QUIRINO STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Arts and Sciences

Cabarroguis, Quirino
S.Y. 2019 – 2020

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
in Phonology of English

Name: Date:

I. In each set, circle each word that has a consonant with the place of articulation for that set. (20)

Bilabial Plow Lamp Knot Yell Blank

Velar Knot Cake Castle Cent Glow
Alveolar Truck Scarborough Quick Drive Kneel
Dental Thick Bathe Hitch Rough Mirth
Postalveolar Craze Crash Shout Ashes Action
Labiodental Fire Thought Vinyl Laugh Riff

I. In each set, circle each word that has a consonant with the manner of articulation for that set. (10)

Stop Guitar Paper Through Slip Lax

Fricative Laugh Flyer Rent Pepper Zeitgeist
Nasal Soup Mint King Quack Plot
Affricate Choice Rush Action Clutch Genre

II. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of your choice before the number. (9)

1. The phoneme /u:/ is in the words ‘boot’, ‘moon’, and ‘Peru’. Which word does not include the /u:/ sound?
a. Two
b. Include
c. Food
d. Found
2. The phoneme /u:/ is in the words ‘shampoo’, ‘soon’, and ‘blue’. Which word does not include
the /u:/ sound?
a. Root
b. Tooth
c. Suite
d. Who
3. The phoneme /ʊ/ is in the words ‘bush’, ‘crook’, and ‘football’. Which word does not include
the /ʊ/ sound?
a. Look
b. Shore
c. Hook
d. Soup
4. The phoneme /ʊ/ is in the words ‘bull’, ‘cushion’, and ‘wood’. Which word does not include the /ʊ/ sound?
a. Push
b. Dub
c. Woman
d. Took
5. The phoneme /ɪ/ is in the words ‘British’, ‘English’, and ‘slim’. Which word does not include
the /ɪ/ sound?
a. Biscuit
b. Seat
c. Winner
 d. Finish
6. The phoneme /i:/ is in the words ‘deep’, ‘three’, and ‘fleece’. Which word in the list does not include
the /i:/ sound?
a. Athlete
b. Beetle
c. Business
d. Thief
7. The phoneme /i:/ is in the words ‘proceed’, ‘reason’, and ‘scream’. Which word in the list does not include
the /i:/ sound?
a. Vaccine
b. Witness
c. Conceive
d. Leader
8. The phoneme /i:/ is in the words ‘immediately’, ‘secret’, and ‘degree’. Which word does not include
the /i:/ sound?
a. Increase
b. Peak
c. Believe
d. Competition
9. The phoneme /ɪ/ is in the words ‘typical’, ‘liquid’, and ‘since’. Which word in the list does not include
the /ɪ/ sound?
a. Build
b. Sink
c. Sheet
d. Ship

Prepared by: Checked by:

NAOMI A. HAGI ROSELLE M. SORIANO, Ph. DRL

Subject Instructor Program Chair