1.Please circle the correct option.
a. The properties of the sound waves of human speech
b. The production of sounds in human languages
c. The generation of speech sounds by computer
d. The perception of sounds of human languages
2.The idea of universal grammar was given by
a. William Labov
b. George Yule
c. David Crystal
d. Noam Chomsky
3.Articulatory phonetics is the study of
a. physical properties of speech 3) Phonemes
b. Speech organs
c. both a&b
d. physical production of speech sounds
4.The initial sound in ‘Pakistan’ is
a. interdental
b. bilabial
c. alveolar
d. plosive
5./kju/ is a phonemic transcription of
a. quay
b. queue
c. you
d. knew
6./tʌŋ / is a phonemic transcription of
a. toy
b. ton
c. tongue
d. tone
7.Which of the following is the most common syllable shape in the world’s languages:
a. vcc
b. CV
c. ccv
d. c
8.To make a nasal phone, which of the following do you do:
a. Lower the velum
b. Make a blockage in the nasal cavity
c. Raise the velum
d. Make a pharyngeal closure
9.Which of the two main types of phones involve the unimpeded flow of air throughthe oral cavity?
a. Plosives
b. Fricatives
c. Vowels
d. Consonants
10.Phonetic symbol ‘[j]’ sound is a
a. Nasal
b. liquid
c. glide
d. stop
11.Phonetic symbol ‘[z]’ sound is a
a. nasal
b. glide
c. ricative
d. affricate
12.The word “Divide” has the feet
a. tetra
b. Iambic
c. Trochaic
d. penta
13.Choose the correct transcription for ‘pluck’
a. /’plʌk/
b. /’plack/
c. /’plæck/
d.
14.Choose the correct transcription for ‘stream’
a. /’striːm/
b. /’strɪm/
c. /’strim/
d.
15.The study of human speech sounds in a language that form systematized patterns is called…
a. Phonology
b. Phonetics
c. Articulators
d. Phonetics and phonology
16.Choose the best description for the first sound in the American pronunciation of the word ‘teeth.’
a. velar
b. labiodental
c. alveolarpalatal
d. alveolar
17.Choose the correct transcription for ‘went’
a. /’wənt/
b. /’went/
c. /’wɜːnt/
d.
18.Choose the correct transcription for ‘mood’
a. /’muːd/
b. 1)/’mud/
c. /’mʊd/
d.
19.What does the sign / / represent?
a. Voiced bilabial
b. Nasal
c. Phonetic transcription
d. Centralization
20.What is the full form of IPA?
a. International Phonetic Agreement
b. Indian Phonetic Agreement
c. International Phonetic Alphabet
d. Indian Phonetic Alphabet
21.What does the sign / / -represent?
a. Alphabetic Transcription
b. Phonetic Transcription
c. Bilabial plosive
d. fall rise pitch
22.What does the phonetic symbol ‘d’ represent?
a. Voiced dental fricative
b. Voiceless bilabial plosive
c. Voiced bilabial plosive
d. Voiced alveolar plosive
23.Which of these refer to the sound features of a language?
a. Phones
b. Morphemes
c. phonetic sounds
d. Allophones
24.Articulatory Phonetics is the study of physical properties of speech sounds?
a. FALSE
b. TRUE
c. both
d.
25.Fricatives are_____where as plosives aren’t______
a. hissing
b. musical
c. vistle
d. none of these
26.Affricates are begin as_____& end as_________.
a. fortis,nasal
b. fricative, plosive
c. plosive,fricatives
d. nasal,fortis
27.Which of the following is an affricate?
a. /m/
b. /b/
c. /tf/
d. /k/
28.Plosives are also called______
a. nasal
b. Fricatives
c. stops
d. dental
29.Homorganics are_______
a. sound produced with same organ
b. sound with same length
c. vowel sounds
d. all of these
30.Sounds like ‘sh’ & /3/ produced with_____
a. both lips
b. tongue blade
c. alveolar ridge
d. front teeth
31.We only count____&___as Affricate phonemes
a. /tf/, /dz/
b. /tr/, /fv/
c. /ts/, /j/
d. none of these
32.Pronunciation of word Church is composed of___phonemes
a. 8
b. 5
c. 3
d. 2
33.____fricatives are articulated with more force than that of_____
a. fortis, voiceless
b. lenis, voiced
c. Fortis, lenis
d. lenis, fortis
34.Lenis fricatives have voicing in initial & final when they occur between
a. voiced
b. voiceless
c. both
d. none of these
35.In English, replacing one phoneme with another causes
a. meaning half change
b. meaning enhance
c. pronunciation change
d. no change
36.When we produce /tf/ & /dz/ affricates our lips are______
a. rounded
b. closed
c. come togather
d. all of these
37.Fortis sounds are usually articulated with __________ glottis.
a. open
b. open and closed
c. open and rounded
d. none of these
38.The word ‘nature’ can phonetically trancribed with glottalisation.
a. /neI?tfa/
b. /naet/
c. /naeltfa/
d. all of these
39.The plosive, Fricatives and Affricatices combinely give us how many consonants
a. ten
b. seventeen
c. nineteen
d. fifteen
40.The number of nasal consonants in English
a. six
b. three
c. four
d. five
41.‘How sounds are produced’ is comes under umbrella of
a. manner of articulation
b. place of articulation
c. both
d. None of these
42.When nasal sounds produced _________ is completely closed.
a. glottis
b. nasal cavity
c. oral cavity
d. all of these
43._______ is hardly produced when liquids are made.
a. glide
b. hissing
c. Friction
d. cavity
44.__________ sounds are produced when tongue is curled back.
a. stops
b. retroflex
c. nasal
d. lateral
45.____________ are considered as phonological building blocks of words.
a. syllable
b. morpheme
c. phoneme
d. all of these
46.The word that contain many syllables are said to be a _________.
a. tri-syllable
b. mono-syllable
c. di-syllable
d. poly-syllable
47.Semi-vowels are also called _________.
a. vowels
b. semi-consonants
c. approximant
d. consonants
48.Fortis production needs __________ force than that of lenis.
a. more
b. less
c. some
d. None of these
49.The study of the possible phoneme combinations of a language is called _________.
a. phone
b. phonotactics
c. morpheme
d. phoneme
50.No word begins with more than ___________ consonants.
a. two
b. four
c. three
d. six
Answer Keys:
| 1 | b | 21 | d | 41 | a |
| 2 | d | 22 | b | 42 | a |
| 3 | d | 23 | b | 43 | c |
| 4 | d | 24 | a | 44 | b |
| 5 | b | 25 | a | 45 | a |
| 6 | b | 26 | c | 46 | d |
| 7 | b | 27 | a | 47 | d |
| 8 | c | 28 | c | 48 | a |
| 9 | c | 29 | a | 49 | b |
| 10 | c | 30 | d | 50 | c |
| 11 | c | 31 | a | ||
| 12 | b | 32 | a | ||
| 13 | a | 33 | c | ||
| 14 | a | 34 | a | ||
| 15 | d | 35 | c | ||
| 16 | d | 36 | a | ||
| 17 | a | 37 | a | ||
| 18 | a | 38 | a | ||
| 19 | c | 39 | b | ||
| 20 | c | 40 | b |