This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Phonetics – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Phonetics Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The word '' interesting" has: ..... sounds. A) 8. B) 9. C) 10. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 9. 2. English language has ..... diphthongs. A) 6. B) 7. C) 8. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8. 3. We will ..... some cleaning in the evening. A) Do. B) Make. C) Made. D) Maid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 4. What are combinations of two vowel sounds called? A) Phonemes. B) Monothongs. C) Diphthongs. D) Morphemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diphthongs. 5. A speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract is called A) A vowel. B) A consonant. C) A suprasegment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A vowel. 6. The distinc units of sounds in a specified language: A) Phoneme. B) Grapheme. C) Tropheme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phoneme. 7. Cow rhymes with ..... A) Glow. B) Flow. C) How. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How. 8. The sound, hey, hey. A) W, w. B) F, f. C) H, h. D) R, r. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H, h. 9. What are sounds called that involve the area between the upper teeth and the alveolar ridge? A) Alveolars. B) The screen. C) Back. D) Glottis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alveolars. 10. The Number of monophthongs in English phonology are ..... A) 8. B) 12. C) 24. D) 44. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 11. Kara drew a flower because she was ..... A) Bored. B) Board. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bored. 12. It is the most important articulatory organ A) Tongue. B) Alveolar Ridge. C) Teeth. D) Hard Palate. E) Lips. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tongue. 13. FinishED (final sound pronounced ..... ) A) /t/. B) /d/. C) /id/. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) /t/. 14. The meaning of blend is A) Mix. B) Separate. C) Mash. D) Put away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mix. 15. Diphthongs are called ..... A) Glides. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glides. 16. When did the first world war start? A) 1914. B) 1915. C) 1924. D) 1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1914. 17. Nasal sounds are produced when the velum is lowered A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Honesty is the best ..... A) Principle. B) Principal. C) People. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principle. 19. Playing in garden make us A) Tired. B) Fresh and energetic. C) Dull. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fresh and energetic. 20. Which of the following words contains the /a:/ sound? A) Man. B) Hand. C) Large. D) Ten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Large. 21. Choose the best description for the first sound in the American pronunciation of the word 'teeth.' A) ALVEOLAR. B) VELAR. C) LABIODENTAL. D) ALVEOLARPALATAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ALVEOLAR. 22. What are the abstractions ofspeech unit which differ one meaning fromanother? A) Morphemes. B) Diphthongs. C) Phonemes. D) Segments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phonemes. 23. Hole rhymes with ..... A) Whole. B) Pole. C) Role. D) All of them are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them are correct. 24. What is the alveolar ridge? A) The area behind the upper teeth. B) The flat surface of the tongue just behind the tip. C) The soft portion of the roof of the mouth. D) The cavity between the root of the tongue and the walls of the upper throat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The area behind the upper teeth. 25. WalkED (last sound pronounced as ..... ) A) /t/. B) /d/. C) /id/. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) /t/. 26. "s" is pronounced differently A) Surprise. B) Said. C) Speaker. D) Sure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sure. 27. Who is the writer of "THE ODYSSEY" ? A) Charles Dickens. B) Albert Camus. C) Homer. D) Dante Alighieri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homer. 28. The branch of phonetics which is concerned with the study, description and classification of speech sounds as regards their production by the human organs of speech is called ..... A) Articulatory phonetics. B) Phonology. C) Acoustic phonetics. D) Auditory phonetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articulatory phonetics. 29. Choose the word whose ED pronunciation is different from the other words A) Visited. B) Showed. C) Wondered. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visited. 30. Mr Chris is the ..... of the school. A) Principal. B) Principle. C) Idea. D) Injection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principal. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPhonetics Quiz 1Phonetics Quiz 2Phonetics Quiz 3Phonetics Quiz 4Phonetics Quiz 5Phonetics Quiz 6Phonetics Quiz 7Phonetics Quiz 8Phonetics Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books