This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Connected Speech – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Connected Speech Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When is a /d/ a /b/? A) These shops. B) Ten pin bowling. C) Good boy. D) Good girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Good boy. 2. English is a stress-timed language. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Which sound is used to create liaison in the following phrase?blue angel A) W. B) S. C) T. D) J. E) R. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) W. 4. What is the correct pronunciation for "ecological" ? A) ECOlogical. B) EcoLOgical. C) Ecological. D) EcoloGIcal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EcoLOgical. 5. In the phrase "go on, " which type of linking occurs? A) Linking /r/. B) Linking /l/. C) Intrusive /w/. D) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intrusive /w/. 6. (a) is the disappearance of sounds in speech. A) A. Elision. B) Assimilation. C) Rhythm. D) Linking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Elision. 7. Stressed syllables are different from unstressed syllables because they are more ..... A) Prominent. B) Obscure. C) Important. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prominent. 8. Which consonants can be dropped?I told her to wait for me. A) /d/ in told. B) /h/ in her. C) /t/ in wait. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) /h/ in her. 9. The foot is the unit of rythm in English. It is composed by ..... A) One stressed syllable. B) One stressed syllable and one unstressed syllable. C) One syllable. D) At the beginning, a stressed syllable that includes all following syllables up to (but NOT including) the next stressed syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At the beginning, a stressed syllable that includes all following syllables up to (but NOT including) the next stressed syllable. 10. In assimilation, when a sound changes due to a following sound, it is called: A) Progressive. B) Regressive. C) Coalescence. D) Elision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regressive. 11. The regressive asimilation have the effect of: A) Change the final consonant to be like the initial consonant of the another word. B) Change the initial consonant to be like the final consonant of the another word. C) Apparition of a new phoneme that replaces initial and final phonemes. D) Disapparition of both phonemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change the final consonant to be like the initial consonant of the another word. 12. The ..... is any unstressed syllables before the first stressed syllable. A) Tonic syllable. B) Tail. C) Head. D) Pre-head. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pre-head. 13. Intrusion is when two words are said together, an extra sound is sometimes placed between them in order to make them easier to say. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. The ..... rises in the sky. A) Son. B) Sone. C) Cun. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 15. What are the characteristics of stressed syllables that enable us to identify them? A) Production and perception. B) Muscular energy and production. C) Perception and transcription. D) Loudness and length. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Production and perception. 16. What is intrusion? A) Deleting weak vowels. B) Inserting /r/, /w/, or /j/ between two vowels. C) Emphasizing final consonants. D) Stressing each syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inserting /r/, /w/, or /j/ between two vowels. 17. What are transitional phonemes? A) Phonemes that are fully produced. B) Phonemes that are removed from a word. C) Phonemes that differ from true phonemes as they are not "fully" produced. D) Phonemes that are substituted in a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phonemes that differ from true phonemes as they are not "fully" produced. 18. Stress-timed rythm theory implies that ..... A) In most of cases, all syllables will tend to occur at regular intervals of time. B) In most of cases, all stress syllables will tend to occur at irregular intervals of time. C) In most of cases, , all stress syllables will tend to occur at regular intervals of time. D) In most of cases, all stress syllables will tend to sound stronger than the unstress syllables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In most of cases, , all stress syllables will tend to occur at regular intervals of time. 19. Which phrase most favors /t/ elision in a cluster? A) Last month. B) Blue sky. C) Arrive early. D) Go away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last month. 20. We say "too often" with 'w' link as ..... A) Wtoooften. B) Toowoften. C) Toooftenw. D) Too often w. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toowoften. 21. What are intonational phrases? A) Two intonation patterns found in one sentence. B) A single intonation pattern in a sentence. C) The speed of speech in a sentence. D) The volume changes in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two intonation patterns found in one sentence. 22. Which of the following is NOT a kind of elision? A) Phonetic Elision. B) Optional Elision. C) Historical Elision. D) Consonant Elision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phonetic Elision. 23. If we want to place the stress in the first syllable in numbers that include the word-teen, which aspects do we have to consider? A) It is used when counting. B) It is located in the final part of the sentence. C) It is used to make a distinction. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is used when counting. 24. Which of the following example is '' /t/ assimilates to /g/ A) That cat. B) That gate. C) That bag. D) That shop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That gate. 25. Which example shows linking consonant? A) "go on". B) "see it". C) "pick it". D) "draw a". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "pick it". 26. There are three types of linking:Vowel to a vowel, vowel to a consonant and consonant to a vowel. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. Sentence Stress have stressed what in American English A) Puncation. B) Words. C) Content Words. D) Vowels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Content Words. 28. What is catenation in spoken language? A) The linking of vowel sounds between words. B) The combination of final consonant sounds to the initial vowel sound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The linking of vowel sounds between words. 29. What is the primary focus of the study of connected speech? A) The processes affecting speech in context. B) The pronunciation of isolated words. C) The history of the English language. D) The grammar of spoken English. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The processes affecting speech in context. 30. What is the Flap T in American English? A) A hard 'T' sound. B) A pronounced 'T' sound. C) A soft 'D' sound. D) A silent 'T' sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A soft 'D' sound. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesConnected Speech Quiz 1Connected Speech Quiz 2Connected Speech Quiz 3Connected Speech Quiz 4Connected Speech Quiz 5Connected Speech Quiz 6Connected Speech Quiz 7Connected Speech Quiz 8Connected Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books