NAME: …………………………… NUMBER: …..

DATE: January 15, 2024

PHONOLOGY - moodle 1

I. How many phonemes are there in the following words?

Example: tent : 4 phonemes laugh: 3 phonemes

1. phonology /fəˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/ A. 8 B. 9 C. 7 D. 6

2. knack /næk/ A. 4 B. 3 C. 5 D. 2

3. rhyme /raɪm/ A. 5 B. 6 C. 3 D. 4

4. larynx /ˈlær.ɪŋks/ A. 6 B. 8 C. 7 D. 5

5. diphthong /ˈdɪf.θɒŋ/ A. 4 B. 3 C. 5 D. 6

II. Mark (√) each of the following sentences true or false.

TRUE FALSE
1. There are twelve diphthongs in English

2. Phoneme is one of the smallest units of speech that

make one word different from another word
3. Phonology is the study of sounds in a particular
language or in languages generally
4. Larynx is an organ in humans and animals between
the nose and the lungs that contains the muscles
that move very quickly to create the voice or
animal sounds
5. English has twenty consonants