This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Connected Speech – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Connected Speech Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When did you arrive? A) Manner assimilation. B) Coalescent assimilation. C) Voicing assimilation. D) Place assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coalescent assimilation. 2. Which phrase shows likely devoicing of /v/ $\rightarrow$ [f]? A) Move on. B) Save it. C) Of course. D) Give up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of course. 3. What determines the tempo of production of speech? A) Volume of speech. B) Pitch of speech. C) Duration of individual phonemes and pauses. D) Frequency of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Duration of individual phonemes and pauses. 4. The pronunciation of a word with more respiratory energy or muscular force than other words in the same utterance A) Vowel. B) Word stress. C) Sentence stress. D) Juncture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence stress. 5. Is he busy? How would you say it? A) Isi busy. B) Ishebusy. C) Is he busy. D) Is hebusy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isi busy. 6. Select the correct definition of Weak Forms. A) Consonant sounds that become unstressed in connected speech and are often then pronounced as a schwa. B) Syllable sounds that become unstressed in connected speech and are often then pronounced as a schwa. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Syllable sounds that become unstressed in connected speech and are often then pronounced as a schwa. 7. They begged Tom. A) Elision. B) Linking. C) Place assimilation. D) Voicing assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elision. 8. Linking /r/ is found in which example? A) "this thing". B) "no idea". C) "far away". D) "I saw it". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "far away". 9. We say "I am '' with 'y' link as ..... A) Iamy. B) Yaim. C) Iyam. D) Imya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imya. 10. "I don't know" is an example of: A) Coalescence. B) Elision. C) Assimilation of place. D) Linking r. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elision. 11. In stress-timed rhythm: A) All syllables are equal. B) Only final syllables are stressed. C) Intervals between stressed syllables are regular. D) Unstressed syllables are louder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intervals between stressed syllables are regular. 12. What are suprasegmental modifications known as? A) Morphology of speech. B) Syntax of speech. C) Phonemes of speech. D) Prosody of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prosody of speech. 13. In "monitor" , stress falls on: A) First syllable. B) Second syllable. C) Final syllable. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First syllable. 14. What is vowel reductions in connected speech? A) Pronunciation of words with no stress or vowel sounds in connected speech. B) Pronunciation of words with different meanings in connected speech. C) Pronunciation of words with exaggerated stress or vowel sounds in connected speech. D) Pronunciation of words with reduced stress or vowel sounds in connected speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pronunciation of words with reduced stress or vowel sounds in connected speech. 15. The word that rhymes with "fair" is ..... A) Far. B) Farier. C) Fare. D) Fareer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fare. 16. In non-rhotic English, which does NOT take a linking /r/? A) Tour bus. B) Car owner. C) Four eggs. D) Far away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tour bus. 17. When an extra sound is added into the spoken utterance A) Catenation. B) Intrusion. C) Ellision. D) Juncture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intrusion. 18. Stress-shift is the name for: A) The change in the stress of a sentence. B) The adition of another stress in a sentence. C) The disapparition of all stress in a sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The change in the stress of a sentence. 19. Which word sounds like "sea" ? A) Si. B) Sie. C) See. D) Cee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) See. 20. Choose the correct case of linking for this example:China and India A) Identical consonants. B) Intrusive /j/. C) Instrusive /w/. D) Intrusive /r/. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intrusive /r/. 21. Which of the following words would normally be pronounced with one aspiration? A) Spot. B) Sky. C) Pool. D) Stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pool. 22. Vowel alternations. Distinction of irregular verbal forms: A) Class-classify. B) Mouse-mice. C) Rise-raise. D) Teach-taught-taught. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teach-taught-taught. 23. Four factors make a syllable prominent are:loudness, length, ..... , quality. A) Production. B) Symbols. C) Pitch. D) Perception. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pitch. 24. What does juncture refer to in connected speech? A) The speed of speech. B) The relationship between sounds. C) The rhythm of speech. D) The stress patterns in words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The relationship between sounds. 25. What are the components of a tone-unit structure? A) The head, the pre-head and the tail. B) The head, the neck and the tail. C) The head, the body and the tail. D) The head, the face and the tail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The head, the pre-head and the tail. 26. "White mask" is an example of: A) Dentalization. B) Bilabial assimilation. C) No connected speech. D) Velar assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bilabial assimilation. 27. A complex word is: A) Any long word. B) A word with a prefix or suffix. C) An irregular verb. D) A polysyllabic word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A word with a prefix or suffix. 28. In English, what is the purpose of pitch changes? A) To change the meaning of words. B) For stress and intonation. C) To indicate grammatical tense. D) For vowel lengthening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For stress and intonation. 29. When the words "do it" are said at normal speed (for most native speakers), what "extra" sound do we hear between them? A) /r/. B) /l/. C) /w/. D) /j/. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) /w/. 30. -s:the pronunciation of the bound morpheme-sdepends on the voicing of the ending sound ofthe original word. A) Elision. B) Voice assimilation. C) Manner assimilation. D) Place assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voice assimilation. ← 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