Тести з навчальної дисципліни «Практична фонетика англійської мови»

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How many syllables are there in the word breathe?

*one

two

three

How many syllables are there in the word clothes?

*one

two

three

How many syllables are there in the word thermometers?

two

three

*four

five

How many syllables are there in the word delicious?

two

*three

four

five

How many syllables are there in the word question?

one

*two

three

four

How many syllables are there in the word literature?

one

two

three

*four

How many syllables are there in the word damaged?

one

*two

three

How many syllables are there in the word dangerously?

one

two

three

*four

Identify what silent letter the word weighed contains.

g

h

*gh

no silent letters

Choose the correct transcription of the word healed.

/hIld/

/held/

*/hi:ld/

What is the spelling of /k1m'peIn/?

campaighn

campeighn

campein

*campaign

Choose the correct transcription of the word campaign.

*/k1m'peIn/

/'k1mpeIgn/

/'k1mpqn/

/k1m'peIgn/

Choose the correct transcription of the word measles.

/'mIz(q)ls/

*/'mi:z(q)lz/

/'mes(q)lz/

/'mi:s(q)lz/

What sound is produced according to this articulatory recommendation? Hold the front part of your tongue high in your mouth, but lower than for /J/. Place the sides of your tongue against the upper back teeth, but do not press. The muscles of your tongue should not be tense. The tongue does not move as you say the sound.

/1 /

/ eI/

*/I/

/ J/

What sound does this articulation refer to? Hold your tongue in the same position as for /I/, but a little lower in your mouth. Place the sides of your tongue against the upper back teeth, but do not press. The muscles of your tongue should not be tense. Open your lips slightly more than for /I/.

/1/

*/e /

/eI/

/i:/

What sound does this articulation refer to? Hold the front and back parts of your tongue low in your mouth. Touch the lower front teeth lightly with the tip of the tongue. Lower your jaw and open your lips wide. The muscles in your tongue should not be tense.

/e/

*/1/

/eI/

/i:/

What’s the transcription of the word example?

/eg'z@mpl/

/eg'z1mpl/

*/Ig'z1mpl/

/Ig'z@mpl/

What is the position of the tongue for the / J/ sound?

Press the sides of your tongue against the lower back teeth. The muscles of your tongue should be tense.

Press the sides of your tongue against the lower back teeth. The muscles of your tongue should be relaxed.

Press the sides of your tongue against the upper back teeth. Your tongue should be relaxed.

*Press the sides of your tongue against the upper back teeth. The muscles of your tongue should be tense.

What’s the transcription of the word laugh?

/l@f/

/la4/

/la4f/

*/l1f/

Choose a set of words where every word includes the sound /1/.

cattle, lather, farmer, government, husband

*jacket, taxi, plaid, family, tan

camera, paper, fragile, particular, dad

lashes, fashionable, grab, tough, laugh

Choose a set of words where every word includes the sound /e/.

bread, correct, peace, tennis, check

*necessary, jealous, Paris, already, said

spend, again, breakfast, theatre, guest

better, friend, ceiling, peasant, parent

Identify a set of letters that represent the sound /e/ in spelling.

*e, ea

e, ea, ai, ei

a, ey, ei

ai, e

Choose a set of words where every word includes the sound /I/.

*cookie, women, machine, picture, system

promise, repress, visa, donkey, drill

different, repeat, syllable, connected, vision

honey, coffee, bill, business, rhythm

Choose a set of words where every word includes the sound /J/.

*complete, magazine, ceiling, niece, people

Steve, leaving, begin, thirteen, machine

peace, jealous, repeat, equal, receive

Peter, police, different, repress, medicine

What letter is the sound /1/ written by?

a in open unstressed syllable

*a in closed stressed syllable

ai in closed stressed syllable

au in open stressed syllable

Choose a set of words where every word includes the sound /eI/.

*baby, page, straight, Sunday, eight

railroad, April, steak, neighbour, jealous

aim, says, mistake, station, strange

away, paint, said, vacation, weigh

Identify a set of letters that represent the diphthong /eI/ in spelling.

a (never in closed, unstressed syllables), igh, ai, ay, ey, ei

a (always in closed, stressed syllables), a…e, ai, ey, e, igh, ae

*a (in open, stressed syllables), ai, ay, ey, ei

a (usually in closed, stressed syllables), a…e, ai, ey, e, ae,

How are the sounds in the production of which there is some obstruction to the air stream called?

vowels

diphthongs

monophthongs

*consonants

How are the sounds in the production of which there is no obstruction to the air stream called?

consonants

*vowels

voiced

voiceless

How is a vowel in the production of which the organs of speech do not change their position throughout the whole duration of the sound called?

*monophthong.

voiced.

vowel.

diphthong.

What is an open syllable?

An open syllable has a vowel between consonants.

An open syllable has two vowels between consonants.

An open syllable ends in a consonant no matter how many vowels precede it.

*An open syllable ends in a vowel no matter how many consonants precede it.

What is a closed syllable?

A closed syllable ends in a vowel no matter how many consonants precede it.

*A closed syllable has a vowel between consonants.

A closed syllable ends in a monophthong no matter how many consonants precede it.

A closed syllable has a consonant between vowels.

You have to choose a group of words where every last syllable is open.

*jealousy, also, potato, coffee, donkey

easy, fifty, repeat, visa, method

February, cheer, never, cover, several

farmer, awful, walking, collar, tomorrow

You have to choose a group of words where every last syllable is closed.

tomorrow, morning, Chicago, ladder, Donald

library, completely, celebrate, birthday, bracelet

research, repaired, technology, consonant, accent

*beautiful, sections, evening, channel, toward

What syllables are stressed in these words ignorant, national, alcohol, institute, monophthong?

They are stressed on the second syllable.

They are stressed on the last syllable.

*They are stressed on the first syllable.

The primary stress is on the third syllable, and the secondary stress is on the first syllable.

What syllables are stressed in these words remind, responsible, recover, beside, deliberate?

*They are stressed on the second syllable.

They are stressed on the last syllable.

They are stressed on the first syllable.

They remain unstressed.

What syllables are stressed in these words ice-cream, blackboard, armband, downstairs?

They are stressed on the second syllable.

They are stressed on the last syllable.

*They are stressed on the first syllable.

The primary stress is on the second syllable, and the secondary stress is on the first syllable.

What syllables are stressed in these words get up, sit down, go on, put off, take up?

They are stressed on the first word.

*They the primary stress is on the second word, and the secondary stress is on the first word.

They are stressed on the last word.

The primary stress is on the first word, and the secondary stress is on the second word.

What syllables are stressed in these words decision, satisfaction, magnification, preposition, direction?

*The stress is on the syllable before the suffix.

The suffix is stressed.

They are stressed on the first syllable.

They are stressed on the second syllable.

What syllables are stressed in these words symptomatic, developmental, athletic, biology, reality?

The suffix is stressed.

*The stress is on the syllable before the suffix.

They are stressed on the first syllable.

They are stressed on the second syllable.

What syllables are stressed in these words Japanese, auctioneer, trustee, themselves, Chinese?

The stress is on the syllable before the suffix.

*The suffix is stressed.

They are stressed on the second syllable.

They are stressed on the first syllable.

What syllables are stressed in these words prewar, irregular, vice-president, misunderstanding, subtitle?

They are stressed on the second syllable.

*The primary stress is on the second syllable, and the secondary stress is on the first syllable.

They are stressed on the last syllable.

The primary stress is on the first syllable, and the secondary stress is on the second syllable.

What’s the transcription of the word machine?

*/mq'Si:n/

/'m1SIn/

/'m1Sqn/

/mq'SIn/

What’s the transcription of the word measure?

*/'meZqr/

/'mi:Zqr/

/'mi:Zq/

/'meZq/