This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Elision In Speech – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elision In Speech Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In regressive assimilation, which sound is affected? A) The sound that comes after. B) The initial vowel. C) The first consonant (Cf). D) The second consonant (Ci). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The first consonant (Cf). 2. Elide or not:Il est grand. A) Elide. B) Do not elide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do not elide. 3. SECTOR A) Oo. B) OO. C) OOo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oo. 4. ..... is the disappearance of sounds in speech, which makes the language easier to say and faster. A) Liaison. B) Assimilation. C) Elision. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elision. 5. Assimilation is the disappearance of sounds in speech, which makes the language easier to say and faster. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 6. How do you pronounce this word? A) PRO-nounce. B) Pro-NOUNCE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pro-NOUNCE. 7. Elide or not:Je suis paresseuse. A) Elide. B) Do not elide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do not elide. 8. Elide or not:Je ai dix ans. A) Elide. B) Do not elide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elide. 9. Elide or not:Ce est jaune. A) Elide. B) Do not elide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elide. 10. Assimilation can happen: A) Only within a single word. B) Only between two vowels. C) Across word boundaries or within a word. D) Only in British English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Across word boundaries or within a word. 11. Elide or not:Tu as dix ans. A) Elide. B) Do not elide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do not elide. 12. Which syllable is stressed in "UNIQUE" ? A) U. B) NIQUE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NIQUE. 13. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS:"Is sickiled o'er with the pale cast of thought" A) Or. B) Over. C) Or their. D) Owner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over. 14. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS:"Th'imperial jointress to this warlike state" A) The imperial. B) This imperial. C) That imperial. D) Those imperial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The imperial. 15. Elide or not:Je viens de Arles A) Elide. B) Do not elide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elide. 16. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS:"May be a devil, and the devil hath powerT'assume a pleasing shape" A) To assume. B) It assumes. C) This assumes. D) That assumes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To assume. 17. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS:"Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes." A) Escapes. B) Scrapes. C) Recaps. D) Retakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Escapes. 18. Couldn't you understand what she was saying? A) Un-DER-stand. B) Un-der-STAND. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Un-der-STAND. 19. We only 'elide' words that rhyme with ..... A) Je. B) Il. C) Mon. D) Une. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Je. 20. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS:"By the o'ergrowth of some complexion" A) Overgrowth. B) Often grows. C) Or growth. D) Above growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overgrowth. 21. Elide or not:Ils ne sont pas sexy. A) Elide. B) Do not elide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do not elide. 22. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS:'Tis now struck twelve. Get thee to bed. A) This. B) Is it. C) It is. D) This is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is. 23. Elide or not:Je ne ai pas dix ans A) Elide. B) Do not elide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elide. 24. Elision is the disappearance of sounds in speech A) True. B) Convination sound. C) False. D) Linking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Convert the elision into the phrase it MOST NEARLY MEANS:"Fie on't, ah fie!" A) Onto. B) On it. C) On to. D) On toward. 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