This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Connected Speech – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Connected Speech Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Giving human qualities to non-human things. A) Metaphor. B) Idioms. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. What are segmental modifications? A) Modifications in writing style. B) Changes in sentence structure. C) Changes of phonemes of words at the connected speech level. D) Alterations in word meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changes of phonemes of words at the connected speech level. 3. In two or more syllable words, what type of stress does the syllable that does not receive primary stress receive? A) Secondary stress. B) Tertiary stress. C) Primary stress. D) No stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary stress. 4. Which suffix usually causes the stress to fall on the syllable before it? A) -tion. B) -ed. C) -ing. D) -er. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -tion. 5. What is metathesis? A) The addition of extra syllables in words. B) The repetition of consonants in words. C) The transposition of speech sounds in words. D) The removal of vowels in words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The transposition of speech sounds in words. 6. Choose a sentence that has assimilation A) Fluent speaker. B) It's not boring. C) Sing this song. D) Piece of bread. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's not boring. 7. "Sound change in which some phonemes change to be more similar to other nearby sounds" . This concept refers to: A) Insertion. B) Assimilation. C) Variation. D) Dissimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assimilation. 8. When a word ends in a consonant sound, we often move the consonant sound to the ..... of the next word. A) Beginning. B) End. C) Mid. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beginning. 9. Spot and say the linking sounds. Today is a good day for playing outside. A) Good day. B) For playing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good day. 10. Which is one characteristic of the patterns 2 and 3? A) The word after the verb carries the strongly stressed. B) The stress goes only in the verb. C) The verb and the extra particle do not receive only lightly stressed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The word after the verb carries the strongly stressed. 11. De-stress function words such as:pronouns, article, prepositions and conjunctions. What are the function words in the next sentence: "There is an apple on the table" A) Apple, table. B) There is an apple on the table. C) There, is, an, on, the. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There, is, an, on, the. 12. Linking occurs mostly when words ending with a vowel or consonant sound are followed by words that begin with ..... A) A vowel sound. B) A consonant sound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A vowel sound. 13. In the word "happy" , the final vowel /i/ is: A) Syllabic consonant. B) Voiced plosive. C) Strong. D) Weak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weak. 14. Occurs when a sound which would be present in a word spoken in isolation is omitted in connected speech. e.g. post the letter-old man A) Juncture. B) Inonation. C) Intrustion. D) Elision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elision. 15. What is Juncture in speech? A) The pause or transition between sounds or words in speech, which can affect meaning. B) The way different speakers deliver the same sentence differently. C) The speed at which sentences are delivered in formal contexts. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The pause or transition between sounds or words in speech, which can affect meaning. 16. In the word 'economic', where is the stress placed? A) First syllable. B) Second syllable. C) Third syllable. D) Fourth syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second syllable. 17. "Linking, elison and assimilation" usually occur in ..... A) Slow speech. B) Fast speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fast speech. 18. Two consonants cannot be linked phonetically. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. In elision, when a weak vowel sound dissapears, it is not replaced by another phoneme A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. The sentence nice to meet you in which part has the assimilation? A) /nais tu/. B) /mi:tju:/. C) /tu mi:t/. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) /mi:tju:/. 21. In the word 'banana', which syllable is stressed? A) Second syllable. B) Third syllable. C) No syllable is stressed. D) First syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Second syllable. 22. Dad went to the shop to ..... a chocolate cake. A) By. B) Bye. C) Boy. D) Buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buy. 23. What is the common feature among these sounds?/p/ /b/ and /m/ A) Nasal. B) Bilabial. C) Labio-dental. D) Alveolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bilabial. 24. In which pair of words does a consonant sound at the end of one word link with a vowel sound at the start of the next word? A) Come over. B) Get better. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Come over. 25. What is one reason pauses occur in connected speech? A) As a result of a speaker pausing for a breath. B) To change the topic abruptly. C) To confuse the listener. D) To increase the speed of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As a result of a speaker pausing for a breath. 26. In which context does connected speech typically occur? A) Reading aloud from a textbook. B) Fluent and natural conversation. C) Singing a song. D) Memorizing vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fluent and natural conversation. 27. Do it ..... Which is the correct sound? A) Deyit. B) Deoit. C) Dewit. D) Doit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dewit. 28. In elision, the sounds that dissapears is: A) A weak vowel after /p/, /t/ and /k/. B) A consonant rounded by two consonants. C) A /v/ in "of" before a consonant. D) All alternatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All alternatives. 29. A phonological process in which one sound is becomemore similar with adjacent sounds. A) Assimilation. B) Elision. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assimilation. 30. How is 'quite good' transcribed? A) /kwaik gud/. B) /kwaid gud/. C) /kwaib gud/. D) /kwaikt gud/. 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