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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) Diction
B) Speaking
C) phonetics
D) phones
  • 2. How many alphabet has the English language
A) 10
B) One
C) 5
D) Two
  • 3. The '_____ is used to diffentiate sounds from letters
A) Alphabet
B) Ink
C) Slashes
D) Dots
  • 4. All the following are strategies that can help to improve spoken English except ______.
A) imitating native speakers
B) making haste in your speech
C) watching English media
D) listening to audio books
  • 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) accentuated
B) rhotic
C) blended
D) intuited
  • 7. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'A'?
A) /aɪ/
B) /ay/
C) /eɪ/
D) /ey/
  • 8. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'E'?
A) /ee/
B) /eiː/
C) /iː/
D) /eː/
  • 9. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'G'?
A) /dʒiː/
B) /jiː/
C) /ʒiː/
D) /giː/
  • 10. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'H'?
A) /aɪʆ/
B) /heɪtʆ/
C) /eɪtʆ/
D) /aɪtʆ/
  • 11. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'U'?
A) /uː/
B) /yuː/
C) /juː/
D) /juw/
  • 12. Spoken English has _____ sound segments.
A) 20
B) 12
C) 44
D) 24
  • 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) intonation
B) monophthongs
C) diphthongs
D) inflection
  • 16. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/iː/'?
A) sit
B) piece
C) amoeba
D) bean
  • 17. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/e/'?
A) heart
B) bed
C) bury
D) said
  • 18. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/əʊ/'?
A) boat
B) chauffeur
C) robe
D) owl
  • 19. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/uː/'?
A) cook
B) moon
C) shoe
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) thing
B) Thomas
C) bath
D) healthy
  • 22. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/ð/'?
A) healthy
B) the
C) leather
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) finding
B) sliding
C) depending
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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