- 1. ------ is the way a person pronounces the word of a language.
A) phonetics
B) phones
C) Diction
D) Speaking
- 2. How many alphabet has the English language
A) 10
B) One
C) Two
D) 5
- 3. The '_____ is used to diffentiate sounds from letters
A) Slashes
B) Ink
C) Alphabet
D) Dots
- 4. All the following are strategies that can help to improve spoken English except ______.
A) imitating native speakers
B) listening to audio books
C) making haste in your speech
D) watching English media
- 5. The two major standard varieties of English pronunciation are ________ and ________
A) Perfect English and Imperfect English
B) Local English and International English
C) Static English and Dynamic English
D) British English and American English
- 6. The accent group of speakers who pronounce written "r" in all positions are referred to as _______
A) rhotic
B) accentuated
C) intuited
D) blended
- 7. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'A'?
A) /eɪ/
B) /ay/
C) /aɪ/
D) /ey/
- 8. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'E'?
A) /eiː/
B) /ee/
C) /eː/
D) /iː/
- 9. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'G'?
A) /jiː/
B) /dʒiː/
C) /ʒiː/
D) /giː/
- 10. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'H'?
A) /heɪtʆ/
B) /eɪtʆ/
C) /aɪʆ/
D) /aɪtʆ/
- 11. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'U'?
A) /yuː/
B) /juː/
C) /juw/
D) /uː/
- 12. Spoken English has _____ sound segments.
A) 24
B) 12
C) 20
D) 44
- 13. There are ________ vowel sounds in spoken English.
A) 12
B) 7
C) 20
D) 24
- 14. There are ___ consonant sounds in spoken English. Type the answer in figures only.
- 15. The vowel sounds that give single qualities when they are articulated are known as ______.
A) diphthongs
B) intonation
C) monophthongs
D) inflection
- 16. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/iː/'?
A) sit
B) amoeba
C) piece
D) bean
- 17. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/e/'?
A) bed
B) heart
C) bury
D) said
- 18. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/əʊ/'?
A) chauffeur
B) boat
C) robe
D) owl
- 19. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/uː/'?
A) cook
B) food
C) shoe
D) moon
- 20. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/f/'?
A) future
B) laughter
C) phone
D) of
- 21. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/θ/'?
A) healthy
B) thing
C) bath
D) Thomas
- 22. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/ð/'?
A) the
B) healthy
C) leather
D) although
- 23. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/ʤ/'?
A) gym
B) fridge
C) game
D) jet
- 24. Vowel to vowel linking is also known as ______.
A) sliding
B) depending
C) finding
D) gliding
- 25. Which of the following is the correct stress pattern for the word 'opportunity'?
A) OPportunity
B) opportuniTY
C) opPORtunity
D) opporTUnity
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