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1.The sounds of a language change over time. English spelling does not always reflect this change: how was the 'gh' in 'night' originally pronounced?
A. Like German 'ch' in 'ich', but voiced
B. Like English 'ch' in 'church'
C. Like English 'y' in 'yellow'
D. Like German 'ch' in 'ich', but voiced
2.Which of these words describes the changing of the form of a verb in order to reflect person, number, tense and mood?
A. Conjugation
B. Subordination
C. Inversion
D. Conjugation
3. The combination of sounds 'ms-' is not acceptable as the beginning of a word or syllable in English. In which of these languages is it acceptable?
A. Dutch
B. Russian
C. French
D. Dutch
4.And finally... Old Norse is almost the same as which modern Scandinavian language?
A. Danish
B. Norwegian
C. Icelandic
D. Danish
5.A large enclosure for confining birds is known as _________?
A. Aviary
B. Columbary
C. Volary
D. Aviary
6.Which of these terms refer to the study of speech process?
A. Phonology
B. Phonetic substances
C. Phonetics
D. Phonology
7. Which of these is not a type of phonetics?
A. Articulatory
B. Personal
C. Acoustic
D. Articulatory
8. Which of these terms refer to the study of hearing and perception of speech sounds?
A. Articulatory phonetics
B. Acoustic phonetics
C. Auditory phonetics
D. Articulatory phonetics
9.What is the term used for ingressive air-sounds produced?
A. Claps
B. Snap
C. Clicks
D. Claps
10.Which of these refer to the sound features of a language?
A. Morphemics
B. Phonetic substances
C. Phonetics
D. Morphemics
11.What does the phonetic symbol d represent?
A. Voiced bilabial plosive
B. Voiceless palatal plosive
C. Voiced alveolor plosive
D. Voiced bilabial plosive
12.What is the full form of IPA?
A. Indian Phonetic Alphabet
B. International Phonetic Alphabet
C. International Phonetic Agreement
D. Indian Phonetic Alphabet
13.What does the sign / / represent?
A. Phonetic transcription
B. Centralization
C. Voiced bilabial nasal
D. Phonetic transcription
14. A branch of Linguistics which studies the sounds in a language is called _________.?
A. Literature
B. Phonetics
C. Consonants
D. Literature
15. ________ is a scientific study of language.
A. Linguistics
B. Sounds
C. Phonetics
D. Linguistics
16. The mechanism that takes place in the production of sounds is known as ________.?
A. Pulmonic mechanism
B. Air - stream mechanism
C. Pilmonic air - stream mechanism
D. Pulmonic mechanism
17. Sounds produced with a stricture of complete closure and sudden release are a called ________.?
A. Plosives
B. Flaps
C. Nasals
D. Plosives
18.The air from the lungs which escapes through the mouth ______ is known as vowels.
A. Noisy
B. Without friction
C. Vibration
D. Noisy
19. In order to speak the air flows through the ________ and then escapes through the mouth or nose.
A. Larynx
B. Heart
C. Vocal cord
D. Larynx
20. The air from the lungs which escapes through the mouth with friction is known as ________.?
A. Consonants
B. Phonetics
C. Vowels
D. Consonants
21.For the production of speech sounds the air starts from the________.?
A. Lungs
B. Liver
C. Heart
D. Lungs
22. The Vowels articulated with eight tongue positions are called _______.?
A. Dipthongs
B. Pure vowels
C. Monophthongs
D. Dipthongs
23. There are ________ sounds in English.?
A. 26
B. 34
C. 44
D. 26
24. ________consists of two processes inspiration and expiration.?
A. Speech process
B. Respiration
C. Gliding
D. Speech process
25.We use the air that we breathe ______ for the production of most speech sounds of the world.?
A. Out
B. In and Out
C. Out and In
D. Out
26. The ________ system consists of a few organs in our head and neck.?
A. Pulmonary
B. Phonatory
C. Articulatory
D. Pulmonary
27. During normal breathing, the vocal cords move far away from each other and therefore the ________ is wide open.?
A. Lungs
B. Nasal cavity
C. Mouth
D. Lungs
28.All the ________ of English are VOICED.?
A. Consonants
B. Vowels
C. Alphabets
D. Consonants
29. ________ out of the twenty - four consonants in English are VOICELESS.?
A. Ten
B. Twenty
C. Nine
D. Ten
30.How many vowels are there in the English alphabet?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 9
D. 4
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