This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Elision In Speech – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elision In Speech Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS:"Horatio, thou are e'en as just a manAs e'er my conversation coped withal." A) Even; ever. B) Even; every. C) Eleven; ever. D) Elven; every. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Even; ever. 2. RECEPTION A) Ooo. B) OOo. C) OoO. D) OOo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) OOo. 3. Which syllable is stressed in "ARTIFICIAL" ? A) TI. B) FI. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FI. 4. You ONLY elide the 'je' words with verbs that start with ..... A) A vowel or H. B) A vowel or T. C) B or F. D) U or a consonant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A vowel or H. 5. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS:"Haste me to know 't, that, I with wings as swiftAs meditation or the thoughts of love, May sweep to my revenge." A) Know it. B) Know that. C) Know to. D) Know this. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Know it. 6. BEDROOM A) Oo. B) Oo. C) OO. D) OO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oo. 7. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS: "Have we (as 'twere with defeated joy, With an auspicious and a dropping eye" A) Where. B) It were. C) To where. D) Toward. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It were. 8. Assimilation most commonly occurs in which type of speech? A) Formal, academic speech. B) Loud speech. C) Slow and careful speech. D) Rapid, casual speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rapid, casual speech. 9. Elision is most significant in A) Making speech as quick and simple as possible. B) Have more ideas. C) Speak faster. D) Read longer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Making speech as quick and simple as possible. 10. In progressive assimilation, which direction does the influence go? A) Later sound affects the earlier one. B) Earlier sound affects the later one. C) Both sounds affect each other. D) No influence occurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earlier sound affects the later one. 11. Which of the following best describes the combination in assimilation diagrams? A) Vowel and consonant. B) Two vowels from different words. C) One final consonant (Cf) + One initial consonant (Ci). D) Two identical words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One final consonant (Cf) + One initial consonant (Ci). 12. In the phrases "left door" and "soft music, " what type of elision occurs? A) /-ft/ + consonant $\rightarrow$ /-t/. B) /-nd/ + consonant $\rightarrow$ /-n/. C) /-st/ + consonant $\rightarrow$ /-s/. D) /-md/ + consonant $\rightarrow$ /-m/. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) /-ft/ + consonant $\rightarrow$ /-t/. 13. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS:"Who is't that can inform me?" A) Is to. B) Is it. C) Is not. D) Is it not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is it. 14. The final sound /v/ in 'of' could be lost when it comes before ..... A) Fortis consonants. B) Vowels. C) Consonants. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonants. 15. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS:"Let's do't, I pray, and I this morning knowWhere we shall find him most convenient." A) Do not. B) Do it. C) Don it. D) Dont. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do it. 16. Elide or not:Il se appelle Jacques. A) Elide. B) Do not elide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elide. 17. Assimilation of voice only take place in ..... A) Progressive. B) Regressive. C) Vowels. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regressive. 18. In terms of the direction of change, if C$^{f}$ changes to become like C$^{i}$, the assimilation is called A) Initial consonant. B) Progressive. C) Final consonant. D) Regressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regressive. 19. Assimilation is the process that takes place when some phonemes (typically consonants or vowels) change to become more ..... to other nearby sounds in one or more aspects. A) Similar. B) Common. C) Equal. D) Exact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similar. 20. Why do we "elide" or squish some words together in French? A) Because of the sound. B) Because French is lazy. C) Because it's faster. D) Because it looks better on the paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because of the sound. 21. How many kind of assimilation across word boundaries in terms of the direction change are there? A) Four. B) Three. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Three. 22. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS:"Well said, old mole. Canst work i' th' earth so fast?" A) Is the earth. B) In the earth. C) In this earth. D) In that earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the earth. 23. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS:"'Fore God, my lord, well spoken, with goodaccent and good discretion." A) Before. B) Afore. C) First. D) In front of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before. 24. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS: "Tush, tush, 'twill not appear." A) It will not. B) It will. C) I will. D) This will. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It will. 25. We had a really interesting conversation. A) Con-VER-sa-tion. B) Con-ver-SA-tion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Con-ver-SA-tion. 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