This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Connected Speech – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Connected Speech Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is Rhythm in speech? A) The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in speech, which contributes to the natural flow of language. B) The speed at which words are spoken in a sentence, determining its tone. C) The tendency to emphasize specific words in order to provide clarity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in speech, which contributes to the natural flow of language. 2. Which words would you stress in the next sentence: "My brother is a doctor" A) My. B) Is, a. C) Brother, doctor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brother, doctor. 3. Which is called the melody of a language? A) Tone. B) Pitch. C) Intonation. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intonation. 4. In "entertain" , stress falls on: A) First syllable. B) Second syllable. C) Final syllable. D) All syllables equally. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Final syllable. 5. A syllabic consonant replaces: A) An onset. B) A coda. C) A vowel in the peak. D) A consonant cluster. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A vowel in the peak. 6. The intonation in 'yes/no' questions normally goes ..... at the end. A) Up. B) Down. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Up. 7. What does the term "juncture" refer to in connected speech? A) The way syllables and words are linked together. B) The speed of speech delivery. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way syllables and words are linked together. 8. Spot and say the linking sounds. In our house, there is a big garden. A) Our house. B) Big garden. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Big garden. 9. Give an example of assimilation in connected speech. A) Saw it. B) Did it. C) Do it. D) Good boys. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Good boys. 10. Did you finish the plan? How would you say it? A) Did you. B) Didyou. C) 'dijou'. D) Didwyou. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'dijou'. 11. In the sentence "Red door was open, " which word pair contains a geminate? A) "Red door". B) "door was". C) "was open". D) No geminate present. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Red door". 12. The phrasal verb ..... meaning is "wait for a short time" . A) Make out. B) Get over. C) Hang on. D) Make up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hang on. 13. What is regressive assimilation? A) When a preceding sound affects a following sound. B) When a following sound affects a preceding sound. C) The deletion of sounds in a word. D) The addition of sounds in a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When a following sound affects a preceding sound. 14. /w/ and /j/ are sometimes used to link ..... A) Consonants. B) Vowels. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vowels. 15. "Tell him to come for me" has: A) Two weak forms. B) Three weak forms. C) Four weak forms. D) Five weak forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Four weak forms. 16. What happens to a sound when it is influenced by one of its neighbours. e.g. this ship-in public A) Intrusion. B) Dissimilation. C) Aspiration. D) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assimilation. 17. Assimilation A) Segmental phoneme production which is affected by sounds that come after or before the phoneme. B) Suprasegmentalphoneme production which is affected by sounds that come after or before the phoneme. C) Segmentalvowel sounds that are affected by consonants that come after or before the vowel. D) Suprasegmentalconsonant sounds that are affected by vowel that come after or before the consonants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Segmental phoneme production which is affected by sounds that come after or before the phoneme. 18. The regressive assimilation has the effect of: A) Changing the final consonant to be like the initial consonant of the another word. B) Changing the initial consonant to be like the final consonant of the another word. C) Replacing both initial and final phonemes with a new phoneme. D) Elision of both initial and final phonemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Changing the final consonant to be like the initial consonant of the another word. 19. Don't you ..... Wich is the new sound added here? A) Ch. B) J. C) Zj. D) Y. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ch. 20. Regressive Assimilation A) Sounds that come before. B) Sounds that come in the middle. C) Sounds that are deleted. D) Sounds that come after. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sounds that come after. 21. My sister is ..... year old. A) Won. B) Von. C) One. D) Van. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One. 22. A direct comparison between two unrelated things without using "like" or "as" . A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Idioms. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 23. A termed for assimilation that may involve a reduction of the fortis/lenis contrast A) Manner assimilation. B) Energy assimilation. C) Place assimilation. D) Regressive assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy assimilation. 24. Which of the following is an example of progressive assimilation? A) Get them. B) That boy. C) Ten players. D) Good girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get them. 25. "When a phoneme is realised differently as a result of being near of some other phoneme belonging to a neighbouring word" . This is the definition of: A) Linking. B) Assimilation. C) Elision. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assimilation. 26. The process in which the last consonant of the first word is joined to the vowel sound at the start of the second word is called: A) Catenation. B) Assimilation. C) Elision. D) Weakening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catenation. 27. Assimilation can be of three types as far as its direction is concerned: A) Progressive, regressive, double. B) Complete, partial, intermediate. C) Derivational, inflectional, grammatical. D) Double, partial, grammatical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Progressive, regressive, double. 28. Which of the following words has a silent letter? A) Knife. B) Cat. C) Dog. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knife. 29. Which of the following is true about weak forms in English? A) They are always stressed. B) They occur in unstressed positions in connected speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They occur in unstressed positions in connected speech. 30. When first word ends in a vowel sound and the second word also ends in a vowel sound, we join the two sounds by adding the ..... sounds in between. A) 'w' or 'y'. B) 'x 'or 'y'. C) 'y' or 'z'. D) 'w' or 'z'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'w' or 'y'. 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