This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Phonetics – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Phonetics Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A. shoots B. grounds C. concentrates D. forests A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 2. Are where and were pronounced the same way? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 3. It is not the smallest unit of sound, it is the smallest meaningul contrastive unit in a writing system. A) Phoneme. B) Phone. C) Grapheme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grapheme. 4. What is the type of sounds in SEVEN A) Court. B) Long. C) Diphthong. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Court. 5. He dragged me to the pub every evening A) Last sound is t. B) Last sound is d. C) Last sound is something else. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last sound is d. 6. The sound is loud. A) T, t. B) F, f. C) In, in. D) R, r. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F, f. 7. How many phonemes are there in English language A) 22. B) 24. C) 21. D) 26. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 21. 8. What is the manner of articulation for the sound [w]? A) Fricative. B) Stop. C) Glide. D) Nasal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glide. 9. A. tombs B. lamps C. brakes D. invites A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 10. I will ..... a dolphin in the ocean. A) See. B) Sea. C) Shark. D) Octopus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) See. 11. The sounds of English are produced by ..... air into the lungs A) Inhaling. B) Exhaling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exhaling. 12. Which letter is silent in raspberry and cupboard? A) P. B) B. C) S. D) R. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) P. 13. Phonetics is the science of study of ..... A) Speech sounds. B) Organs of human body. C) Grammar. D) Articulatory system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speech sounds. 14. The physical properties of speech (i.e. the sound wave), as transmitted between mouth and ear are A) Articulatory phonetics. B) Acoustic phonetic. C) Acoustic phonology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acoustic phonetic. 15. How many individual sounds do we have in the word "teacher" ? A) Three. B) Four. C) Five. D) Six. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four. 16. RP is used in ..... A) BBC. B) AIR. C) Doordarshan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) BBC. 17. He asked me for money. 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. 18. The vocal cords have ..... main functions. A) Three. B) One. C) Two. D) Five. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 19. IPA stands for A) Interval Pronunciation Association. B) International Phoneme Alphabet. C) International Phonetic Alphabet. D) International Phonetic Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) International Phonetic Alphabet. 20. When it is raised in speech, the air cannot escape. A) The screen. B) Hard palate. C) Larynx. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The screen. 21. Invited visited wished dested A) Invited. B) Visited. C) Wished. D) Dested. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wished. 22. Talking about consonants, place:bilabial? A) Lip to lip. B) Lip to teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lip to lip. 23. Take up a new hobby ..... you'll have some new friends. A) And. B) Or. C) So. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. 24. Which is NOT considered a "problem" A) Delay. B) Disorder. C) Difference. D) All are "problems". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Difference. 25. How many diphthongs are there in English? A) 8. B) 7. C) 2. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 26. When the vocal folds vibrate we produce ..... A) Consonants. B) Letters. C) Vowels. D) Graphemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vowels. 27. Where is the primary stress in this word:invite? A) 1st syllable. B) 2nd syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd syllable. 28. Which word has this sound? i: A) Climb. B) Sit. C) See. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) See. 29. SAY, GO, FIVE, BOY are examples of diphthongs? A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 30. School food tooth flood A) School. B) Food. C) Tooth. D) Flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flood. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPhonetics Quiz 1Phonetics Quiz 2Phonetics Quiz 3Phonetics Quiz 4Phonetics Quiz 5Phonetics Quiz 6Phonetics Quiz 8Phonetics Quiz 9Phonetics Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books