Quiz 1

QUIZ 1
I. Mark (√) each of the following sentences true or false.
TRUE FALSE
1 The major stress on two-syllable words is more likely to

fall on the first syllable if the word is a noun, and on the
second syllable if the word is a verb.
2 In the production of labio-velar sounds the two lips

approach one another, and the back of the tongue is raised
toward the soft palate.
3 Two sounds that appear in a minimal pair never belong to

distinctive phonemes.
4 A phoneme is one of the basic distinctive units in the

phonetics of a language. The actual speech sounds which
represent it are its allophones.
5 Vowel sounds are produced by obstructing the air flow as

it comes up from the lungs.
6 Plosives are produced with complete closure in the vocal

tract followed by a gradual release.
7 Syllables which consist of an onset and a nucleus are

traditionally termed ‘open’, e.g. pray, spray.
8 Vowels/diphthongs are longer before voiced stops than

before voiceless stops.
9 An intrusive “j” may appear to link two words when the

final vowels of the first word are /u:/ and /ʊ/.
10 All words, when spoken aloud, are made of sequences of

vowel sounds.
II. Use an appropriate word to complete the following sentences.

1. The organs of speech give their names to the places of ………………..
2. For …………. syllables, three features were identified: loudness, pitch change
and a longer syllable.
3. Voiceless stops are aspirated at the ……………….. of a stressed syllable.
4. Devoicing is an assimilatory process whereby a normally voiced segment is
realised as …………………...
5. When a speech sound changes, and becomes more like another sound which
follows it or precedes it, this is called ……………………...
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6. All six ……………………. can occur at the beginning of a word, between other
sounds and at the end of a word.
7. When voiced consonants are produced, the vocal folds ………………………...
8. In the study of suprasegmental phonology, the difference between Ꞌimport and
imꞋport is a difference in …………………...
9. Alveolar stops become dentalized when they are followed by a …………….
consonant.
10. In production of the lateral consonant, the air escapes along the sides of the
……………….
III. How many syllables are there in the following words?

Examples June: 1 syllable engineer: 3 syllables
1 interestingly 6 advantageous
2 coincidental 7 inapplicability
3 elementary 8 labiodental
4 detoxification 9 astronomically
5 devastating 10 appreciation
IV. Underline each sound in the following words which matches the description given.
Follow the example given in (0).
0 a high front vowel feet, fell, put, peat
1 a low front vowel fan, any, many, marry
2 a high back vowel tomb, shut, bury, good
3 a short front vowel net, to, neat, build
4 a low back vowel fork, hot, hut, on
5 a central vowel name, err, ago, hit
6 a spread (unrounded) vowel book, heap, dear, hill
7 a triphthong loyal, five, main, liar
8 a mid vowel bury, dam, turn, feed
9 a centring diphthong cold, here, bear, mower
10 a closing diphthong layer, wide, lower, roll
V. Name the single feature that distinguishes the following pairs of sounds.
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Example /p/-/b/ voiceless or voiced
1 / w /- / j /
2 / t /- / d/
3 /n/-/l/
4 / s /- / h /
5 /m/-/w/
VI. For each of the following pairs of English consonants, provide minimal pairs that
illustrate their occurrence in initial and final position.
Initial position Final position
Examples: / p / - / b / pit- bit cap-cab
1. / b / - / d /
2. / m / - / n /
3. / d / - / t /
4. / t / - / s /
5. / p / - /t /
VII. Put the main stress (Ꞌ) on each of the following words.
Example Ꞌfather
1. proverbial 11. expressionism
2. contradiction 12. photography
3. adverb 13. car-ferry
4. constructive 14. opportune
5. suitcase 15. demonstrative
6. advantage 16. illustrate
7. advantageous 17. architect
8. launderette 18. ill-treat
9. differential 19. cinema
10. evacuee 20. simultaneity
GOOD LUCK!
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I. Mark (√) each of the following sentences true or false.

1 The major stress on two-syllable words is more likely to

2 In the production of labio-velar sounds the two lips

3 Two sounds that appear in a minimal pair never belong to

4 A phoneme is one of the basic distinctive units in the

5 Vowel sounds are produced by obstructing the air flow as

6 Plosives are produced with complete closure in the vocal

7 Syllables which consist of an onset and a nucleus are

8 Vowels/diphthongs are longer before voiced stops than

9 An intrusive “j” may appear to link two words when the

10 All words, when spoken aloud, are made of sequences of

II. Use an appropriate word to complete the following sentences.

III. How many syllables are there in the following words?

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