This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Connected Speech – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Connected Speech Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The strength of any particular syllable can be measured by counting up the number of times an S symbol occurs above it. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Elision is the name for: A) When two phonemes merge to create another different. B) When the sound of a phoneme disappears under certain circumstances. C) When a phoneme appears between two specifically phonemes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the sound of a phoneme disappears under certain circumstances. 3. Tom wants to buy ..... Pencils for school. A) Four. B) For. C) Fore. D) Far. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Four. 4. The word little has ..... syllable(s). A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 5. Choose the best option to define linking. A) Delete phonemes. B) Merge phonemes. C) Create new phonemes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Merge phonemes. 6. Which type of phoneme has the greatest duration? A) Diphthongs. B) Monophthongs. C) Glides. D) Plosives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diphthongs. 7. When is a /v/ a /f/? A) Good boy. B) Ten green bottles. C) The right key. D) Have to stay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have to stay. 8. Tell me the truth and just say it! [ and just say it ] A) Elision. B) Elision & intrusive /j/. C) Elision & intrusive /w/. D) Assimilation & intrusive /j/. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elision & intrusive /j/. 9. Choose the word which is a number. A) Ate. B) Ait. C) Eight. D) Aid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eight. 10. In the sentence "She's over there, " what kind of connected speech is happening between "She's" and "over" ? A) Elision. B) Linking. C) Assimilation. D) Geminates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linking. 11. Choose the correct word which is used for phone. A) Eye phone. B) Iey phone. C) Iphone. D) Ie phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iphone. 12. Give an example of catenation in connected speech. A) Saw it. B) Did it. C) I'm go. D) I'm goinging to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did it. 13. I hope to see him next year. [ next year ] A) Assimilation. B) Elision. C) Liasion. D) Intrusive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elision. 14. Which of the following is an example of a syllable with both onset and coda? A) 'ease'. B) 'key'. C) 'fill'. D) 'or'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'fill'. 15. In Ellision the middle or end letter or syllable is eliminated, or two words are blended together and an apostrophe is inserted. Select an example of Ellision. A) Gonna-going to. B) Jim's car. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gonna-going to. 16. This type of connected speech happens when two sounds blend together, forming a new sound altogether. A) Catenation or Linking. B) Intrusion. C) Assimilation. D) Elision. E) Geminates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assimilation. 17. What does a speaker's intonation pattern indicate to a listener? A) The type of utterance being produced. B) The speaker's mood. C) The listener's interest level. D) The volume of the speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The type of utterance being produced. 18. In the word 'photograph', where is the stress typically placed? A) First syllable. B) Second syllable. C) Third syllable. D) Fourth syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third syllable. 19. In which process are /w/, /r/, /j/ added artificially? A) Assimilation. B) Intrusion. C) Elision. D) Stress shift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intrusion. 20. Can I? A) Place assimilation. B) Coalescent assimilation. C) Linking. D) Elision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linking. 21. The term "rhyme" in a syllable includes: A) Only the onset. B) Only the peak. C) Peak and coda. D) Onset and coda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peak and coda. 22. What is the effect of linking in connected speech? A) To create pauses between words. B) To connect words smoothly. C) To emphasize certain sounds. D) To slow down speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To connect words smoothly. 23. In assimilation, which sounds are most commonly affected? A) Vowels. B) Nasals and plosives. C) Glottal stops. D) Long vowels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nasals and plosives. 24. The following city names all contain the letter 't' within the word. In which of them is the letter 't' pronounced as [t$^{h}$]? A) Victoria. B) Ottawa. C) Edmonton. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Victoria. 25. When did you arrive? A) Manner assimilation. B) Place assimilation. C) Voicing assimilation. D) Coalescent assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coalescent assimilation. 26. Which phrase shows likely devoicing of /v/ $\rightarrow$ [f]? A) Of course. B) Give up. C) Move on. D) Save it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of course. 27. What determines the tempo of production of speech? A) Volume of speech. B) Pitch of speech. C) Duration of individual phonemes and pauses. D) Frequency of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Duration of individual phonemes and pauses. 28. Suprasegmental A) Stress, pitch and vowels. B) Pitch, duration, stress. C) Tempo, vowels, diphthongs. D) Vowels, consonants, and diphthongs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pitch, duration, stress. 29. The pronunciation of a word with more respiratory energy or muscular force than other words in the same utterance A) Juncture. B) Sentence stress. C) Vowel. D) Word stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence stress. 30. Is he busy? How would you say it? A) Is he busy. B) Is hebusy. C) Ishebusy. D) Isi busy. 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