30 CÂU HỎI
Vowels followed by nasal consonants are:
A. Lengthened
B. Devoiced
C. Shortened
D. Nasalized
/i:/ & /u:/ are different in:
A. Tongue position
B. Length
C. Muscle tension
D. Lip shape
Which of the following diphthongs is pronounced differently from the others?
A. Really
B. Hear
C. Fear
D. Bear
Which of the vowels in the following words is pronounced differently from the others?
A. Pour
B. Touch
C. Double
D. Country
/i:/ in is shorter than the others.
A. Mean
B. Meat
C. Bead
D. Bee
The sound beginning with a mid central vowel, then gliding towards a high back vowel is
A. ɪə
B. aɪ
C. əʊ
D. aʊ
Diphthongs
A. consist of a movement or glide from one vowel to another, the former of which is much longer and stronger than the other.
B. are the combinations of two single vowels.
C. are two simple vowels appearing within a syllable.
Which of the following is not included in the criteria to classify English vowels?
A. Place of articulation
B. Tongue height
C. Lip shape
D. Muscle tension
A vowel is when preceding a final fortis/voiceless sound
A. Devoiced
B. Nasalized
C. Shortened
D. None of the above
The vowel in is pronounced differently form the others.
A. Fool
B. Food
C. Pool
D. Foot
Which of the following words does not contain a central vowel?
A. Hat
B. Worm
C. But
D. Ago
Which of the statement is true?
A. Vowels and consonants differ from each other in relation to how much they obstruct the air flow and what position they can occupy.
B. Vowels and consonants differ from each other in their distribution.
C. Vowels and consonants differ from each other in the way the air flow is obstructed when producing the sound.
/ɔː/ in is the longest.
A. Thought
B. Store
C. Fork
D. Port
Both are front vowels
A. /i:/ & /e/
B. /i:/ & /u:/
C. /a:/ & /ɜː/
D. /a:/ & /u:/
Which of the following is true?
A. All vowels are the centers of syllables
B. Consonants are produced without obstruction of the air stream.
C. All consonants are voiced.
D. Vowels are produced with a complete closure in the vocal tract.
Which of the following words begins with a voiceless, post-alveolar, fricative sound?
A. Enough
B. Soldier
C. Shoes
D. Phenomenon
Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Plosives are produced with the total or partial obstruction of the air stream.
B. Nasals are continuant vowels.
C. Hissing sound is a characteristic of fricatives.
D. The fortis fricatives and plosives in final position often shorten the vowel preceding them.
The consonant /n/ & /z/ are different from each other in their
A. Length
B. Place of articulation
C. Voicing
D. Manner of articulation
The main difference between /d/ & /z/ is
A. Manner of articulation
B. Place of articulation
C. Voicing
D. Length
Sounds produced with a momentarily total obstruction to the airflow are
A. Plosives
B. Fricatives
C. Nasals
D. Approximants
Which of the following is the final sound in “debt”
A. /e/
B. /b/
C. /bt/
D. /t/
are pronounced with the contact made between lower lip & upper teeth
A. Labio-dentals
B. Alveolars
C. Bilabials
D. Dentals
consonants have the effect of shortening a preceding vowel or diphthong
A. Lenis
B. Fortis
C. Voiced
D. Fortis/voiceless
Voiceless stops are aspirated when occuring after the initial /s/.
A. True
B. False
Lips can be pressed together, brought into contact with the teeth or rounded to produce the lip-shape for........
A. Vowels and some consonants
B. Consonants
C. Bilabial plosives
D. Vowels
In manner of articulation, the important factor to help distinguish consonants & vowels is
.....
A. Voicing
B. Obstruction to airflow
C. Lip shape
D. Tongue height
The most important difference between initial voiceless and voiced plosives is the ........
A. Aspiration
B. Voicing
C. Plosion
D. Length
The initial sound of “cold” is a(n)..........
A. Alveolar
B. Palatal
C. Dental
D. Velar
Consonants are classified according to their place of articulation, manner of articulation and:
A. Vibrations of vocal bands
B. Position of occurence
C. Position of tongue
D. Lip shape
For the voiceless sounds to be produced, the vocal cords are ............
A. Mi-closed
B. Wide apart
C. Partially open
D. Completely closed