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A. THEORY
1. Basic concepts in phonetics and phonology
2. English consonants and classification
3. English vowels and description
4. English syllables
5. Co-articulatory process
6. Phonological rules of English sounds
7. Suprasegmental features of English sounds
B. EXERCISE
I. Circle the best answers
1. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
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 one- to – one relation between sounds and spelling in English
d. There is no one – to – one relation between sounds and spelling in English
2. Which criteria can be used to distinguish consonants in English?
a. Voicing b. Manner of articulation c. Lip rounding d. a&b
3. Voiceless sounds are found……..
a. In stops consonants b. In nasal consonants
c. In fricative consonants c. A & C are correct
4. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
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
5. Which of the following groups contains a sound that differs in manner of articulation?
a. /r, l, d/ b. /p, t, k/ c. /m, n, ŋ/ d. /θ,∫,/
6. Which of the following groups contains a sound that differs in place of articulation?
a. /b, p, m/ b. /t, d, s/ c. /k, g, ŋ/ d. /θ,∫,/
7. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Velars are sounds made at the soft area toward the rear of the roof of the mouth.
b. Velars are sounds made at the teeth ridge.
c. Velars are sounds made just behind the alveolar ridge.
d. Velars are sounds made with the tongue placed against the teeth.
8. Which of the following is true about vowels?
a. are syllabic b. are sonorous
c. are produced with little obstruction d. A & B & C are correct
9. Glides are called semi – vowels or semi – consonants because:
a. They can function as a consonant.
b. They are articulated like vowels
c. They show properties of both vowels and consonants
d. All of the above

10. A ……….. is a speech sound which is produced by stopping the airstream from the lung
and suddenly releasing it.
a. consonant b. stop consonant
c. nasal consonant d. vowel
11. Which of the following pairs is different in voicing?
a. / b, m/ b. /t, k/ c. /s, n/ d. /a, u:/
12. Choose a sound that corresponds to the following description [high front short unrounded
vowel]
a. /i:/ b./I/ c. /o/ d. /e/
13. Which of the statement is not true?
a. Most consonants are all not syllabic
b. Consonants are sonorous
c. Consonants are produced with relatively little obstruction in the vocal tract.
d. All vowels are syllabic
14. Which of the following words contains a long vowel?
a. clean b. play c. home d. some
15. Which of the following words contains a diphthong?
a. clean b. mouth c. nasal d.
climb
16. Which of the following words ends with a fricative?
a. race b. nut c. run d. zip
17. Which of the following statements is incorrect about segment?
a. smallest unit of sound pattern
b. second element of phonological structure
c. can combine to make syllable
 d. all are correct
18. Which criteria can be used to distinguish vowels in English?
a. place and position of tongue c. lip rounding and voicing
b. manner and place of articulation d. all are correct
19. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. The stops are consonants produced with a continuous airflow through the mouth.
b. The stops are consonants produced with the complete stoppage of the air in the
mouth which causes explosion
c. The stops are consonants produced with the narrowing of the articulators causing
audible friction.
d. The stops are continuant consonants
20. Which of the following groups contains a sound that differs in manner of articulation?
a. /m, w/ b. /p, g/ c. /m, ŋ/ d. /θ,∫/
21. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Alveolars are sounds made at the soft area toward the rear of the roof of the
mouth.
b. Alveolars are sounds made at the teeth ridge.
c. Alveolars are sounds made in the nasal cavity.
d. Alveolars are sounds made with the tongue placed against the teeth.
22. Choose the correct statement
a. When a sound is influenced by its neighbouring sound, we have coarticulation.
b. Assimilation is the process of changing to sound to become less alike its neighbouring
sound.
c. In assimilation process, the change of a sound is brought about by any sounds in the
sequence.
d. When a sound influences itself, we have coarticulation.
23. Which word has the allophones of the phoneme /k/?
a. cat b. peak c. know d. A&B
24. Which word has the allophones of the phoneme /k/?
a. cat b. peak c. know d. A&B
25. Choose the best illumination for the following rule: “Voiceless stops are aspirated
then they are syllable initial.”
a. peak b. speak c. pneumonia d. leap

II. Gap filling

 Fill in each gap with ONE word to complete the statements.
26. – 30. When pronouncing the sound sequence “THAT MAN”, the ……………………….
(26) process will happen, in which the alveolar …………………………(27) /t/ is
 ……………………………..(28) by the following ……………………………..(29)
nasal /m/ and becomes bilabial ……………………………..(30)
31. – 33. When pronouncing the sound sequence “I MISS YOU”, the
…………………………….. (30) process will happen, in which the two sounds – fricative /s/
and …………………………….. (31) /j/ combine to make the ……………………………..
(32) …………………………….. (33)
34. – 37. The central vowels are produces when the …………………………….. (34) part of
the tongue is raised towards the place between the ……………………………..(35) and
……………………………..(36) …………………………….. (37).
38. – 40. The …………………………….. (38) can be …………………………….. (39)
when they appear after aspirated …………………………….. (40), as in the sound sequences
clear or tree.
III. True/ False:
 Decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F)?
41. When pronouncing the sound sequence “TWO BOOKS”, the process of dissimilation
will happen.
42. When pronouncing the sound sequence “FATHER AND SON”, the process of linking
will happen
43. There are 5 syllabic elements are there in the word “INTERNATIONAL”.
44. The sound [w] is the onset of the syllable [wз:d]
45. The sound [a:] is the nucleus of the 2nd syllable in the word [ga:dņ]?
46. Voiced sounds cannot be found in stop consonants
47. Some vowel sounds are sometimes not syllabic
48. Hardly can consonants be sonorous
49. Most consonant sounds are produced with considerable obstruction in the vocal tract.
50. In the sound sequence “PEAK”, there is the aspiration of voiceless stops.