This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Connected Speech – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Connected Speech Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. Which of the following words has a silent letter? A) Knife. B) Cat. C) Dog. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knife. 4. 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. 5. 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'. 6. What is intonation? A) The melody or pitch pattern of a sentence. B) One of the segmental features of a language. C) The beat or rhythm of a sentence. D) The loudest syllable in a word that is emphasized more than the others. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The melody or pitch pattern of a sentence. 7. Which of those utterances has placed the stress correctly in the second syllable? A) I'll turn fourTEEN, and my sister will turn sixTEEN. B) This is my sixTEENth dog. C) We have been here for sixTEEN weeks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'll turn fourTEEN, and my sister will turn sixTEEN. 8. Linking /r/ occurs when: A) A word ends in /r/ and the next starts with a vowel. B) Any consonant is repeated. C) The word ends with a vowel. D) Two words both end in consonants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A word ends in /r/ and the next starts with a vowel. 9. What is liasion? A) When a word ends with a consonant and the second word starts with a vowel. B) Sound is not retained before consonants. C) Justification from the spelling. D) A linking or transition between words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A linking or transition between words. 10. In three-syllable words, where is the stress often found? A) No specific location. B) At the beginning. C) At the end. D) In the middle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the middle. 11. What is word stress? A) The emphasis on a syllable in a word. B) The speed of speech. C) The volume of speech. D) The clarity of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The emphasis on a syllable in a word. 12. What effect does the stress syllable of a word have on a vowel? A) Decreases the duration. B) Increases the duration. C) Has no effect. D) Changes the vowel sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increases the duration. 13. What does assimilation refer to in connected speech? A) The separation of syllables in speech. B) The merging of two words into one. C) A phoneme changing due to neighboring sounds. D) The emphasis on vowel sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A phoneme changing due to neighboring sounds. 14. Which word most commonly loses a schwa in casual speech? A) Every. B) Open. C) Area. D) Idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Every. 15. It refers to the natural way native speakers link words together in spoken English. A) Connection speech. B) Talking really fast. C) Connected speech. D) Word connection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connected speech. 16. What is the typical adult rate of connected speech? A) 150-200 words per minute. B) 100-110 words per minute. C) 100-140 words per minute. D) 141-162 words per minute. E) 140-160 words per minute. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 140-160 words per minute. 17. What is sentence stress? A) The stress pattern across an entire sentence or utterance. B) The emphasis on the first word of a sentence. C) The stress on individual letters in a word. D) The pattern of rising and falling intonation in a paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The stress pattern across an entire sentence or utterance. 18. In which example does /t/ change to /p/ due to regressive assimilation? A) Good pen. B) Ten cups. C) That boy. D) That cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That cup. 19. What is the primary phenomenon discussed regarding sounds in natural speech? A) Vowel reduction. B) Dropped consonants. C) Linking sounds. D) Stress patterns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dropped consonants. 20. Which of the following sentences shows an exaple of assimilation? A) I can play the guitar. B) I can call a doctor if your want. C) I can climb a tree as fast as monkeys. D) Can I talk with you?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I can play the guitar. 21. Elision often occurs in: A) Vowel clusters. B) Complex consonant clusters. C) Stress patterns. D) Monosyllabic words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex consonant clusters. 22. Select the sentence that you hear. A) He donated all the money last year. B) He'd donated all the money last year. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He'd donated all the money last year. 23. The omission of one or more sounds in spoken language. A) INTRUSIVE. B) ASSIMILATION. C) ELISION. D) LINKING. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ELISION. 24. Which of the following is NOT a process involved in segmental modifications? A) Assimilation. B) Elision. C) Translation. D) Epenthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Translation. 25. In rapid speech, /t/ and /d/ are elided (omitted) when they occur at the end of word or in between two consonants. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesConnected Speech Quiz 1Connected Speech Quiz 3Connected Speech Quiz 4Connected Speech Quiz 5Connected Speech Quiz 6Connected Speech Quiz 7Connected Speech Quiz 8Connected Speech Quiz 9Connected Speech Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books