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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The following words all contain the segment /p/. In which of them is it pronounced as the allophone [p$^{h}$]? A) Zipper. B) Appearance. C) Application. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appearance. 2. Which of the following phrases illustrates linking /r/? A) I saw it. B) I go out. C) I live in it. D) I eat oranges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I saw it. 3. Which one of these alternatives are function words? A) Nouns and verbs. B) Only nouns. C) Prepositions and auxiliary verbs. D) Only preposition words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepositions and auxiliary verbs. 4. "Good morning" is an example of: A) Coalescence. B) Assimilation of Place. C) Elision. D) Linking r. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assimilation of Place. 5. Unscramble the word "hunppya" . A) Basketball. B) Everybody. C) Unhappy. D) Submarine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unhappy. 6. When a sound within a word is deleted, this phenomenon is called ..... A) Elision. B) Assimilation. C) Linking. D) Reduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elision. 7. For two-syllable nouns and adjectives, where is the stress usually placed? A) On the first syllable. B) On the second syllable. C) Equally on both syllables. D) No specific rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the first syllable. 8. "Turn up out of the blue" A) A way to say someone has found stability in life. B) To appear suddenly and unexpectedly. C) A mix of both happiness and sadness. D) Suggesting that love can either be enduring or painful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To appear suddenly and unexpectedly. 9. Can you drop /t/ in "last hour" ? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 10. "My cat hurt her paw again" A) There is an intrusive r. B) There isn't an intrusive r. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There is an intrusive r. 11. Citation Form is ..... A) Phonemic TranscriptionUsually transcribed using dashes. B) Phonetic TranscriptionUsually Transcribed using hypens. C) Phonemic TranscriptionUsually transcribed using slashes. D) Phonetic TranscriptionUsually transcribed using semicolons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phonemic TranscriptionUsually transcribed using slashes. 12. What type of linking occurs in "two oranges" ? A) An extra /j/ sound is added between the vowel at the end of the first word and the vowel at the start of the second. B) An extra /w/ sound is added between the vowel at the end of the first word and the vowel at the start of the second. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An extra /w/ sound is added between the vowel at the end of the first word and the vowel at the start of the second. 13. Which of the following shows linking /r/? A) Go on. B) I saw it. C) Far away. D) This one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Far away. 14. A car or a train A) One intrusive r. B) Two instrusive r. C) One linking r. D) Two linking r. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two linking r. 15. Which of the following is more likely in rapid, casual speech? A) Full vowel forms. B) Strong syllables only. C) Assimilation. D) Mechanical speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assimilation. 16. In what ways can not a consonant change by assimilation? A) Difference in manner of articulation. B) Difference in effort for the articulation. C) Differences in place of articulation. D) Difference in voicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Difference in effort for the articulation. 17. Which of the following words has the stress in the final syllable? A) Opening. B) Happiness. C) Usable. D) Cassette. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cassette. 18. Dense A) Elision. B) Place assimilation. C) Epenthesis. D) Voicing assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epenthesis. 19. In speaking, which two words are linked by inserting a /w/ sound between them? A) We are. B) You are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You are. 20. When 2 sounds fuse intoeach other. A) Coalescence. B) Assimilation. C) Coarticulation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coalescence. 21. I want this orange ..... How would you say it? A) This orange. B) Thisworagnge. C) Thiswrange. D) Thisorange. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thisorange. 22. What is an internal juncture? A) A brief pause between syllables. B) A long pause between sentences. C) A type of punctuation mark. D) A grammatical error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A brief pause between syllables. 23. Linking usually occurs when: A) A word ends in a consonant. B) A word ends in a vowel and the next begins with a vowel. C) There is punctuation. D) Between stressed syllables. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A word ends in a vowel and the next begins with a vowel. 24. We finally arrived the next day. A) /nekt/. B) /nest/. C) /neks/. D) /nek/. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) /neks/. 25. What is elision in spoken language? A) The addition of extra sounds. B) The omission of certain sounds, especially /t/ and /d/. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The omission of certain sounds, especially /t/ and /d/. ← 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