This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Connected Speech – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Connected Speech Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The intonation in 'wh' questions normally goes ..... at the end. A) Up. B) Down. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Down. 2. What determines which words receive stress in a sentence? A) The speaker's mood. B) The length of the sentence. C) The time of day. D) The intent of the message. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The intent of the message. 3. Unscramble the letters and make the correct word which is used for eating. A) Burreg. B) Gerbur. C) Regrub. D) Burger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burger. 4. In a conversation, what type of information does the speaker stress? A) Unimportant information. B) New information. C) Old information. D) Repeated information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New information. 5. Elision is the disappearance of ..... in speech. A) Phonemes. B) Syllables. C) Vowels. D) Sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sounds. 6. Which consonants can be dropped? What are you waiting for? A) T in what. B) T in waiting. C) G in waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) G in waiting. 7. The types of words that receive the least stress in a sentence are usually ..... A) Content words. B) Words with suffixes. C) Function words. D) Words with consonant clusters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Function words. 8. Provide an example of elision in connected speech. A) Work hard. B) Hafta. C) Send them now. D) Since then. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Send them now. 9. What type of linking occurs in "an orange" ? 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 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: B) The first word ends with a consonant and the next word starts with a vowel, so they join together. 10. "Where did you go? has: A) Coalescence. B) Linking r. C) Intrusive r. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coalescence. 11. Which consonants can be dropped?We're planning a big weekend project. A) /d/ in weekend. B) /t/ in project. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) /d/ in weekend. 12. What is the structure of the word "cramped" ? A) Onset only. B) Onset, Peak, Coda. C) Peak only. D) Peak and Coda only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onset, Peak, Coda. 13. The process in continuous speech which connects the final sound of one word to the initial sound of the next A) Linking. B) Juncture. C) Catenation. D) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linking. 14. Read and decide the intonation used in the below sentence: " Do you know where the bank is?" A) Rising. B) Falling. C) Fall-rise. D) Rise-fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising. 15. Which of the following Verb / Noun can only function as a verb? A) PROject/ proJECT. B) DISturb/ disTURB. C) PROduce/ proDUCE. D) REcall/ reCALL. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DISturb/ disTURB. 16. What are Disappearing Sounds? A) Sounds that are omitted in natural speech, often due to speed or ease of articulation. B) The complete removal of syllables in formal speech. C) Sounds that are omitted in slow, clear speech for clarity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sounds that are omitted in natural speech, often due to speed or ease of articulation. 17. In elision, when three or more consonant sounds come together, the consonant cluster is sometimes simplified by omitting ..... A) The first consonant. B) The last consonant. C) Any consonant the speaker chooses. D) The middle consonant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The middle consonant. 18. Aspects of connected speech include:Rhythm, Addition, Linking. A) Verdadero. B) Falso. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falso. 19. Which of the following is NOT a variation included in suprasegmental modifications? A) Phonetics. B) Stress. C) Timing. D) Intonation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phonetics. 20. Which of the followings are stop consonants? A) P, t, k, g. B) S, z, sh, f. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) P, t, k, g. 21. In "facts and figures, " which consonant most likely elides? A) /k/. B) /t/. C) /f/. D) /s/. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) /t/. 22. "Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead A) A way to say someone has found stability in life. B) To appear suddenly and unexpectedly. C) A mix of both happiness and sadness. D) Suggesting that love can either be enduring or painful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suggesting that love can either be enduring or painful. 23. Intrusive /r/ is charecteristic of A) Rhotic accents. B) Non-rhotic accents. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-rhotic accents. 24. What is the primary characteristic of a schwa sound in English? A) An unstressed vowel sound. B) A long vowel sound. C) A stressed vowel sound. D) A diphthong sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An unstressed vowel sound. 25. In assimilation, what does regressive assimilation mean? A) A sound changes to become like the one preceding it. B) A sound changes to become like the one following it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sound changes to become like the one following it. 26. What is Chunking in speech? A) Dividing speech into smaller, manageable units or chunks to aid comprehension and improve fluency. B) Breaking words into syllables to help pronunciation. C) Separating ideas in writing into smaller parts for clarity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dividing speech into smaller, manageable units or chunks to aid comprehension and improve fluency. 27. 'Have to' is pronounced like 'hafta'. A) Elision. B) Voice assimilation. C) Manner assimilation. D) Place assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voice assimilation. 28. Choose the correct contraction for this words:Going to A) Gonna. B) Wanna. C) Gotya. D) Gointo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gonna. 29. Which of the following is NOT a connected speech process? A) Assimilation. B) Elision. C) Intonation. D) Linking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intonation. 30. When phonemes are deleted in casual speech (ex. the /d/ is not pronounced in "friendship") A) Assimilation. B) Metathesis. C) Citation form. D) Elision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elision. 31. Which is the strong form of "you" ? A) /yu/. B) /ju:/. C) /ju/. D) /yu:/. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) /ju:/. 32. ..... am going to play football this evening. A) Ie. B) I. C) Iey. D) Eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 33. What happens to phonemes during connected speech? A) They remain unchanged. B) They may be altered, eliminated, or added. C) They are only added. D) They are always eliminated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They may be altered, eliminated, or added. 34. What is an utterance? A) A phrase or sentence used to express meaning. B) A single phoneme. C) A type of connected speech. D) A word spoken in isolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A phrase or sentence used to express meaning. 35. 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. 36. 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. 37. The word dictionary has ..... syllable(s). A) Four. B) Two. C) Three. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Four. 38. 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. 39. 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. 40. In phonotactic terms, what is the maximum number of consonants allowed in an onset? A) Three. B) Two. C) One. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 41. 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. 42. I use ..... pen to write an essay. A) Biluo. B) Blue. C) Bilo. D) Blew. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blue. 43. Compound nouns typically receive stress on the: A) First word. B) Vowel. C) Second word. D) Suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First word. 44. 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. 45. The variations in the pitch of a speaker's voice used to convey or alter meaning A) Intonation. B) Sentence stress. C) Consonant. D) Elision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intonation. 46. What is the unit of rhythm? A) Foot. B) Meter. C) Inch. D) Centimeter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foot. 47. 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. 48. 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. 49. Which of the following words from Latinate Origin has an incorrect stress? A) ProTEST. B) ProClAIM. C) COMpare. D) ExIST. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) COMpare. 50. The pronunciation of a syllable with more respiratory energy or muscular force than other syllables in the same word A) Intonation. B) Sentence stress. C) Linking. D) Word stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Word stress. 51. 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. 52. Which of these has 'INTRUSIVE /r/'? A) Media event. B) Ice cream. C) New agent. D) Car exhibition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Media event. 53. The garden is full of beautiful ..... A) Flour. B) Flower. C) Floor. D) Floored. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flower. 54. I really want to lose ten pounds. [ ten pounds ] A) Intrusive /j/. B) Assimilation. C) Elision. D) Elision & intrusive /w/. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assimilation. 55. When is a /t/ a /p/? A) White car. B) Good girl. C) These shops. D) Bit part. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bit part. 56. 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. 57. 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. 58. There ..... types of assimilation: A) 4. B) 1. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 59. When people talk, they often blend words together and make some changes in the sounds. This is ..... A) A normal part of everyone's speech. B) A sign of sloppy, lazy speech. C) A sign that the speaker is thinking carefully about these changes. D) Mostly a characteristic of uneducated speakers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A normal part of everyone's speech. 60. Connected speech refers to: A) How we connect words with punctuation marks. B) How sentences are written on paper. C) How we choose vocabulary in a conversation. D) How sounds change or disappear when we speak quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How sounds change or disappear when we speak quickly. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesConnected Speech Quiz 1Connected Speech Quiz 2Connected Speech Quiz 3Connected Speech Quiz 4Connected Speech Quiz 6Connected Speech Quiz 7Connected Speech Quiz 8Assimilation In Speech Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books