This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Phonetics – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Phonetics Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A branch of linguistics that focuses on the production and classification of the world's speech sounds, is called ..... A) Syntax. B) Phonetics. C) Morphology. D) Semantics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phonetics. 2. Identify the word whose main stress is placed differently A) Develop. B) Interest. C) Tomorrow. D) Longevity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interest. 3. We were so relieved when he finally left. 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. 4. The phonemes /s/, /z/, /t/, and /l/ A) Alveolar. B) Glottal. C) Palatal. D) Velar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alveolar. 5. WHAT IS PHONETICS? A) The study of speech sounds. B) The study of speech sentences. C) The study of parts of speech. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of speech sounds. 6. My dad ..... a toy plane. A) Made. B) Maid. C) Melted. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made. 7. Which one is the odd one out? A) Rite. B) Write. C) Right. D) Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rate. 8. The branch of phonetics that studies the functional (linguistic, social) aspect of speech sounds and all the other components of the sound matter of the language (syllabic structure, word stress and intonation) is called ..... A) Auditory phonetics. B) Phonology. C) Articulatory phonetics. D) Acoustic phonetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phonology. 9. A. seek B. potential C. sleep D. social A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 10. They build bridges. 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. 11. Choose "ed" which has a different pronunciation from the remaining words A) Landed. B) Needed. C) Opened. D) Wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opened. 12. What are the three pieces of information used to classify consonants? A) Voicing, place of articulation, and manner of articulation. B) Length, pitch, and intensity. C) Nasality, aspiration, and stress. D) Articulatory description, phonetic transcription, and phonological analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voicing, place of articulation, and manner of articulation. 13. A ..... looks like a rabbit. A) Hare. B) Hear. C) Here. D) Hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hare. 14. He has toothache ..... he still eats a lot of sweets and cakes. A) So. B) And. C) Or. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) But. 15. Are the important parts of the articulatory system. A) Lips. B) Head. C) Hand. D) Word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lips. 16. You should bring your umbrella, ..... you will be wet. A) And. B) Or. C) So. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Or. 17. How many letters does the English language have? A) 26. B) 25. C) 27. D) 28. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 26. 18. WHAT ARE THE VOICED CONSONANTS? A) /k/, /g/, /s/, /a/. B) /v/, /f/, /d/, /s/. C) /g/, /z/, /v/, /d/. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) /g/, /z/, /v/, /d/. 19. When the listener enjoys what she/he is hearing. A) Quick. B) Appreciative. C) Crazy. D) Swift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appreciative. 20. The letter "I" is in the third syllable. A) It. B) Did. C) Girl. D) Sit. E) Six. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Girl. 21. Who is the author of Don Quijote de la Mancha A) Gabriel Garcia Marquez. B) William Shakespeare. C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) Miguel de Cervantes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Miguel de Cervantes. 22. The word '' car" has ..... sound. A) 3. B) 4. C) 1. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 23. The articulatory movements of the tongue and lips refers to: A) The vowel quality. B) The consonant quality. C) The phoneme quality. D) The allophone quality . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The vowel quality. 24. The weather is very cold today ..... I should put on a coat. A) So. B) And. C) Or. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So. 25. The science or study of speech sounds, how to pronounce correctly the English words. A) Bilabial. B) Alveolar. C) Articulatory phonetics. D) Phonetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phonetics. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPhonetics Quiz 1Phonetics Quiz 2Phonetics Quiz 3Phonetics Quiz 5Phonetics Quiz 6Phonetics Quiz 7Phonetics Quiz 8Phonetics Quiz 9Phonetics Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books