This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Phonetics – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Phonetics Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the world that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions A) Receive. B) Teacher. C) Great. D) Streat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great. 2. Choose the word whose s/es are pronounced differently from the other words A) Buzzes. B) Horses. C) Boxes. D) Assets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assets. 3. Choose the word with a different sound. A) MAtch. B) ChArm. C) CAt. D) CArry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ChArm. 4. A. style B. top C. ton D. till A) C. B) D. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 5. Choose the word whose s/es are pronounced differently from the other words. A. proofs B. books C. points D. days A) D. B) C. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 6. Which criteria refers to how high or low the tongue is when producing a vowel? A) Constriction. B) Height. C) Roundedness. D) Backness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Height. 7. Which one of the following words that violates the phonological rules of English language? A) Taurus. B) Stroke. C) Gnome. D) Mblath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mblath. 8. ..... is a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language. It is based primarily on the Latin script. A) International Phonetic Association. B) International Phonetic Alphabet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) International Phonetic Alphabet. 9. The letter "A" is in type II syllable. A) Day. B) Bark. C) May. D) Ago. E) Cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Cat. 10. Choose the word that has a different s/es pronunciation A) Steals. B) Involves. C) Suggests. D) Believes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suggests. 11. Talking about consonants, place:post-alveolar A) Tip of tongue to teeth-ridge. B) Tip to tongue to rear of teeth-ridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tip to tongue to rear of teeth-ridge. 12. Phonetics is useful for A) False. B) Latin. C) Greek. D) Pronunciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pronunciation. 13. There are ..... sounds in English language. A) 28. B) 23. C) 26. D) 44. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 44. 14. Find which word does not belong to each group A) Fit. B) Sick. C) Sore. D) Tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fit. 15. Orthography is ..... A) The pronunciation of a word that represents the alphabetics spelling. B) The production of any speech. C) The study of the phonetics symbols. D) The alphabetic spelling of words that represents the way they are pronounced. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The alphabetic spelling of words that represents the way they are pronounced. 16. The sound of sae sae tsu, tsu A) H, h. B) S, s. C) L, l. D) W, w. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S, s. 17. Where is the primary stress in the word "personality" ? A) Third syllable. B) Fourth syllable. C) Second syllable. D) First syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third syllable. 18. The science of sounds is called A) Phonetics. B) Meaning. C) Phonology. D) Semantics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phonetics. 19. How many syllables does the word "television" have? A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 20. Choose the word that has a different ed pronunciation A) Absorbed. B) Failed. C) Reached. D) Solved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reached. 21. A. precise B. wash C. show D. wish A) D. B) C. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 22. Roundedness and tongue advancement are articulatory traits of the A) Vowels. B) Consonants. C) Both. D) Any of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vowels. 23. Phonetics is connected with ..... A) Grammar, stylistics, lexicology. B) Physiology, anatomy, physics. C) Mathematics, statistics, logic and computer science. D) All variants are right. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All variants are right. 24. These are two of the active articulators: A) Lips and tongue. B) Teeth and hard palate. C) Velum and pharynx. D) None of them . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lips and tongue. 25. The letter "A" is in the fourth syllable. A) Care. B) Near. C) Hair. D) Bread. E) Dear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Care. 26. Fun rhymes with ..... A) Fan. B) Hut. C) Hat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hut. 27. The branch of phonetics investigating the perception process is known as ..... A) Auditory phonetics. B) Articulatory phonetics. C) Acoustic phonetics. D) Phonology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Auditory phonetics. 28. Eat less junk food ..... eat more fruit and vegetables A) And. B) Or. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. 29. Choose the different sound of vowel. A) Cheer. B) There. C) Near. D) Here. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There. 30. Choose 1 answer that has a different pronunciation of the ending ed than the other words A) Improved. B) Exhibited. C) Dedicated. D) Attended. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Improved. 31. English is an ..... language. A) Phonetic. B) Arbitrary. C) Non-verbal. D) Unphonetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unphonetic. 32. The vowel sound /e/ is: A) Between close mid and open mid-Front. B) Between close mid and close-Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between close mid and open mid-Front. 33. The letter "A" is in the type I syllable. A) Want. B) Saw. C) Dance. D) All. E) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Take. 34. Bob will ..... Seth on Monday A) Met. B) Meet. C) Fish. D) Meat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meet. 35. I have sent him so many presents already! A) Last sound is t. B) Last sound is d. C) Last sound is something else. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last sound is t. 36. The speech sounds produced by pushingthe air stream through the mouth are called what? A) Oral sounds. B) Nasal sounds. C) Dental sounds. D) Labial sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oral sounds. 37. What does backness refer to? A) The rounding of the lips. B) The height of the vowel. C) The movement of the tongue. D) The location of the tongue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The location of the tongue. 38. Voiced Sounds are produced when the vocal cords ..... A) Vibrate. B) Don't vibrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vibrate. 39. It s the airstream provided by the ..... that all languages of the world use. A) Lungs. B) Stomach. C) Wind pipe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lungs. 40. We were chuffed that the mayor came to congratulate us. A) Last sound is t. B) Last sound is d. C) Last sound is something else. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last sound is t. 41. Voiced sounds are produced when the vocal folds are A) Tightly closed. B) Wide apart. C) Narrow. D) Touching or nearly touching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Touching or nearly touching. 42. The study of way listeners perceive sounds. A) Auditory phonetics. B) Acustic phonetics. C) Articulatory phonetics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Auditory phonetics. 43. Oh man, at that Miles Davis concert in 1962, I got all jazzed up! A) Last sound is t. B) Last sound is d. C) Last sound is something else. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last sound is d. 44. WHAT IS THE PLACE OF ARTICULATION? A) Bilabial, velar, interdental, labiodental, glottal, alveolar, palatal. B) Bilabial, affricative, palatal, glottal, nasal, fricative,. C) Bilabial, glottal, nasal, fricative, lateral, plosive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bilabial, velar, interdental, labiodental, glottal, alveolar, palatal. 45. He danced with me all night long. A) Last sound is t. B) Last sound is d. C) Last sound is something else. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last sound is t. 46. Talking about consonants, place:dental A) Lip to teeth. B) Tip of tongue to teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tip of tongue to teeth. 47. The words below are all affricates, except which one? A) Watch. B) Loch. C) Judge. D) Screech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loch. 48. I send her a letter every Christmas. A) Last sound is t. B) Last sound is d. C) Last sound is something else. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last sound is d. 49. Which of these words sounds differently? A) Cow. B) Now. C) Know. D) How. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Know. 50. Which is right among the following? A) 44Speech sounds, 22vowels, 22consonants. B) 44speech sounds, 24vowels, 20consonants. C) 44speech sounds, 20vowels, 24consonants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 44speech sounds, 20vowels, 24consonants. 51. Circle A. B. C. or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions A) Vehicle. B) Electric. C) Solution. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vehicle. 52. He faxed us the bill. A) Last sound is t. B) Last sound is d. C) Last sound is something else. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last sound is t. 53. In a word, the syllable that is uttered with prominence is called ..... syllable. A) Unstressed. B) Weak. C) Nucleus. D) Tonic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tonic. 54. How many speech sounds are there in english A) 44. B) 12. C) 26. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 44. 55. The methods of direct observation ..... A) Are based on the use of special technical devices, such as hand mirror, intonograph, xray photography and cinematography and others. B) Work if one listens to other people's speech. C) Don't work in the modern and complicated world. D) Consist in observing the movements and positions of one's own or other people's organs of speech in pronouncing various speech sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consist in observing the movements and positions of one's own or other people's organs of speech in pronouncing various speech sounds. 56. The phoneme /f/ and /v/ are described as ..... A) Interdental. B) Bilabial. C) Labiodental. D) Glottal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Labiodental. 57. Is the smallest unit of writing of a language system. A) Phoneme. B) Grapheme. C) Morpheme . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grapheme. 58. Which word whose stress is placed differently A) Acupuncture. B) Medicine. C) Natural. D) Traditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Traditional. 59. Bat rhymes with ..... A) Cut. B) Cat. C) Run. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cat. 60. Phonetics is ..... A) A brunch of lexicology. B) A separate science. C) A brunch of linguistics. D) Scientific research. 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