Spelling Rules Exercises

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1. What does 'silent e' mean?

It’s not written.
It’s not pronounced.
It’s next to a schwa.

2. If there is a vowel between two consonants, the vowel sound...

is short.
is long.
is voiceless.

3. The schwa is the most common sound in English.

TRUE
FALSE

4. In words ending with -er, the final sound is...

/ɑː/
/ə/
/ʌ/

5. Some consonants can represent different consonant sounds.

TRUE
FALSE

6. The Schwa appears in stressed syllables.

TRUE
FALSE

7. Which phoneme represents the sound of the Soft G?

/g/
/dʒ/
/ʒ/
8. When the final spelling of a word is "ee", the sound is...
/ə/
/ɪ/
/iː /

9. In British English, after a long sound, the /ɹ/ is almost inaudible.

TRUE
FALSE

10. In which of these transcriptions the schwa appears twice?

/ənʌðə(ɹ)/
/tiː tʃə(ɹ)/
/selfəʊn/

11. In which of the following words the 'C' sound is soft?

Candy
Occur
City

12. There are words that include both hard and soft C/G sounds.
TRUE
FALSE

13. In which of the following words the 'G' sound is hard?

Ginger
Good
Page

14. In which of these words, the final sound is a diphthong?

Go
Ten
Car

15. The Schwa only appears in the first syllable of a word.

TRUE
FALSE
16. The G sound in words like 'Get' and 'Girl' is soft.
TRUE
FALSE

17. When G is followed by A, the G sound is...

Soft.
Hard.
None.

18. When C is followed by Y, the C sound is...

Soft.
Hard.
None.

19. /k/ represents the sound of the Hard C.

TRUE
FALSE

20. In words ending with 'a', the final sound is SCHWA .

TRUE
FALSE
Correct Answers

1. It’s not pronounced.

2. is short.
3. TRUE
4. /ə/
5. TRUE
6. FALSE
7. /dʒ/
8. /iː /
9. TRUE
10. /ənʌðə(ɹ)/
11. City
12. TRUE
13. Good
14. Go
15. FALSE
16. FALSE
17. Hard.
18. Soft.
19. TRUE
20. TRUE

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