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Connected Speech Quiz 7 (60 MCQs)

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1. There are three types of linking:Vowel to a vowel, vowel to a consonant and consonant to a vowel.
2. Sentence Stress have stressed what in American English
3. What is catenation in spoken language?
4. What is the primary focus of the study of connected speech?
5. What is the Flap T in American English?
6. The strength of any particular syllable can be measured by counting up the number of times an S symbol occurs above it.
7. Elision is the name for:
8. Tom wants to buy ..... Pencils for school.
9. The word little has ..... syllable(s).
10. Choose the best option to define linking.
11. Which type of phoneme has the greatest duration?
12. When is a /v/ a /f/?
13. Tell me the truth and just say it! [ and just say it ]
14. Choose the word which is a number.
15. In the sentence "She's over there, " what kind of connected speech is happening between "She's" and "over" ?
16. Choose the correct word which is used for phone.
17. Give an example of catenation in connected speech.
18. I hope to see him next year. [ next year ]
19. Which of the following is an example of a syllable with both onset and coda?
20. In Ellision the middle or end letter or syllable is eliminated, or two words are blended together and an apostrophe is inserted. Select an example of Ellision.
21. This type of connected speech happens when two sounds blend together, forming a new sound altogether.
22. What does a speaker's intonation pattern indicate to a listener?
23. In the word 'photograph', where is the stress typically placed?
24. In which process are /w/, /r/, /j/ added artificially?
25. The term "rhyme" in a syllable includes:
26. What is the effect of linking in connected speech?
27. In assimilation, which sounds are most commonly affected?
28. The following city names all contain the letter 't' within the word. In which of them is the letter 't' pronounced as [t$^{h}$]?
29. When did you arrive?
30. Which phrase shows likely devoicing of /v/ $\rightarrow$ [f]?
31. What determines the tempo of production of speech?
32. The pronunciation of a word with more respiratory energy or muscular force than other words in the same utterance
33. Is he busy? How would you say it?
34. Select the correct definition of Weak Forms.
35. They begged Tom.
36. Linking /r/ is found in which example?
37. We say "I am '' with 'y' link as .....
38. "I don't know" is an example of:
39. In stress-timed rhythm:
40. What are suprasegmental modifications known as?
41. In "monitor" , stress falls on:
42. What is vowel reductions in connected speech?
43. The word that rhymes with "fair" is .....
44. In non-rhotic English, which does NOT take a linking /r/?
45. When an extra sound is added into the spoken utterance
46. Stress-shift is the name for:
47. Which word sounds like "sea" ?
48. Choose the correct case of linking for this example:China and India
49. Which of the following words would normally be pronounced with one aspiration?
50. Vowel alternations. Distinction of irregular verbal forms:
51. Four factors make a syllable prominent are:loudness, length, ..... , quality.
52. What does juncture refer to in connected speech?
53. What are the components of a tone-unit structure?
54. "White mask" is an example of:
55. A complex word is:
56. In English, what is the purpose of pitch changes?
57. When the words "do it" are said at normal speed (for most native speakers), what "extra" sound do we hear between them?
58. -s:the pronunciation of the bound morpheme-sdepends on the voicing of the ending sound ofthe original word.
59. What can cause segmental modifications?
60. "The ..... process change characteristic of a phoneme due to influence of a sound preceding it in a word"
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