AL-HIKMA COLLEGE

mid term exam of phonetics

Univ. Inst. For Medical and Technical science
Time:1:30
Sana'a

Date:5/6/2010

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or false and if it is wrong ,write the correct one: 1-Put true
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The sound /T/ is voiceless-1

The sound /r/ is approximant-2

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The place of articulation is divided into six parts-3

Acoustic phonetics deals with the physical properties of speech as sound waves -4 ( )
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Sounds are used in oral language -5

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/Loud " is an example of the sound /au "-6

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The number of syllables equals the number of vowels in a word -7

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Phonemes are phonetic-8

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phonology is a part of phonetics-9

Is an example of elision

( )"10-"The mid term exam

Distribute these words according to the pronunciation of their ends when you make the (a) -2
:plural or the present tense form of verbs for the third person singular

look
ball

2- match
5-paper
lamb

3-bathe-1
6-wish-4
8-lamp-7

/s/

/z/

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Distribute these words according to the pronunciation of their ends when you make the past (b)
tense form of verbs
/t/
stopped
dated

2-robbed 3- called -1
5- issued 6-killed -4

/d/

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:Describe these sounds -3

-/1/
/v/-2
/z/-3
/s/-4
/g/-5
?What is the difference between phone and phoneme (a)-4
?What is the difference between coda and onset (b)

:What is-5
:phonetics-1
:bilabial-2
:voiced sounds-3
:cluster-4
:allophone-5
Produce the phonetic description of the most common pronunciation you hear of the -6
?following words
1-good

2-boot

3-gate

4-tiny

dark-5

Write the basic structure of the following syllables -7

hurry
2- stay
3-real 4-you 5-all-1