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