This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Phonetics – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Phonetics Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identifiy the second sound in CUT A) Diphthong. B) Pure vowel. C) Consonant. D) Cardinal vowel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pure vowel. 2. One minimal pair for /lik/ is A) Lost. B) Alike. C) Like. D) Liked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Like. 3. How many types of sounds are there in English? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 4. Ann is very friendly ..... everyone likes her A) And. B) Or. C) So. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So. 5. A. helps B. laughs C. cooks D. finds A) D. B) C. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 6. Which letter is silent in solemn and column? A) L. B) M. C) N. D) O. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) N. 7. Instrumental methods ..... A) Are the part of the oldest phonetics researches. B) Are based on the use of special technical devices, such as hand mirror, intonograph, xray photography and cinematography and others. C) Are methods of cheking the way of sounding of musical instruments. D) Consist in observing the movements and positions of one's own or other people's organs of speech in pronouncing various speech sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are based on the use of special technical devices, such as hand mirror, intonograph, xray photography and cinematography and others. 8. /e/ A) Vow. B) Hike. C) Trick. D) Egg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Egg. 9. Strong or weak? $\rightarrow$ k A) Strong. B) Weak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strong. 10. The word 'seldom' has A) A) Two syllables with no stress. B) Two syllables with stress on both. C) Two syllables with stress on first. D) Two syllables with stress on second. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two syllables with stress on first. 11. I ..... a crocodile in the river. A) So. B) Saw. C) Fly. D) Speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 12. A sound produced with a comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, is called ..... A) A Vowel. B) A Consonant. C) A Word. D) A Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Vowel. 13. Critical listening is to A) Judge. B) See. C) Talk. D) Funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Judge. 14. The Earth is situated in the middle of? A) Mars and Jupiter. B) Mercury and Venus. C) Mars and Mercury. D) Venus and Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Venus and Mars. 15. The phonemes /p/, /b/, & /m/ are described as ..... A) Bilabial. B) Interdental. C) Glottal. D) Labiodental. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bilabial. 16. Which letter is silent in castle and nestle? A) L. B) T. C) N. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) T. 17. Life wife mine dinner A) Life. B) Wife. C) Mine. D) Dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dinner. 18. The process of phonation (or voicing) takes place in the glottis A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Which dialect is considered as Received Pronunciation? A) East Midland. B) West Midlands. C) Southern. D) Scottish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) East Midland. 20. When we had passed to border we could finally relax. A) Last sound is t. B) Last sound is d. C) Last sound is something else. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last sound is t. 21. What is the longest human bone? A) Tibia. B) Breastbone. C) Fibula. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 22. Identify the word that does not have /a:/ sound. A) Park. B) Castle. C) Dance. D) Arrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrow. 23. The word has stress which is placed differently A) Doctor. B) Relieve. C) Weaken. D) Article. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relieve. 24. Find the word in which vowel is pronounced like /i:/! A) Idiot. B) Mean. C) Lip. D) Breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mean. 25. WHAT IS A CONSONANT PAIR? A) Is when the mouth position required to make two sounds in the same, but one sound is unvoiced and one sound is voiced. B) Is when the mouth position required to make two sounds in the same, the two sounds are unvoiced. C) Is when the mouth position required to make two sounds in the same, the two sounds are voiced. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is when the mouth position required to make two sounds in the same, but one sound is unvoiced and one sound is voiced. 26. This is a barrier for non-native speakers of English during language acquisition A) Indian English. B) Syllabic language barrier. C) Received Pronunciation. D) Mother Tongue Interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mother Tongue Interference. 27. Which letter is silent in ghost, heir, and hour? A) G. B) R. C) H. D) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. 28. What is the syllable structure of 'she'? A) Cv. B) Vc. C) V. D) Cvc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cv. 29. How do you say the word "computer" ? A) COMputer. B) ComPUter. C) CompuTER. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ComPUter. 30. Is the process by which sound waves hit the eardrum. A) Reading. B) Listening. C) Writing. D) Speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listening. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPhonetics Quiz 1Phonetics Quiz 2Phonetics Quiz 3Phonetics Quiz 4Phonetics Quiz 6Phonetics Quiz 7Phonetics Quiz 8Phonetics Quiz 9Phonetics Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books