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COLLEGE OF SOCIALSCIENCES AND HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE

TEST 5
1. Which part of:speechdoesnot have a weak form? a. articles b. prepositions @ nounsz/ d. pronounces

2 . / 3 l i s a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .o n s o n a n t . c a. post alveolar-fiicative-voiceless b. palatal-approximant c. post alveolar-affricative-voiced alveolar-fricative-voi ced / @ nor, 3. The vowel / i: I ts a. front- close- long - spread- lax close- long - spread-tense./ @front- long - spread'-lax b. back- close d. front- open- long - spread- lax 4. How many diphthongsare there in English? a . 5 c.7 b.6 "bilabial" refers to ...............,..........5. The term a. the manner of articulation b. the voicing place of articulation/ d. All are wrong. fSthe L,' 'fhe 6. rnaximumamountof consonants the coda of a svllable can be in five c.three b. six G g""t 7. Pitch is described the term of in a. close and open low fu]igrt and Y shortandlong @ stressand unstressed 8. The Iiquid sounds Engtishare ............... irt a. /w/and/t/ c./w/and/j/ d./j/and/l/ $.,/r/and/1y' 9. Which of the fbllowing words has the correctstress placement? t \ 'armchair'/ 'ill-treat b. sun-'flower c. d. 'downstream Q) 10.Phonetically, English vowels are pronounced the a. with a partial obstruction the air stream. of b.' with a completeobstruction the air stream. of c. with a completeor partial obstruction the air stream. of @ al arc wrong. ,/' 1l. The EnglishsoundI t I is a .................... consonant. plosive voiced plosivevoiceless'/ a. alveolar @alveolar c. alveolar fricative voiced d. velarplosivevoiceless 12.The syllabic consonant | / occurafter some / a. vowels cr dentals b. diphthongs 6}.ll arc wrong..2./ 13.The ...stress a pitch movementfrom a higher to a lbfier pitch to form the is prominenceof a stressed syllable. (Qpnmary,/ d. four level secondary b. tertiary

@s,

'

14.Which consonant cannotbe at the end of a syllable? a. labiodentat glottal / c. dental @ Sveta, 15.Which of the tbllo.wihgwordshas the wrong stress placement? 'armchair a. c. bad-'tempered cl.back-'pedal @un'flower-./ 16.In the onsetwith two consonants, consonant s / can go with consonant the / _

a. tll

b.Lll

c./h/

17.Phonetically, syllablesconSist a centrewhich ........:.....-....-...... of a- has little or no obstructioq airflow b. has an obstruction airflow to to c. soundscomparatively loud a and c are correct r@ 18.Which consonant lateral sound? is a. /r/ b./w/ d.lm/ @rrr7 19.Centring diphthongs in ....................... end

@l,,,

a. /u:l
.a\

b.lrl

c-151,/

d.le/

20. What part of speechdoesthe word "present"belong to if it receive the stress on its

second syllabtre?

/(a. verb / b. noun c. adjective d. all are wrong ) \J - close- short- spread lax vowel. 2l.The word ................... of back consists /-\ , b. who c. lose d. too tU book ./ 22.How many plosivesare there in English? b.8 c.10 d.r2 @ 6 7 23. Which of the followine consonant clusterscannotbe a coda in English?

@lar.rl \t/ 24.The wo1d........... hasa long vowel.

@ n ,/ b. hook

,ffit maz//

c. / mpts/ c. foot

d. / ksOs/ d. hit

25. Which of the following words has dark lateral sound/ i / a. bottle b. lung c. balloon @sklll ,z \'/ 26.A consonant can not be at the end of a svllable. ' a. labiodental lnF.Lotal r' c. dental d. velar 27.Phen we add the suffi( "-ese" to the wqrd "Japan",the primary stress ......... b. is on first syllable @lr on this suffix. .,,' Yir ot the secondsyllable d. All are wrons 28. Which of the following words has the glottal consonant?

a. hour

u. troneJt

fi."*no ,z

d. which

29.TW weak syllableconsist a peaYwhichhasa .................... of syllabicconsonant c. long vowel )i d. diphthong (b. )short vowel with a codao g0.'W'trat refer to the vibration of the vocal cords? a. mannerof articulation c. point of articulation b. lip-rounding @votcing /