1. How many phonemes are there in 'judge'?

a. one c.three
b. two d. four
2. How many phonemes are there in 'though'?
a. two c. six
b. three d. four
3. How many phonemes are there in 'easy'?
a. one c. three
b. two d. four
4. How many phonemes are there in 'phone'?
a. five c. two
b. three d. four
5. How many phonemes are there in 'round'?
a. five c. six
b. three d. four
6. What is the phonetic symbol for the first sound in jam?
a. d c. j
b. t ∫ d. dʒ
7. What is the phonetic symbol for the first sound in 'east'?
a. i: c. ɪ
b. e d. æ
8. What is the phonetic symbol for the first sound in that'?
a. th с. θ
b. ð d. t
9. What is the phonetic symbol for the last sound in 'laugh'?
a. v c. f
b. g d. k
10. What is the phonetic symbol for the last sound in 'lash'?
a. h c. s
b. ∫ d. x
11. What is the phonetic feature that distinguishes the sets of sounds [i:], [ɪ], [e], [æ] from [u:],
[ʊ], [ɔ:], [ɒ]?
a. backness of the tongue d. place of articulation
b. manner of articulation e. tongue's height
c. phonation
12. What is the phonetic feature that distinguishes the sets of sounds [p], [t], [k], [s], [f] from [b],
[d], [g],[z], [v]?
a. backness of the tongue d. place of articulation
b. manner of articulation e. tongue's height
c. phonation
13. What is the phonetic feature that distinguishes the sets of sounds [i:], [u:] from [æ], [ɑ:]?
a. backness of the tongue d. place of articulation
b. manner of articulation e. tongue's height
c. phonation
14. What is the phonetic feature that distinguishes the sets of sounds [∫], [ʒ] from [t∫], [dʒ]?
a. backness of the tongue d. place of articulation
b. manner of articulation e. tongue's height
c. phonation
15. What is the phonetic feature that distinguishes the sets of sounds [p], [b], [m] from [k], [g],
[ŋ]?
a. backness of the tongue d. place of articulation
b. manner of articulation e. tongue's height
c. phonation
16. Is this statement true or false: "Phonemes are sometimes in complementary distribution."?
a. True b. False
17. Is this statement true or false: "Dark [1] only occurs before vowels."?
a. True b. False
[18. Is this statement true or false: "The words 'singer' and hanger' are pronounced without the
consonant [g] in the middle."?
a. True b. False
19. Is this statement true or false: "It is important to let the air escape through a narrow passage
and make a hissing sound in order to create the fricatives."?
a. True b. False
20. Is this statement true or false: "[f, v] are labiodental sounds where the upper lip is in contact
with the lower teeth."?
a. True b. False
21. Select the best word to fill in the blank: 'In English, the words 'key' [k hi:] and 'ski' [ski:]
contain two sounds which are [k h] (aspirated) and [k] (unaspirated). We call these sounds …... of
the same phoneme /k/.’
a. minimal pairs c. aspiration
b. phonation d. allophones
22. Select the best word to fill in the blank: 'In the process of pronouncing the two vowels /i:/
and /e/, the ……. of the tongue is raised.'
a.back c. tip
b. front d. root
23. Select the best word to fill in the blank: ' …… are sounds which consist of a movement or
glide from one vowel to another.'
a. monophthongs c. diphthongs
b. triphthongs d. nuclei
24. Select the best word to fill in the blank: 'Phoneticians rely mostly on three criteria to
distinguish between vowels. They are tongue height, …… of the tongue and roundness of the
lips.'
a. movement c. manner
b. position d. backness
25. Select the best word to fill in the blank: 'The vowel in 'food' and 'soon' is a long, close, back,
…… vowel.'
a. fortis c. rounded
b. voiceless d. low
26. Select the best word to fill in the blank: ' …… distinguishes [p, t, k] from [b, d, g].’
a. Tongue height c. Place of articulation
b. Aspiration d. Manner of articulation
27. Select the best word to fill in the blank: '[f, t, θ] are voiceless consonants produced with more
force, so some phoneticians call them …… consonants.'
a. fortis c. strong
b. lenis d. phonation
28. Select the best word to fill in the blank: ' ……, such as [t∫] and [dʒ], can only be made by a
plosive and a fricative that are homorganic (= being made with the same articulator).'
a. Fricatives c. Alveolars
b. Affricates d. Velars
29. Select the best word to fill in the blank: 'To produce bilabial nasal [m], the air must pass
through the nose and it is prevented from passing through the mouth by closure at the
a. velum c. lips
b. alveolar ridge d. teeth
30. Which phonetic feature these sounds share: [u:], [ʊ], [ɒ]?
a. voiceless sounds c. short vowels
b. front vowels d. rounded vowels
31. Which phonetic feature these sounds share: [h], [t], [∫]?
a. voiceless sounds c. plosive consonants
b. lenis sounds d. approximant sounds
32. Which phonetic feature these sounds share: [i:], [ɪ], [e], [æ]?
a. voiceless sounds c. short vowels
b. front vowels d. rounded vowels
33. Which phonetic feature these sounds share: [dʒ], [g], [b]?
a. voiceless sounds c. velar consonants
b. affricate sounds d. lenis sounds
34. Which letter is silent in the word 'debt"?
a. d c. b
b. t c. e
35. What is the voicing of the last sound in 'cake"?
a.It is a voiceless sound. c. It is a voiced sound
b. It becomes voiced at the end of a word. d. It becomes a lenis sound after a vowel
36. What is the name of the last sound in 'soda"?
a. wedge c. schwa
b. theta d. ash
37. What is the glottis?
a. the large cartilages in the neck c. the vocal tract
b. the voice box d. the opening between vocal folds
38. In speech, the …… is raised so that the air cannot escape through the nose.
a. hard palate c. tongue
b. vocal cord d. velum
39. Which type of sound creates more obstruction to the airflow?
a. the consonant c. the phone
b. the vowel d. the allophone
40. When we replace one ……, we can create a different word.
a. allophone with another of the same phoneme
b. allophone with another from the free variation type
c. phoneme with another
d. type of transcription with another
41. To create voiceless consonants, the glottis must be ……
a. wide apart c. nearly toughed
b. narrow d. tightly closed
42. The …… is the roof of the mouth which is formed by a bony structure.
a. velum c. trachea
b. upper teeth d. hard palate
43. The most flexible articulator along the vocal tract is ……
a. the lip c. the glottis
b. the lung d. the tongue
44. The vowel [i:] in …… is shorter than the others.
a. seize c. glee
b. beat d. seem
45. Which of the following diphthongs is pronounced differently from the others?
a. rear c. pear
b. steer d. ear
46. Which of the following is true?
a. All vowels are voiced.
b. Consonants are produced without obstruction of the air stream.
c. All consonants are voiced.
d. Vowels are produced with a complete closure in the vocal tract.
47 . …… are pronounced with the contact made between lower lip and upper teeth.
a. Alveolars c. Labio-dentals
b. Bilabials d. Dentals
48. A syllabic consonant stands as the center of a …… syllable instead of a vowel.
a. weak c. schwa
b. strong d. stressed
49. Which of the followings does not form a minimal pair with 'night"?
a. height c. light
b. kite d. knight
50. The vowel [ɑ:] in …… is longer than the others.
a. part c. carp
b. star d. bark

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