This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Phonetics – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Phonetics Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The phoneme is ..... A) The smallest unit of reading of a language. B) The smallest unit of speech of a language. C) The difference between a sound and a letter. . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The smallest unit of speech of a language. 2. How many vowels are there in the word 'open' A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 3. Speech sounds have aspects: A) Articulatory, acoustic, auditory, and functional. B) Positive, negative and neutral. C) Single, plural and multiple. D) Elementary, complicated and medium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articulatory, acoustic, auditory, and functional. 4. Talking about consonants, place:labio-dental A) Dental. B) Lip-dental. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lip-dental. 5. Go got note so A) Go. B) Got. C) Note. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Note. 6. A. shoots B. grounds C. concentrates D. forests A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 7. Are where and were pronounced the same way? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 8. 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. 9. What is the type of sounds in SEVEN A) Court. B) Long. C) Diphthong. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Court. 10. 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. 11. The sound is loud. A) T, t. B) F, f. C) In, in. D) R, r. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F, f. 12. How many phonemes are there in English language A) 22. B) 24. C) 21. D) 26. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 21. 13. What is the manner of articulation for the sound [w]? A) Fricative. B) Stop. C) Glide. D) Nasal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glide. 14. A. tombs B. lamps C. brakes D. invites A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 15. I will ..... a dolphin in the ocean. A) See. B) Sea. C) Shark. D) Octopus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) See. 16. The sounds of English are produced by ..... air into the lungs A) Inhaling. B) Exhaling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exhaling. 17. Which letter is silent in raspberry and cupboard? A) P. B) B. C) S. D) R. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) P. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. RP is used in ..... A) BBC. B) AIR. C) Doordarshan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) BBC. 22. 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. 23. The vocal cords have ..... main functions. A) Three. B) One. C) Two. D) Five. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 24. 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. 25. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPhonetics Quiz 1Phonetics Quiz 2Phonetics Quiz 3Phonetics Quiz 4Phonetics Quiz 5Phonetics Quiz 6Phonetics Quiz 7Phonetics Quiz 9Phonetics Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books