This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Connected Speech – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Connected Speech Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Chicken is my favourite ..... to eat. A) Mit. B) Meat. C) Mite. D) Meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meat. 2. In "she is, " the inserted sound is: A) /j/. B) /h/. C) /w/. D) /r/. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) /j/. 3. Which example illustrates the concept of external open juncture? A) Ten cups. B) My turn. C) That boy. D) Get them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My turn. 4. Why does vowel reduction occur in connected speech? A) To add more stress to the vowels. B) Because speakers want to emphasize vowels. C) To make speech slower. D) Due to the rapid nature of connected speech, the speaker doesn't have time to fully move the articulators. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Due to the rapid nature of connected speech, the speaker doesn't have time to fully move the articulators. 5. The rhythm in English speech is A) Relative. B) Absolute. C) Optional. D) Compulsory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relative. 6. "I might go to your place" has: A) One example of assimilation of place. B) Two examples of assimilation of place. C) Three examples of assimilation of place. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One example of assimilation of place. 7. Why might sentence stress create difficulty for those learning English? A) Because it is easy to understand. B) Because it is the same as in their native language. C) Because the stress patterns differ from English. D) Because it is not important in communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because the stress patterns differ from English. 8. When is a /d/ a /b/? A) These shops. B) Good girl. C) Ten pin bowling. D) Good boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Good boy. 9. English is a stress-timed language. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Which sound is used to create liaison in the following phrase?blue angel A) J. B) W. C) T. D) R. E) S. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) W. 11. What is the correct pronunciation for "ecological" ? A) Ecological. B) EcoLOgical. C) EcoloGIcal. D) ECOlogical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EcoLOgical. 12. In the phrase "go on, " which type of linking occurs? A) Intrusive /w/. B) Assimilation. C) Linking /l/. D) Linking /r/. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intrusive /w/. 13. (a) is the disappearance of sounds in speech. A) Linking. B) Assimilation. C) A. Elision. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. Elision. 14. Stressed syllables are different from unstressed syllables because they are more ..... A) Important. B) Obscure. C) Prominent. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prominent. 15. Which consonants can be dropped?I told her to wait for me. A) /d/ in told. B) /h/ in her. C) /t/ in wait. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) /h/ in her. 16. The foot is the unit of rythm in English. It is composed by ..... A) One stressed syllable. B) One stressed syllable and one unstressed syllable. C) One syllable. D) At the beginning, a stressed syllable that includes all following syllables up to (but NOT including) the next stressed syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At the beginning, a stressed syllable that includes all following syllables up to (but NOT including) the next stressed syllable. 17. In assimilation, when a sound changes due to a following sound, it is called: A) Elision. B) Regressive. C) Coalescence. D) Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regressive. 18. The regressive asimilation have the effect of: A) Change the final consonant to be like the initial consonant of the another word. B) Change the initial consonant to be like the final consonant of the another word. C) Apparition of a new phoneme that replaces initial and final phonemes. D) Disapparition of both phonemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change the final consonant to be like the initial consonant of the another word. 19. The ..... is any unstressed syllables before the first stressed syllable. A) Head. B) Tail. C) Tonic syllable. D) Pre-head. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pre-head. 20. Intrusion is when two words are said together, an extra sound is sometimes placed between them in order to make them easier to say. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. The ..... rises in the sky. A) Cun. B) Son. C) Sun. D) Sone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 22. What are the characteristics of stressed syllables that enable us to identify them? A) Production and perception. B) Muscular energy and production. C) Perception and transcription. D) Loudness and length. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Production and perception. 23. What is intrusion? A) Deleting weak vowels. B) Stressing each syllable. C) Emphasizing final consonants. D) Inserting /r/, /w/, or /j/ between two vowels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inserting /r/, /w/, or /j/ between two vowels. 24. What are transitional phonemes? A) Phonemes that differ from true phonemes as they are not "fully" produced. B) Phonemes that are substituted in a word. C) Phonemes that are fully produced. D) Phonemes that are removed from a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phonemes that differ from true phonemes as they are not "fully" produced. 25. Stress-timed rythm theory implies that ..... A) In most of cases, all syllables will tend to occur at regular intervals of time. B) In most of cases, all stress syllables will tend to occur at irregular intervals of time. C) In most of cases, , all stress syllables will tend to occur at regular intervals of time. D) In most of cases, all stress syllables will tend to sound stronger than the unstress syllables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In most of cases, , all stress syllables will tend to occur at regular intervals of time. 26. Which phrase most favors /t/ elision in a cluster? A) Blue sky. B) Go away. C) Last month. D) Arrive early. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Last month. 27. We say "too often" with 'w' link as ..... A) Wtoooften. B) Too often w. C) Toooftenw. D) Toowoften. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Toowoften. 28. What are intonational phrases? A) Two intonation patterns found in one sentence. B) A single intonation pattern in a sentence. C) The speed of speech in a sentence. D) The volume changes in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two intonation patterns found in one sentence. 29. Which of the following is NOT a kind of elision? A) Consonant Elision. B) Historical Elision. C) Optional Elision. D) Phonetic Elision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phonetic Elision. 30. If we want to place the stress in the first syllable in numbers that include the word-teen, which aspects do we have to consider? A) It is used when counting. B) It is located in the final part of the sentence. C) It is used to make a distinction. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is used when counting. ← 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