This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Connected Speech – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Connected Speech Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is an example of catenation? A) "Got you" becomes "Got cha". B) "An apple" becomes "anapple". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "An apple" becomes "anapple". 2. Green cake A) Voicing assimilation. B) Place assimilation. C) Coalescent assimilation. D) Manner assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place assimilation. 3. The word "postman" has: A) Elision. B) Coalescence. C) Assimilation of place. D) No connected speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elision. 4. What is an example of Regressive assimilation? A) "Handbag" becoming "hambag". B) "Don't you" becoming "don'tchu". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Handbag" becoming "hambag". 5. Can you drop /d/ in "canned food" ? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 6. Choose the correct contraction for these words:Want to A) Wanna. B) Whether. C) Whota. D) Wannabe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wanna. 7. In what rule of linking we use instrusive /j/ and /w/ sound? A) Identical consonants. B) Consonant to vowel. C) Vowel to vowel. D) Similar consonants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vowel to vowel. 8. In the phrase 'Turn off the lights', how does it sound naturally? A) Turn off the lights. B) Tur noff the lights. C) Turn off the lights. D) Turn off the lights. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tur noff the lights. 9. "Like it's the last night" A) An awakening to what truly matters. B) Life is uncertain, and we should not take it for granted. C) Exaggeration to emphasize that they want to cherish every moment. D) To develop deep romantic feelings for someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exaggeration to emphasize that they want to cherish every moment. 10. The fall-rise tone is used to convey rather strong feelings of approval, disapproval, or surprise. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. If Cf changes to become like Ci in some way, then the assimilation is called ..... A) Regressive. B) Progressive. C) Manner. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regressive. 12. Which of these is not a process of connected speech? A) Elision. B) Linking. C) Intonation. D) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intonation. 13. What is the main reason given for dropping consonants in natural speech? A) To make words sound more formal. B) To create a specific accent. C) To facilitate faster speech. D) To simplify grammar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To facilitate faster speech. 14. The words "knight" and ..... are homophones. A) Noit. B) Naite. C) Night. D) Nait. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Night. 15. Which of the following sentences demonstrates elision? A) "I found my wallet" becomes "I foun my wallet". B) "I want to go" becomes "I wanna go. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "I found my wallet" becomes "I foun my wallet". 16. Which is NOT a characteristic of a weak syllable? A) Short duration. B) Low intensity. C) Diphthongal peak. D) Central vowel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diphthongal peak. 17. What factor plays a role in intonation? A) Sentence stress. B) Word length. C) Speaker's age. D) Listener's attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence stress. 18. The word spring has ..... syllable(s). A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 19. Where would a linking /j/ most naturally appear? A) Go on. B) Far away. C) Law and order. D) Say it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Say it. 20. The intonation in 'wh' questions normally goes ..... at the end. A) Up. B) Down. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Down. 21. What determines which words receive stress in a sentence? A) The length of the sentence. B) The speaker's mood. C) The intent of the message. D) The time of day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The intent of the message. 22. Unscramble the letters and make the correct word which is used for eating. A) Burger. B) Gerbur. C) Regrub. D) Burreg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burger. 23. In a conversation, what type of information does the speaker stress? A) Old information. B) New information. C) Unimportant information. D) Repeated information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New information. 24. Elision is the disappearance of ..... in speech. A) Phonemes. B) Vowels. C) Syllables. D) Sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sounds. 25. Which consonants can be dropped? What are you waiting for? A) T in what. B) T in waiting. C) G in waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) G in waiting. 26. The types of words that receive the least stress in a sentence are usually ..... A) Content words. B) Words with consonant clusters. C) Words with suffixes. D) Function words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Function words. 27. Provide an example of elision in connected speech. A) Since then. B) Hafta. C) Send them now. D) Work hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Send them now. 28. What type of linking occurs in "an orange" ? A) The consonant at the end of the first word is similar to the one at the start of the second, so they join together. B) The first word ends with a consonant and the next word starts with a vowel, so they join together. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first word ends with a consonant and the next word starts with a vowel, so they join together. 29. "Where did you go? has: A) Coalescence. B) Linking r. C) Intrusive r. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coalescence. 30. Which consonants can be dropped?We're planning a big weekend project. A) /d/ in weekend. B) /t/ in project. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) /d/ in weekend. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books