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