey. C) Ie. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I. 4. What happens to phonemes during connected speech? A) They are always eliminated. B) They are only added. C) They may be altered, eliminated, or added. D) They remain unchanged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They may be altered, eliminated, or added. 5. What is an utterance? A) A type of connected speech. B) A word spoken in isolation. C) A phrase or sentence used to express meaning. D) A single phoneme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A phrase or sentence used to express meaning. 6. Choose the correct stress placement in the reflexive pronoun. A) If you want to change your actions, you have to pay attention to YOURself. B) Don't hurt YOURself by playing carelessly. C) I love mySELF more than I love anyone else. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I love mySELF more than I love anyone else. 7. When a question tag is used and required an answer the tone goes A) Up. B) Down. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Up. 8. The word dictionary has ..... syllable(s). A) Two. B) Three. C) Four. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Four. 9. What type of linking occurs in "feel lucky" ? A) The same consonant is at the end of the first word and the start of the second, so it's only pronounced once. B) The first word ends with a consonant and the next word starts with a vowel, so they join together. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The same consonant is at the end of the first word and the start of the second, so it's only pronounced once. 10. What is coarticulation in speech production? A) The clear articulation of each phoneme. B) The overlapping of articulators due to rapid speech production. C) The slow and labored production of speech. D) The isolation of phonemes in speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The overlapping of articulators due to rapid speech production. 11. In phonotactic terms, what is the maximum number of consonants allowed in an onset? A) Three. B) Four. C) Two. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 12. Linking is:a transition between words in connected speech. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. In rapid speech, /t/ and /d/ are elided (omitted) when they occur at the end of word (or word stem) or in between two consonants. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. I use ..... pen to write an essay. A) Bilo. B) Blue. C) Biluo. D) Blew. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blue. 15. Compound nouns typically receive stress on the: A) First word. B) Vowel. C) Suffix. D) Second word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First word. 16. Coalescent assimilation is when a phoneme appears to replace another pair of phonemes A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. The variations in the pitch of a speaker's voice used to convey or alter meaning A) Consonant. B) Sentence stress. C) Elision. D) Intonation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intonation. 18. What is the unit of rhythm? A) Foot. B) Meter. C) Inch. D) Centimeter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foot. 19. Assimilation is the general term in phonetics for the process by which a speech sound becomes similar or identical to a neighboring sound. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Assimilation and Elision can be used widely in both formal & casual speech. True or false? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Which of the following words from Latinate Origin has an incorrect stress? A) ProClAIM. B) ExIST. C) ProTEST. D) COMpare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) COMpare. 22. The pronunciation of a syllable with more respiratory energy or muscular force than other syllables in the same word A) Intonation. B) Word stress. C) Linking. D) Sentence stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Word stress. 23. Why do connected speech processes occur? A) To confuse listeners. B) To improve grammar. C) To make speech faster and smoother. D) To create new words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make speech faster and smoother. 24. Which of these has 'INTRUSIVE /r/'? A) New agent. B) Media event. C) Car exhibition. D) Ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Media event. 25. The garden is full of beautiful ..... A) Floored. B) Flour. C) Floor. D) Flower. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flower. 26. I really want to lose ten pounds. [ ten pounds ] A) Elision. B) Intrusive /j/. C) Assimilation. D) Elision & intrusive /w/. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assimilation. 27. When is a /t/ a /p/? A) Good girl. B) White car. C) These shops. D) Bit part. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bit part. 28. What type of linking occurs in "dark green" ? A) The consonant at the end of the first word is similar to the one at the start of the second, so they join together. B) The same consonant is at the end of the first word and the start of the second, so it's only pronounced once. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The consonant at the end of the first word is similar to the one at the start of the second, so they join together. 29. What is the common feature of the following sounds?/p/, /t/, /k/ and /b/, /d/, /g/ A) Voiced plosives and unvoiced plosives. B) Unvoiced plosives and voiced plosives. C) Aspirated sounds. D) Voiced stops and unvoiced stops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unvoiced plosives and voiced plosives. 30. There ..... types of assimilation: A) 3. B) 4. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesConnected Speech Quiz 1Connected Speech Quiz 2Connected Speech Quiz 3Connected Speech Quiz 4Connected Speech Quiz 5Connected Speech Quiz 6Connected Speech Quiz 7Connected Speech Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books