MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D

1....................deals with how speech sounds are produced, transmitted, and perceived.
A. Grammar B. Phonotactics C. Phonetics D. Text linguistics
2........................phonetics deals with how speech sounds are perceived by the listeners.
A. Articulatory B. Acoustics C. Auditory D. Experimental
3........................phonetics deals with transmission of speech sound through the air.
A. Articulatory B. Acoustic C. Experimental D. Auditory
4. Which of the following is not considered as (an) articulator(s)?
A. The tongue B. The lips C. The velum D. The ears
5. .............................is the study or description of the distinctive sound units of a language
and their relationship to one another.
A. Phonetics B. Phonology C. Semantics D. Pragmatics
6. The production of different speech sounds through the use of organs of speech is known
as.....................................................
A. assimilation B. dissimilation C. articulation D. syllabification
7. Which of the following is not an aspect of the speech sounds as a physical event?
A. Physiological B. Acoustic C. Articulatory D. Comprehensive
8. Besides having the physical properties, the speech sounds also have ...........................
when they are distinctive units of sounds in a language.
A. thematic function B. stylistic function
C. affective function D. distinctive function
9. The term.........................is applied for the study of the more abstract, the more functional,
or the more psychological aspects of speech.
A. phonetics B. phonology C. grammar D. semantics
10. Since...........................is easily understood in all English speaking countries, it is adapted
as the norm in the schools and higher educational institutions.
A. Received pronunciation B. Broad Australian
C. Narrow American D. New Zealand
11. Which of the following is not a stage of the speech chain?
A. psychological B. articulatory C. acoustic D. synthetic
12. The..........................provide the most usual source of energy.
A. lungs B. ears C. eyes D. lips
13. The larynx is situated in the upper part of the................................
A. mouth B. windpipe C. eyes D. ears
14. When the vocal cords are touching or nearly touching, the sounds they produced might be
A. /p, t and k/ B. /s, k and t/ C. /p, s and k/ D. /a:, i and i:/
15. The oral, nasal and pharyngeal cavities function as...................of the note produced in the
larynx.
A. vibrators B. resonators C. joiner D. filler
16. Which of the following is/are the articulators above the larynx?
A. The lungs B. The stomach C. The tongue D. The eyes
17. The..............................is between the teeth ridge and the soft palate.
A. hard palate B. tongue C. nose D. lungs
18. We use the word glottis to refer to the opening between..................................
A. the eyes B. the ears C. the vocal cords D. the mouth
19. The...............can be rounded or unrounded.
A. vibrators B. resonators C. joiners D. fillers
20. Which of the following states of the vocal cords is important in the production of
vibration?
A. wide apart B. touching or nearly touching each other
C. narrow glottis D. half apart
21. Which of the following is not true?
 A. The phoneme is the smallest distinctive unit of sound in a language.
B. The morpheme is the smallest unit of sound in a language which can distinguish two
morphemes or two words.
C. The allophones of the same phoneme must show phonetic similarity to one another.
D. The allophones of the same phoneme must occur in the same phonetic context.
22.............................regards the phoneme as the minimal sound unit by which meanings may
be differentiated.
A. The mentalist view B. The physical view
C. The functional view D. The abstract view
23. Allophones are known as..............................variants of a phoneme.
A. the predictable syllabic B. the predictable phonetic
C. the predictable morphological D. the predictable textual
24. Which of the following is not a segmental phoneme?
A. The vowel B. The stress C. The consonant D. The diphthong
25. Which of the following words form a minimal pair?
A. bate - bite B. thin - free C. bat - she D. ship - three
26. Which of the following pairs of phonemes differs in two distinctive features?
A. / p - b / B. / t - d / C. / p - g / D. / p - z /
27. How many phonemes are there in the word teaching?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
28. The initial vowel of economics could be either /i/ or /e/ according to the variation in the
pronunciation of different speakers. The sounds are said to be............in that particular word.
A. free variation B. positional variation
C. distinctive variation D. significant variation.
29. A/An..................transcription is based on the principle "one symbol per phoneme".
A. allophonic B. phonemic C. narrow D. non-distinctive.
30. When the word meat is transcribed as [mi:t],..........................transcription is used.
A. allophonic B. phonemic C. narrow D. morphophonemic.
31. Speech sounds are divided into vowels and.......................
A. phonemes B. syllables C. words D. consonants
32. Which of the following is incorrect?
A. All vowels are voiced B. Vowels are less sonorous than consonants
C. All vowels are syllabic D. Consonants are either voiced or voiceless.
33.........................is an unchanging sound in the pronunciation of which the organs of speech
do not perceptibly change the position throughout the duration of the vowel.
A. A diphthong B. A pure vowel C. A consonant D. A triphthong.
34. In the articulation of the..........................sound, the central of the tongue is raised toward
the palate.
A. front B. back C. central D. open
35. A/an................vowel is the one in the production of which one part of the tongue comes
close to the palate without touching it and the air passage is narrow, but not so much as to form a
consonant.
A. open B. mid-open C. mid-close D. close.
36. Which of the following words contains a close vowel?
A. sand B. hard C. sit D. hot
37. Which of the following words does not contains an open vowel?
A. seen B. hat C. hot D. not
38. According to the.................., vowels can be rounded or unrounded
A. height of the raised part of the tongue.
B. raised part of the tongue.
C. length of the vowels
D. shape of the lips.
 39.....................vowels are the ones in the production of which the lips are drawn together so
that the opening between them is more or less round.
A. Rounded B. Unrounded C. Long D. Short
40....................vowels are the ones in the production of which the lips may be spread out so
as to leave long narrow opening between them.
A. Long B. Spread C. Rounded D. Short
41...................is a combination of two vowels pronounced within one syllable.
A. A diphthong B. A consonant C. A front vowel D. An open vowel.
42. Which of the following words contains a closing diphthong?
A. hear B. sure C. day D. very
43. Which of the following criteria cannot be used as a classifying criterion for consonant
classification?
A. The position of the soft palate. B. The manner of articulation.
C. The place of articulation. D. The shape of the lips.
44. /a:/ is a/an.....................vowel.
A. open front short B. open central long
C. close front long D. open back long.
45. / i: / is a ...................
A. diphthong B. consonant C. pure vowel D. syllable
46. / ai / is a ..................................
A. diphthong B. consonant C. pure vowel D. syllable.
47. Which of the following is true?
A. Vowels are produced with complete closure in the vocal tract.
B. Consonants are produced with no obstruction in the vocal tract.
C. Consonants are more sonorous than vowels.
D. All vowels are syllabic.
48. Which of the following is not used as a criterion in vowel classification.
A. The height to which the tongue is raised.
B. The part of the tongue which is raised.
C. The windpipe.
D. The vowel length.
49...............................are sounds articulated by the lower lip against the upper teeth.
A. Labio-dental B. Alveolars C. Velars D. Glottals.
50. The cardinal vowel diagram is a ....................based on a combination of the articulatory
and auditory judgments.
A. system of guessing B. system of stress patterns
C. system of letter D. set of standard reference points.