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EXERCISE 1
Part 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
I. Choose the best answers for the following questions
1. Which criteria can be used to distinguish vowels in English?
a. muscle tense b. Manner of articulation
c. Lip rounding d. a&c
2. Which branch of phonetics deals with the physiological aspects of speech sounds?
a. Articulatory phonetics b. Acoustic phonetics
c. Auditory phonetics d. All of them
3.What does the saying “English is not a phonographic language” mean?
a. One sound in English may be represented by one letter.
b. One sound in English must be represented by many letters.
c. There is no one- to – one relation between sounds and spelling in English
d. All of the above
4. The speech organ includes ……………
a. the articulator b. the glottis
c. the larynx d. All of them
5. Bilabial sounds are made…………….
a. with two lips b. with the lower lip and upper front
teeth
c. with the upper lip and the teeth d. none is correct
6. Which of the following groups of sounds is similar in manner of articulation?
a. /f,v,b/ b. /t,d,k/
c. /g,k, ŋ/ d. /p, m, w/
7. Voiceless sounds can be found in …………..
a. lateral consonants b. semi-consonants
c. stop consonants d. rounded vowels
8. Rounded vowels are produced when the lips are ……………..
a. more or less rounded b. spread or neutral
c. both a&b d. neither a nor b
9. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. The fricatives are consonants produced with a continuous airflow through the mouth.
b. The fricatives are consonants produced with the complete stoppage of the air in the
mouth which causes explosion
c. The fricatives are consonants produced with the narrowing of the articulators causing
audible friction.
d. The fricatives are continuant consonants
10. The word “climb” contains a ……………
a. long vowel b. short vowel
c. diphthong d. triphthong
II. Read the statements and decide whether they are true (T) or false (F)
1. English is a phonographic language .
2. Lip-rounding can be used to distinguish consonants in English
3. Voiceless sounds are found in stop and fricative consonants
4. The fricatives are consonants produced with the complete stoppage of the air in the
mouth which causes explosion
5. The group /p, t, k/ contains a sound that differs in manner of articulation
Part 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Transcribe the following phrase and describe all the vowels and consonants in it
“COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL”
Your transcription:
………………………………………………………………………………
Consonants’ description:
MANNER OF PLACE OF ORAL OR
SOUNDS VOICING
ARTICULATION ARTICULATION NASAL?
Vowels’ description:
SOUNDS TONGUE TONGUE LIP MUSCLE LENGTH
POSITION HEIGHT ROUNDING TENSE
EXERCISE 2
Part 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE
I. Circle the best answers
1. All vowels are ……………..
a. Sonorous b. obstructed
c. Voiced c. a&c
2. The sound ………corresponds to the following description [high front short unrounded
vowel]
a. /a:/ b. /I/
c. /e/ d. /ə/
3. The word “play” contains a……………..
a. long vowel b. short vowel
c. diphthong d. triphthong
4. Three criteria : lip rounding, tongue height and voicing can be used to describe ………..
a. vowels b. syllables
c. consonants d. none of them
5. The rhyme of a syllable is made up of its ……………
a. nucleus and coda b. nucleus and onset
c. onset and coda d. some nucleuses
6. The sound /l/ can be syllabic…..
a. wherever b. anywhere after consonants
c. before stop consonants d. after consonants and at the end of words
7. The final syllable in the word cattle has ……….
a. no nucleus b. one nucleus /e/
c. two nucleuses / ļ / and /e/ d. one nucleus /ļ/
8. ……………..assimilation happens in the sound sequence /aI ni:d ju:/
a. Mutual b. Progressive
c. Regressive d. Voicing
9. When /p, t/ k/ are preceded by………………….., aspiration happens
a. /s/ b. /l/
c. /m/ d. no sounds
10.What is the syllabic element of the second syllable of the word “nation”?
a. the sound /a/ b. the sound /io/
c. the sound /ņ/ d. the sound / æ /
Your transcription:
…………………………………………………………………………………………
Consonants’ description:
MANNER OF PLACE OF ORAL OR
SOUNDS VOICING
ARTICULATION ARTICULATION NASAL?
Vowels’ description:
14. The diphthongs that glide towards the /I/ vowel are called raising diphthongs.
15. The rhyme of a syllable is made up of its onset and nucleus