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