REVIEW SECTION 1

Exercise 1. In the following list of words, transcribe the words and then find
minimal pairs

1. beak 2. beg 3 .big 4. black

5. back 6. bag 7. block 8. blot
9. bog 10. bug 11. diss 12. mitt
13. knit 14. peek 12. Pete 16.pig
17. place 18. plaque 19. plate 20. play
21. plot 22.pratt 23. pray 24. sit
25. thin 26. thing 27.this 28.zit

Exercise 2. Give a complete description of the consonant sound represented by

the symbol and then supply an English word containing the sound.

Example: /tʃ/ voiceless palate-alveolar affricate cherry

1. /ʃ/
2. /k/
3. /ŋ/
4. /ð/
5. /θ/
6. /n/
7. /g/
8. /s/
9. /v/
10. /p/

Exercise 3. Give the phonemic symbol representing the consonant sound

described and then supply an English word containing the sound.

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 1. Voiced palato-alveolar affricate
2. Voiceless bilabial stop
3. Voiced alveolar nasal
4. Voiced bilabial nasal
5. Voiceless labiodental fricative
6. Voiceless glottal fricative

Exercise 4. Give a complete description of the vowel sound represented by the

symbol and then supply an English word containing the sound

/u:/
/e/
/ ɪ/
/ ɔɪ/
/ aʊ/
/ iː/

Exercise 5. Give the phonemic symbol representing the vowel sound described
and then supply an English word containing the sound.

1. short low front unrounded monophthong

2. long mid back rounded monophthong
3.high front (lax) to (upper) mid central diphthong
4. long mid central neutral monophthong
5. mid front to high front (lax) diphthong

Exercise 6. Multiple choices

1. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in voicing from the
other segments?
A. [g, tʃ, θ, b] B. [ l, n, b, ð] C. [ w, j , r, l ] D. [j, d, g, z ]
2. Which of the following is closest to the minimal pair?

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A. [fæt] [ hɪt] fat – hit B. [fɪt] [væt]fit - vat
C. [fæt] [ kæt] fat – cat D. [fæt] [ kɪt] fat – kit
3. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic
description: voiced labiodental fricative
A. [ f ] B. [ w ] C. [ð ] D. [ v ]
4. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Phonology aims to provide the set of features, or properties that can describe all
sounds in human language.
B. Phonology deals with the articulatory and acoustic aspects of speech sounds.
C. Phonology provides the means for describing speech sounds.
D. Phonology studies the ways phonemes function in language.
5. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in manner of
articulation from the other segments?
A. [ , ð, s, z ] B. [ w, r, j, l ] C. [ t, d, g, p ] D. [ p, b, z, d ]
6. Which of the following phonetic variations that may happen to the lateral [ l ] in
this context: ankle
A. [ l ] becomes devoiced after voiced stop [ k ]
B. [ l ] becomes unaspirated after voiced stop [ k ]
C. [ l ] becomes syllabic after voiced stop [ k ]
D. [ l] becomes aspirated after voiced stop [ k ]
7. Which of the following statements is correct?
The affricates [ tʃ,] and [ dʒ ] are
A. consonants produced with a continuous airflow through the mouth.
B. consonants produced with the complete stoppage of the air in the mouth which
causes explosion.
C. consonants produced with the lowering of the soft palate.
D. produced with an initial stop then with a slow separation of the tongue to make
friction.
8. Which of the following segments corresponds to each of the following phonetic
description? long high back rounded vowel
A. [ i: ] B. [ ɔː ] C. [ u: ] D. [ ɑː]
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9. Which of the following statements is correct?
When two or more sounds never occur in the same phonemic context or environment
they are said to be
A. allophones of a phoneme B. different phonemes
C. identical segments D. in free variation
10. Which of the following statements is correct?
Palatal is made
A. at the hard palate B. at the soft area toward the rear of the roof of the mouth
C. at the teeth ridge D. with the tongue placed against the teeth
11. Which of the following assimilatory processes that may happen to the alveolar [ t ]
in this context: [' fæt 'g3:l ] fat girl?
A. [ t ] may be velarized before the velar [ g ].
B. [ t ] may be deleted before the velar [ g ]
C. [ t ] may be aspirated before the velar [ g ]
D. [ t ] may become syllabic before the velar [ g ]
12. Which of the following statements is correct?
Nasal sounds are produced with
A. the airstream released through the oral cavity
B. the continuous air flow through the mouth
C. with the velum being lowered
D. A & B
13. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following
phonetic description: lax low front vowel?
A. [ i: ] B. [ e ] C. [ ɪ] D. [ æ ]
14. Which of the following is the phonetic transcription of this form “tank”?

15. How many segments are there in the word bookshop?

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A. 7 B. 6 C. 4 D. 5
16. Which of the following words contain a long vowel?
A. seen B. hat C. hot D. not
17. Which of the following statements is correct?
All the consonants are produced with
A. an extra puff of the air strongly expelled
B. an obstruction of the airstream (complete or partial)
C. no vibration of the vocal cords
D. vibration of the vocal cords
18. Organs of articulation are located
A. in the larynx B. along the vocal tract
C. in the throat D. in the vocal cords
19. Which of the following is not a criterion to classify English simple vowels?
A. tongue height B. tongue part C. length of sound D. voicing
20 / i: / and / u: / are different in:
A. tongue position B. length C. muscle tension D. lip shape