30 câu hỏi
Which consonant cluster is the onset in the word "streets"?
/sr/
/tr/
/str/
/ts/
... is defined as the prominence given to certain syllables in a word by the use of greater breath force.
Rhythm
Word-stress
Timbre
Assimilation
Which of the following factors cannot be used to produce word-stress?
Loudness
Length
Pitch
Meaning
Where does the stress fall on the word "family" and "cinema"?
On the first syllable
On the last syllable
On the second syllable
On the last but one
Which of the following words has the stress not fallen on the first syllable from the beginning?
Family
Cinema
Intellect
Advantage
Which of the following words has the stress on the suffix added to the word?
Readable
Photography
Mountaineer
Speaking
Which of the following words has the place of stress unchanged when a suffix is added to the word?
Entertainment
Evacuee
Proverbial
Expensive/Advantageous
Which of the following words has the shifted stress when a suffix is added?
Advantage - Advantageous
Read - Readable
Govern - Government
Wide - Widen
Which of the following words has the stress on the last syllable?
Mountaineer
Teaching
Photography
Perfection
Which of the following words has the case of varied stress?
Widely
Looking
Ice-cream
Climate
Speech melody, a component of intonation, is the variation in...
Tempo of speech
Sentence stress
The pitch of the voice
Special coloring of the voice
Vietnamese is a ... language.
Tone
Intonation
Inflectional
Agglutinating
... consists of a fall of the pitch of the voice from a fairly high note to a very low note.
The Fall
The Rise
The Fall-Rise
The Rise-Fall
W/H questions are usually spoken with...
The Fall
The Rise
The Fall-Rise
The Rise-Fall
... is said to give an impression of finality.
The Fall
The Rise
The Fall-Rise
The Rise-Fall
... is used in simple statements of fact, special questions, commands, exclamations, or offers to do something.
The Fall
The Rise
The Fall-Rise
The Rise-Fall
... expresses politeness, apology, concern, uncertainty, or disagreement.
The Fall
The Rise
The Fall-Rise
The Rise-Fall
... might be used to express attitudes both pleasant and unpleasant, ranging from irony to admiration.
The Fall
The Rise
The Fall-Rise
The Rise-Fall
A tonic syllable is a syllable where the major change in... occurs.
Rhythm
Pitch
Assimilation
Pronunciation
Which of the following is not a function of intonation?
Emotional
Grammatical
Textual
None of the above
Which of the following is not true?
In English, the stress always falls on the last syllable of any word
French is the language where the last syllable is usually stressed
Polish is the language where the penultimate syllable is usually stressed
Czech is the language where the first syllable is stressed
How many syllables are there in the word "garden"?
1
2
3
4
Which of the following syllable divisions is correct?
Ger.ma.ny
Germ.any
German.y
Ger.many
Which of the following syllables has the structure of a vowel?
Talk
Learn
Or
At
Which of the following syllables has the structure of Consonant + Vowel?
Learn
Sea
Sit
At
Which of the following rules govern the syllable division of the word "study"?
The English long vowels always occur in a phonetically open syllable when they are separated from a following syllabic sound by only one consonant
The English diphthong always occur in a phonetically open syllable when they are separated from a following syllabic sound by only one consonant
The English unstressed vowels always occur in a phonetically open syllable when they are separated from a following syllabic sound by only one consonant
A short stressed vowel when separated from a following syllabic sound by only one consonant always occur in a closed syllable, although it is difficult to tell where the point of syllable division is
Which of the following words contains a syllable of the type C + syllabic C?
Little
Read
Can
Eye
Which of the following syllables is an open syllable?
Meat
Reach
Do
Sit
Which of the following syllables is a closed syllable?
Me
Heart
Oh
Sit
... is a prominence with which one or more words in a sentence are pronounced.
Assimilation
Sentence stress
Wordgroup
Phoneme