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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose 1 answer that has a different pronunciation of the ending ed than the other words A) Improved. B) Dedicated. C) Attended. D) Exhibited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Improved. 2. English is an ..... language. A) Unphonetic. B) Phonetic. C) Arbitrary. D) Non-verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unphonetic. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. Bob will ..... Seth on Monday A) Meat. B) Fish. C) Met. D) Meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meet. 6. 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. 7. The speech sounds produced by pushingthe air stream through the mouth are called what? A) Oral sounds. B) Labial sounds. C) Dental sounds. D) Nasal sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oral sounds. 8. What does backness refer to? A) The movement of the tongue. B) The location of the tongue. C) The height of the vowel. D) The rounding of the lips. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The location of the tongue. 9. Voiced Sounds are produced when the vocal cords ..... A) Vibrate. B) Don't vibrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vibrate. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. The words below are all affricates, except which one? A) Loch. B) Watch. C) Judge. D) Screech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loch. 19. 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. 20. Which of these words sounds differently? A) Cow. B) How. C) Know. D) Now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Know. 21. 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. 22. 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) Solution. C) Electric. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vehicle. 23. 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. 24. In a word, the syllable that is uttered with prominence is called ..... syllable. A) Tonic. B) Unstressed. C) Nucleus. D) Weak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tonic. 25. How many speech sounds are there in english A) 12. B) 44. C) 26. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 44. 26. 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. 27. The phoneme /f/ and /v/ are described as ..... A) Interdental. B) Labiodental. C) Bilabial. D) Glottal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Labiodental. 28. 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. 29. Which word whose stress is placed differently A) Medicine. B) Traditional. C) Acupuncture. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traditional. 30. Bat rhymes with ..... A) Cut. B) Cat. C) Run. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cat. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPhonetics Quiz 1Phonetics Quiz 3Phonetics Quiz 4Phonetics Quiz 5Phonetics Quiz 6Phonetics Quiz 7Phonetics Quiz 8Phonetics Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books