Câu 1: 

Which of the following word lists has the same vowel?

A. should, through, rule, route
B. quay, each, people, key
C. many, fat, act, sad
D. could, routine, source,
journal

Câu 2: The beginning sounds of the syllable are called the .............
A. rhyme
B. nucleu
s
C. coda
D. onset

Câu 3: The word 'tomato' consists of ......

A. three
syllables
B. four syllables
C. two syllables
D. one syllable

Câu 4: Which of the following words is English or possible in English?

A. pim
b
B. pimt
C. pimk
D. pimd

Câu 5: Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A. A word contains at least two syllables.
B. Syllables exist only to make speech easier for the brain to process.
C. Syllables don't serve any meaning-signalling function in language.
D. Most speakers of English have no trouble dividing a word up into its component
syllables.

Câu 6: Contrastive distribution is an indication that the two sounds in question are ...
A. similar phonemes
B. different phones
C. allophones of the same
phoneme
D. different phonemes

Câu 7: Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A. Phonemes are abstract sounds stored in our
memory.
B. Phonemes vary from language to language.
C. Allophones are unpredictable.
D. You never hear same phone twice.

Câu 8: The most important feature of a diphthong is that it ...

A. begins with /e/, /a/ or /o/.
B. ends in /w/ and /u/.
C. contains a glide from one vowel quality to another one.
D. is a combination of more than two vowels.

Câu 9: Which of the following word lists has different vowels?

A. suit, shoe, rule, route
B. sought, tough, cough,
could
C. carpet, bath, hearth, aunt
D. push, wolf, should, pull

Câu 10: Which of the following are described as [+ vocalic]?.

A. Obstruent
s
B. Liquids
C. Vowels
D. Glides

Câu 11: Which of the following is NOT a minimal pair? 

A. cat - sat
B. rat - mat
C. rat -
sad
D. sad - sat

Câu 12: Which of the following pairs of words have different diphthongs?

A. aisle - dyke
B. dough - plough
C. mare - prayer
D. ace - gaol

Câu 13: The substitutability of one sound for another in a given environment, with no
change in the word’s meaning is called ...
A. a minimal pair
B. distribution
C. free variation
D. a near minimal
pair

Câu 14: Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. In English and edamost other languages, most syllable nuclei are vowels.
B. The smallest possible syllable contains a nucleus and a coda.
C. A syllable is a unit of sound composed of only a central peak of sonority.
D. Most speakers of English find it difficult to divide a word up into its component
syllables.

Câu 15: 
The sounds /w/ and /æ/ are examples of ...
A. back vowels
B. long vowels
C. rounded vowels
D. unrounded vowels

Câu 16: A phoneme is put between ....

A. square
brackets
B. slash brackets
C. round boxes
D. square boxes

Câu 17: Which of the following is the description of the sound /Z/?

A. A short, lax, open and slightly rounded
B. A central, mid, long, tense central vowel
C. A long, tense, rounded vowel
D. A front, short, lax, unrounded vowel

Câu 18: Phonemes are ...

A. organizable
B. non-contrastive
C. predictable
D. concrete phonetic
segments

Câu 19: Allophones are ...

A. physical language sounds
B. similar to phonemes
C. language sounds as they are perceived by a
speaker
D. in complementary distribution

Câu 20: Which of the following consonant clusters is is example of "Coronal +

sonorant"?
A. [spw
]
B. [skl]
C. [spl]
D. [str]

Câu 21: The sounds /i:/ and /u:/ are examples of ... .

A. back vowels
B. tense
vowels
C. short vowels
D. lax vowels

Câu 22: ........... represent the placement of the body of the tongue. 

A. Laryngeal
features
B. Place features
C. Dorsal features
D. Manner features

Câu 23: In the following words which underlined letter is pronounced /i:/?

A. win
B. machin
e
C. minute
D. tick
Câu 24: In making these vowels: /w/, /i:/, , /u:/ space between the tongue and the roof of
the mouth is.......
A. very narrow
B. very wide
C. relatively wide
D. relatively
narrow

Câu 25: Which of the following consonant clusters is impossible in English?

A. [skj]
B. [skw]
C. [spl]
D. [spw
]

Câu 26: The following statement describes which aspect of vowel classification?

"Vowels are classified in terms of how much space there is between the tongue and the
roof of the mouth".
A. lip rounding
B. tongue
backness
C. vowel length
D. tongue height

Câu 27: The core or essential part of a syllable is called the ..............

A. onset
B. rhyme
lC. nucleu
s
D. coda

Câu 28: Which of the following pairs of words have the same diphthong?
A. mayor - taylor
B. height - take
C. pure - future
D. bourse - mature

Câu 29: Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A. The rhyme may consist of a nucleus and a coda.
B. The rhyme may consist of only the nucleus.
C. The rhyme may consist of an onset and a
nucleus.
D. The rhyme never precedes the onset.

Câu 30: The syllable structure of the word "strength" is ..........

A. CCVCC
B. CCCVCC
C. CVCC
D. CCCVC

Câu 31: Complementary distribution is an indication that the sounds in question are ... 
A. allophones of the same phoneme
B. phones
C. minimal pairs
D. phonemes

Câu 32: Pairs of words which differ in one sound only and have different meanings are
called ...
A. near minimal
pairs
B. different pairs
C. close pairs
D. minimal pairs

Câu 33: Which of the following is the description of the sound /i:/?

A. A lowest, front, short, lax, unrounded vowel
B. A front, close (high), long, tense, unrounded
vowel
C. A front, short, lax, unrounded vowel
D. A more retracted front, short, lax, unrounded vowel

Câu 34: A physical language sound, measurable by acoustic instruments is called ...
A. a minimal
pair
B. a phoneme
C. a phone
D. an allophone

Câu 35: A phonetic transcription is also called a....

A. broad transcription
B. narrow transcription
C. detail transcription
D. phonemic
transcription