SAMPLE TEST

SECTION 1 (40pts): Choose the correct answer for each question below.
1. Which airstream mechanism uses the air that comes from the soft palate and flows inward?
A. Pulmonic egressive C. Glottalic ingressive
B. Velaric ingressive D. Glottalic egressive
2. Which of the following is an active articulator?
A. The lower lip C. The teeth
B. The alveolar ridge D. The velum
3. Which of the following is a voiced plosive oral consonant?
A./t/ B. /d/ C. /s/ D. /z/
4. What is the difference between /s/ and /t/?
A. Place of articulation
B. Manner of articulation
C. State of the velum
D. State of the vocal cords.
5. Which of the following words contains mid-low central short vowel?
A. Sharp B. Curse C. Fun D. Cat
6. Which of the following words contains a diphthong that has this description: “the glide begins from a
low back position and moves to a mid-high back position; there is the raising of the jaw and the lips remain
rounded throughout”?
A. Chaos B. Count C. Fly D. Tour
7. Which of the following is a minimal pair?
A. Raw - Law B. Pat - Pen C. Rice – Cry D. Grow – Grown
8. In which of the following words is /w/ devoiced?
A. Swab B. Why C. Awaken D. Twang
9. In fluent fast speech, vowel elision occurs with which of the following words?
A. Handbag B. Correct C. Scripts D. Pretty
10. Which of the following is NOT an aspect of nature of stress?
A. Consonant quality B. Loudness C. Length D. Pitch level
11. Which function of word stress can be found in this utterance
“You don’t need to present at the present”?
A. Stress is used to indicate the grammatical structure of the words.
B. Stress is used to emphasize certain words.
C. Stress is used to distinguish a compound word from a free combination of words.
D. Stressed is used to change the word class without changing its spelling.
12. What is a use of the falling intonation?
A. In wh-questions C. In statements as remarks of emotions
B. In imperatives as requests D. In Yes/No questions
13. What is a feature of phonetic transcription?
A. It shows allophonic details. C. It is also called broad transcription.
B. It is put inside slanted lines. D. It can be found in dictionaries.
14. What is the difference between the two sounds /u:/ and /ɔ:/?
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A. Force of articulation C. Height of the tongue

B. Degree of muscular tension D. Backness of the tongue
15. How many segments are there in this utterance “How many pens have you got”?
A. 14 B. 16 C. 18 D. 20
16. Which of the following is the symbol of dentalisation?
A. [x̪ ] B. [xh] C. [x=] D. [xo]
17. Which type of phonetics studies the production of sounds?
A. Acoustic phonetics C. Articulatory phonetics
B. Auditory phonetics D. Perceptual phonetics
18. Which speech organ is involved in the production of an affricate sound?
A. One of the lips B. The uvula C. The upper teeth D. The hard palate
19. In fluent fast speech, which intrusive sound is added to link the vowels in “two inches”?
A. /w/ B. /r/ C. /j/ D. /l/
20. Which of the following has a different stress pattern from the others?
A. Generous B. Suspicious C. Constancy D. Sympathy

SECTION 2 (40pts): Answer the questions below.

21. Provide phonemic transcription for the text below. (20pts)
Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated the summer holidays more than any
other time of year. For another, he really wanted to do his homework, but was forced to do it in the dead of night.
And he also happened to be a wizard.

22. Write out the phonemic transcription below into a normal conversational text. (5pts)
A: ɪkˈskjuːz mi| ɪkˈskjuːz mi| ˈnɔɪzi bɔɪ| ɪz ɪt ˈsʌmθɪŋ ðæt ju wʊd laɪk tu ʃeə wɪð ði ɪnˈtaɪə grʊp||
B: nəʊ nəʊ| ðæts əʊˈkeɪ||
A: wel kʌm ɒn| ɪf ɪts ɪmˈpɔːtnt ɪˈnʌf tu dɪˈskʌs waɪl aɪm pleɪɪŋ| ðen aɪ əˈsjuːm ɪts ɪmˈpɔːtnt ɪˈnʌf fɔː ˈevriwʌn els
tu hiə||

23. Provide phonetic transcription for the words below (15pts):

a. get b. sixteenth c. imprison

SECTION 3 (20pts): Answer the questions below.

24. Identify connected speech processes (assimilation, elision, and liaison) in the sentences below, assuming
that they are spoken fast and naturally. (10pts)
a. Don’t you think his movie is a waste of time?
b. Just calm down and enjoy the good song in this show.

25. Analyze the structure of the tone units in this utterance (10pts):
If the customer calls, you should connect him to the employer.

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