This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Connected Speech – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Connected Speech Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The word piano has ..... syllable(s). A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three. 2. What is the connected pronunciation of "turn off" ? A) Turnoff. B) Tur noff. C) Turno ff. D) Tu rnoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turnoff. 3. Chicken is my favourite ..... to eat. A) Meet. B) Meat. C) Mite. D) Mit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meat. 4. In "she is, " the inserted sound is: A) /r/. B) /w/. C) /j/. D) /h/. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) /j/. 5. Which example illustrates the concept of external open juncture? A) That boy. B) Ten cups. C) Get them. D) My turn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My turn. 6. Why does vowel reduction occur in connected speech? A) Because speakers want to emphasize vowels. B) Due to the rapid nature of connected speech, the speaker doesn't have time to fully move the articulators. C) To make speech slower. D) To add more stress to the vowels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Due to the rapid nature of connected speech, the speaker doesn't have time to fully move the articulators. 7. The rhythm in English speech is A) Relative. B) Absolute. C) Compulsory. D) Optional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relative. 8. "I might go to your place" has: A) One example of assimilation of place. B) Two examples of assimilation of place. C) Three examples of assimilation of place. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One example of assimilation of place. 9. Why might sentence stress create difficulty for those learning English? A) Because it is easy to understand. B) Because it is the same as in their native language. C) Because the stress patterns differ from English. D) Because it is not important in communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because the stress patterns differ from English. 10. $\rightarrow$ A) S1 changes to accommodate features of S2. B) S2 changes to accommodate features of S1. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S2 changes to accommodate features of S1. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. What is the correct pronunciation for "ecological" ? A) ECOlogical. B) EcoLOgical. C) Ecological. D) EcoloGIcal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EcoLOgical. 15. 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/. 16. (a) is the disappearance of sounds in speech. A) A. Elision. B) Assimilation. C) Rhythm. D) Linking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Elision. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. The ..... rises in the sky. A) Son. B) Sone. C) Cun. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 25. 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. ← 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