This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Phonetics – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Phonetics Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What kind of word is 'better'? A) Disyllabic. B) Trisyllabic. C) Monosyllabic. D) Polysyllabic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disyllabic. 2. We saved all our money. 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. 3. Standard English is also referred to as:(Choose the option that is incorrect) A) Queen's English. B) Received Pronunciation. C) BBC English. D) Phonetic Pronunciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phonetic Pronunciation. 4. Which type of phonetics how speech sounds are made? A) Phonology. B) Articulatory. C) Acoustic. D) Auditory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Articulatory. 5. Which letter is silent in knee, know, and knot? A) N. B) O. C) T. D) K. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) K. 6. The Standard English is known as ..... A) Receptive Pronunciation. B) Received Pronunciation. C) Recipient Pronunciation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Received Pronunciation. 7. My dad called a ..... to clean the house. A) Do. B) Made. C) Melted. D) Maid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maid. 8. A. pressure B. seen C. saw D. swim A) A. B) C. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 9. The sound is thick. A) T, t. B) R, r. C) M, m. D) N, n. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T, t. 10. ..... sounds are produced when vocal cords are drawn wide apart. A) Voiced. B) Nasal. C) Voiceless. D) Nasalized. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voiceless. 11. A branch of linguistics that focuses on the production and classification of the world's speech sounds, is called ..... A) Semantics. B) Syntax. C) Phonetics. D) Morphology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phonetics. 12. Identify the word whose main stress is placed differently A) Tomorrow. B) Develop. C) Interest. D) Longevity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interest. 13. We were so relieved when he finally left. 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. 14. The phonemes /s/, /z/, /t/, and /l/ A) Glottal. B) Velar. C) Alveolar. D) Palatal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alveolar. 15. WHAT IS PHONETICS? A) The study of speech sounds. B) The study of speech sentences. C) The study of parts of speech. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of speech sounds. 16. My dad ..... a toy plane. A) Maid. B) Made. C) Melted. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made. 17. The branch of phonetics that studies the functional (linguistic, social) aspect of speech sounds and all the other components of the sound matter of the language (syllabic structure, word stress and intonation) is called ..... A) Auditory phonetics. B) Phonology. C) Articulatory phonetics. D) Acoustic phonetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phonology. 18. A. seek B. potential C. sleep D. social A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 19. They build bridges. 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. 20. Choose "ed" which has a different pronunciation from the remaining words A) Landed. B) Needed. C) Opened. D) Wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opened. 21. What are the three pieces of information used to classify consonants? A) Voicing, place of articulation, and manner of articulation. B) Length, pitch, and intensity. C) Nasality, aspiration, and stress. D) Articulatory description, phonetic transcription, and phonological analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voicing, place of articulation, and manner of articulation. 22. A ..... looks like a rabbit. A) Hear. B) Hare. C) Here. D) Hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hare. 23. He has toothache ..... he still eats a lot of sweets and cakes. A) So. B) And. C) Or. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) But. 24. Are the important parts of the articulatory system. A) Lips. B) Head. C) Hand. D) Word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lips. 25. You should bring your umbrella, ..... you will be wet. A) And. B) Or. C) So. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Or. 26. How many letters does the English language have? A) 27. B) 26. C) 25. D) 28. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 26. 27. WHAT ARE THE VOICED CONSONANTS? A) /k/, /g/, /s/, /a/. B) /v/, /f/, /d/, /s/. C) /g/, /z/, /v/, /d/. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) /g/, /z/, /v/, /d/. 28. When the listener enjoys what she/he is hearing. A) Appreciative. B) Crazy. C) Swift. D) Quick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appreciative. 29. The letter "I" is in the third syllable. A) Six. B) Sit. C) Did. D) It. E) Girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Girl. 30. Who is the author of Don Quijote de la Mancha A) Gabriel Garcia Marquez. B) William Shakespeare. C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) Miguel de Cervantes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Miguel de Cervantes. 31. The word '' car" has ..... sound. A) 3. B) 4. C) 1. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 32. The articulatory movements of the tongue and lips refers to: A) The vowel quality. B) The consonant quality. C) The phoneme quality. D) The allophone quality . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The vowel quality. 33. The weather is very cold today ..... I should put on a coat. A) So. B) And. C) Or. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So. 34. The science or study of speech sounds, how to pronounce correctly the English words. A) Alveolar. B) Phonetics. C) Bilabial. D) Articulatory phonetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phonetics. 35. Which of these words has a different sound? A) Cheese. B) Share. C) Machine. D) Ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheese. 36. LookED (final sound pronounced ..... ) A) /t/. B) /d/. C) /id/. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) /t/. 37. How did Joan of Arc die? A) Burned. B) Poisoned. C) Decapitated. D) Drowned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burned. 38. The sound is bad. A) D, d. B) B, b. C) P, p. D) D, Mr. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B, b. 39. ..... is our national game A) Hockey. B) Ludo. C) Junk. D) Cricket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hockey. 40. We flipped a coin to see who would start. 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. I can't read, ..... I asked my mum to help. A) For. B) So. C) Saw. D) Mum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So. 42. He likes English, ..... he learns English best. A) And. B) Or. C) So. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So. 43. When did the second world war end? A) 1945. B) 1954. C) 1938. D) 1845. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1945. 44. Phonetics deals with ..... A) Phonemes and their distribution in words, their mutual adaptation, syllable formation, stress, intonation, the relation between oral and written speech and a number of other problems. B) Phonemes only. C) Every feature of a word-including formation, spelling, origin, usage, and definition. D) Small components called morphemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phonemes and their distribution in words, their mutual adaptation, syllable formation, stress, intonation, the relation between oral and written speech and a number of other problems. 45. The sound is poor. A) R, r. B) D, Mr. C) D, d. D) P, p. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) P, p. 46. ArriveD (final sound pronounced ..... ) A) /t/. B) /d/. C) /id/. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) /d/. 47. ShoutED (final sound pronounced ..... ) A) /t/. B) /d/. C) /id/. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) /id/. 48. What does the term "palate" refer to? A) The hard portion of the roof of the mouth. B) The soft portion of the roof of the mouth. C) The small dangly thing at the back of the soft palate. D) The cavity between the root of the tongue and the walls of the upper throat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The hard portion of the roof of the mouth. 49. What is the term used to describe the complete obstruction of the vocal tract followed by a burst of air? A) Nasal. B) Glide. C) Fricative. D) Stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stop. 50. They built a swimming pool two years ago. 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. 51. The sound is messed up. A) D, d. B) Not a word. C) Z, z. D) L, l. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) L, l. 52. ..... are the abstractions of speech unit which differ one meaning from another. A) Phonemes. B) Orthography. C) Morphemes. D) Segments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phonemes. 53. This there think though A) This. B) Think. C) There. D) Though. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Think. 54. The letter "e" is in the third syllable. A) Sure. B) Ten. C) Here. D) Her. E) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her. 55. Identifiy the second sound in CUT A) Consonant. B) Pure vowel. C) Diphthong. D) Cardinal vowel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pure vowel. 56. One minimal pair for /lik/ is A) Lost. B) Liked. C) Alike. D) Like. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Like. 57. How many types of sounds are there in English? A) 3. B) 1. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 58. Ann is very friendly ..... everyone likes her A) And. B) Or. C) So. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So. 59. A. helps B. laughs C. cooks D. finds A) A. B) C. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 60. Which letter is silent in solemn and column? A) L. B) M. C) N. D) O. 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