DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES TEST #1

CLASS: ____________________
SUBJECT: PRONUNCIATION
NAME: ____________________
Time Allotted: 45 Minutes
Number of correct answer: _______
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Questions 1-10
Decide whether each of the following statements TRUE or FALSE.

ANSWER
1. Two words with same pronunciation but different letters are homographs. FALSE
2. In terms of speaking, words are made of consonant and vowel letters. FALSE
3. The number of sounds in a word do not alwalys equal the number of letters. TRUE
4. There are 44 consonant sound in English sound system. FALSE
5. Vowel sounds in English consist of long and short vowels. FALSE
6. Sound play does not involve the spelling of the word. TRUE
7. In “Dennis the Menace”, the repeating of the first sounds creates the sound play. FALSE
8. Letter A is always pronounced as // as in ant, apple. FALSE
9. // is a voiced sound as the producing of the sound involves the vibration of the TRUE
vocal cord.
10. In “example”, the letter “x” is pronounced as //. FALSE

Questions 11-20
Find minimal pairs for the following sets of sounds.

// - // // - //

11. 16.
12. 17.
13. 18.
14. 19.
15. 20.

Questions 21-25
In each group, one word has the underlined sound pronounced differently from that in the
other words.

ANSWER
21. A. desks B. rulers C. bags D. pens A
22. A. pay B. bay C. day D. quay
23. A. take B. radius C. spark D. cake
24. A. tips B. lifts C. trucks D. films
25. A. advertise B. age C. standard D. natural

Questions 26-30
Identify the stressed syllable in each word.
 ANSWER
26. disturb
27. headmaster
28. sixty
29. president
30. scream

Questions 30-35
Underline the stressed word(s) in each sentence.

ANSWER
31. Please to meet you.
32. Call and thank him.
33. What would you like?
34. I’m cold and tired.
35. Where do you live?

Questions 36-40
Identify the word with the stress pattern given.

ANSWER
36. oOo hamburger potato onions sandwiches
37. oO question answer mistake number
38. ooO American European Chinese Japanese
39. Ooo weekend Saturday Sunday employee
40. ooOo communicate communication educate education

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