30 CÂU HỎI
Which of the following is the final sound in “climb”
A. /b/
B. /m/
C. /mb/
A syllabic consonant stands as the center of a week syllable instead of a vowel
A. True
B. False
The underlined sound in is phonetically similar to a vowel.
A. Hat
B. Honor
C. Plow
D. Jam
Vowels occuring before final /m, n, ŋ/ are .........
A. Velarized
B. Labialized
C. Dentalized
D. Nasalized
The underlined sound in “lantern” is
A. Not syllabic
B. Syllabic
C. Nasalized
D. Devoiced
The consonant is made with the air escaping along the sides of the tongue.
A. Approximant
B. Lateral
C. Semi-vowel
D. Semi-consonant
The initial sound in is a voiced, bilabial, approximant.
A. Bin
B. Wet
C. Red
D. Man
Clear [l] only occurs before:
A. Vowels
B. Consonants
C. Diphthongs
D. A & C
The underlined sound in London is:
A. Not syllabic
B. Syllabic
C. Nasalized
D. Devoiced
The underlined sound in initial is:
A. Oral
B. Nasal
C. Nasalized
D. Devoiced
Phonetic transcription is the symbol for
A. A precise pronunciation of a sound
B. A phoneme
C. A & B
Phonemic transcription is written between
A. Parentheses
B. Square brackets
C. Slanted lines
Broad transcription is written between
A. Slanted lines
B. Square brackets
C. Parentheses
Phonemic transcription is the symbol for
A. A precise pronunciation of a sound
B. A phoneme
C. A & B
An allophone of a phoneme is another pronunciation of that phoneme which does not cause a difference in .................
A. Meaning
B. Pronunciation
C. Spelling
D. Stress
[t] & [th] are called the of the phoneme /t/
A. Transcription
B. Allophones
C. Minimal pair
D. Homophones
How many phonemes are there in the word “would”
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
A minimal pair is
A. A pair of words of the same pronunciation
B. Two allophones of the same phoneme
C. A pair of words which differ from each other by only one phoneme at the same position
D. A & C
Bean and dean are a minimal pair because
A. They contain the same vowel sound.
B. They are both singular nouns.
C. They differ in only one sound segment that occurs in the same place in the string.
Which of the followings does not form a minimal pair with night?
A. Height
B. Kite
C. Light
D. Knight
A consonant is a phoneme
A. Segmental
B. Super-segmental
C. Over-segmental
D. B & C
Stress, able to cause a change in meaning of a word, is a phoneme.
A. Segmental
B. Super-segmental
C. Over-segmental
D. B & C
Which of the following is an allophone?
A. t
B. /t/
C. [t]
D. {t}
Which of the following is a phoneme?
A. t
B. /t/
C. [t]
D. {t}
The phonetic transcription is written between:
A. [ ]
B. / /
C. { }
D. ( )
The broad transcription is written between:
A. [ ]
B. / /
C. { }
D. ( )
In a weak syllable, the vowel is usually pronounced as
A. Schwa
B. Approximant
C. Syllabic
D. Semi-vowel
The shortest English syllable consists of
A. CV
B. C
C. V
D. VC
ONSET consonants in an English syllable are
A. Consonants preceding the PEAK
B. Consonants following the CENTER
C. Sound(s) in the center of a syllable
D. Vowels or diphthongs
The maximum number of consonants in ONSET of an English syllable is
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4