This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Connected Speech – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Connected Speech Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Confused them A) Place assimilation. B) Voicing assimilation. C) Linking. D) Elision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elision. 2. A foot will usually begin with a stress syllable and includes all following unstressed syllable up to the following unstressed syllable. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. The first time he was hit, he felt nothing, but the second time, he screamed in pain.Which of the highlighted final sounds is normally pronounced in fast speech?Choose as many as you think are right. A) /t/ in 'first'. B) /t/ in 'felt'. C) /d/ in 'second'. D) /d/ in 'screamed'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) /d/ in 'screamed'. 4. Which connected speech type has been undergone here?*I want this orange $\rightarrow$ thisorange A) Catenation or Linking. B) Intrusion. C) Assimilation. D) Elision. E) Geminates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catenation or Linking. 5. When a consonant phoneme will change to sound more like another consonant that is near it. A) Assimilation. B) Elision. C) Linking. D) Strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assimilation. 6. Which process causes /d/ to become /b/ in "good boy" ? A) Elision. B) Intrusion. C) Assimilation. D) Linking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assimilation. 7. What are Weak Forms? A) The unstressed, reduced pronunciation of function words (e.g., articles, prepositions, auxiliary verbs) in connected speech. B) The full pronunciation of function words in formal contexts. C) A method of stressing the first letter of every word in a sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The unstressed, reduced pronunciation of function words (e.g., articles, prepositions, auxiliary verbs) in connected speech. 8. Which language has Stress-timed rhythm? A) English. B) French. C) Chinese. D) Telugu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English. 9. The last consonant of the first word is joined to the vowel sound at the start of the second word. For example:pick it up A) Elision. B) Juncture. C) Catenation. D) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catenation. 10. On the floor A) Elision. B) Manner assimilation. C) Voicing assimilation. D) Linking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manner assimilation. 11. Which syllables usually receive stress? A) Weak. B) Word-final. C) Strong. D) Silent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strong. 12. Which of the following is a content word? A) The. B) Quickly. C) And. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quickly. 13. The baby loves mashed potatoes. [ mashed potatoes ] A) Elision. B) Assimilation. C) Intrusive /w/. D) Intrusive /r/. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elision. 14. According to the noun compound (simple or complex) which utterances are correct? A) I do not like to eat hot DOG. B) The airPLANE wings are very big. C) The COWboy's reunion is in two months. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The COWboy's reunion is in two months. 15. What is often elided in the phrase "next day" ? A) /n/. B) /t/. C) /d/. D) /s/. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) /t/. 16. "next week" $\rightarrow$ This is ..... A) /t/ elision in cluster. B) /k/ elision. C) Vowel insertion. D) Coalescence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) /t/ elision in cluster. 17. The one word that in a sentence that is most likely to recieve sentence stress is ..... A) The subject of the sentence. B) The last content word of the sentence. C) The longest word in the sentence. D) The first word in the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The last content word of the sentence. 18. Liaison may make it harder for non-native speakers to understand what is said. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Basically, a sound is eaten by other stronger or similar sounds next to it. A) Catenation or Linking. B) Intrusion. C) Assimilation. D) Elision. E) Geminates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elision. 20. Giving human qualities to non-human things. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Idioms. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 21. What are segmental modifications? A) Changes of phonemes of words at the connected speech level. B) Changes in sentence structure. C) Alterations in word meaning. D) Modifications in writing style. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Changes of phonemes of words at the connected speech level. 22. In two or more syllable words, what type of stress does the syllable that does not receive primary stress receive? A) No stress. B) Primary stress. C) Secondary stress. D) Tertiary stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary stress. 23. Which suffix usually causes the stress to fall on the syllable before it? A) -ing. B) -tion. C) -ed. D) -er. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -tion. 24. What is metathesis? A) The transposition of speech sounds in words. B) The addition of extra syllables in words. C) The removal of vowels in words. D) The repetition of consonants in words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The transposition of speech sounds in words. 25. Choose a sentence that has assimilation A) Piece of bread. B) Fluent speaker. C) It's not boring. D) Sing this song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's not boring. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesConnected Speech Quiz 1Connected Speech Quiz 2Connected Speech Quiz 3Connected 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