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Phonetics and Phonology Diagnostic TestOnline version This contains some questions to evaluate students' knowledge on the topic of Phonetics and Phonology. by Lucila Mata 1 Choose the definition for the concept of "Phonetics". a Phonetics is a branch of Linguisticts that deals with the sounds of speech and their production, combination, description, and representation by written symbols. b Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that deals with systems of sounds, within a language or between different languages. c Phonetics is the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning. d Phonetics is the branch of linguistics that deals with the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. 2 Choose the main functions of Phonetics a The study of phonemes b The study of central components of the speech chain. c The investigation of speech by means of instruments to visualize some aspect of the speech event, and to provide a basis for measurements. d To define distinctive features in speech and to explain many phonological patterns. e All of the above 3 Choose the branches of Phonetics a Articulatory b Acoustic c Linguistic d Experimental e All of the above 4 Chose the answer that best define the International Phonetic Alphabet a It is a set of letters or other characters with which one or more languages are written especially if arranged in a customary order. b It is the study of language and its structure, including the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics. c It is the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general. d It is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script. 5 Choose the parameters that can be involved in the production of consonants. a The airstream mechanics, the state of the glottis, the place of articulation and the manner of articulation. b The airstream mechanics, the hump in the tongue, the place of articulation and the manner of articulation. c The airstream mechanics, the hump in the tongue, the location of the highest point of the tongue and the manner of articulation. d The shape of the lips, the hump in the tongue, the airstream mechanism and the manner of articulation. 6 Humans are able to produce two types of sounds according to the vocal cords position (if the glottis is open or close). How are those sounds called? a Glottal and affricate b Fricative and palatal c Alveolar and bilabial d Voiced and voiceless 7 What is the classification of consonant sounds according to the manner of articulation? a Alveolar, voiced, palatal and retro-flex. b Stop, affricate, fricative, approximant, nasal and lateral. c Plosives, alveolar, palatal, biolabial, palato-alveolar and velar. d Approximant, nasal velar, labiodental, dental and glottal. 8 What is the classification of consonant sounds according to the place of articulation? a Bilabial, plosives, not plosives, glottal and alveolar. b Stop, fricative, aproximant, glottal and alveolar. c Bilabial, labio-dental, dental, alveolar, retro-flex, palato-alveolar, palatal, velar, labio-velar and glottal. d Aproximant, fricative, affricate, stop, labio-velar, glottal, palatal, palato-alveolar and plosives. 9 What are the three classifications of vowels sounds according to the hump in the tongue? a High, low and mid. b Central, high and low c Back, mid and low d Front, central and back 10 What is the classification of the vowels sounds according to the location of the highest point of the tongue? a High, mid and low. b High, front and low c Front, central and back d Back, low and mid. 11 The quality of a vowel sound depends on the lips positions. What are those positions? a Rounded, unrounded and close. b Close, open and mid. c Rounded, unrounded and spread d Rounded, close and open. 12 What is the classification of vowels which quality remains unchanged throughout their duration and those which quality changes during their production? a Consonants and vowels b Monophthongs and diphthongs. c Half-close and half open. d Consonants and diphthongs. 13 Choose the option that more organs of speech mentions a Lungs, larynx, heart, ribs, stomach, chest, toes, nails, fingers and head. b Windpipe, vocal cords, stomach, lungs, heart, brain, nails, fingers and lungs. c Vocal cords, heart, ribs, lungs, back, legs, arms, fingers, nails, toes and head. d Tongue, teeth, lips, tooth-ridge, nasal cavity, glottis, hard palate, vocal cords, windpipe, larynx, velum and nasal passage 14 Choose the definition of Phonology. a It is the study of how speech sounds are organized in a language and how they are used to convey meaning. b It is the study of speech sounds in isolation. c It is the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general. d It is the branch of linguistics that deals with he arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. 15 Choose the option that gives the correct classification of these groups of speech sounds in English, according to the place of articulation: /p, b, m/; /f, v/; /θ, ð/; /t, d, s, z, l, r n/; /ʃ, tʃ, ʒ, dʒ/; /j/; /k, g, ŋ/; /w/; and /h, ʔ/. a Bilabial, stop, alveolar, palato-alveolar, palatal, velar and glottal. b Fricative, bilabial, alvelar, palato-alveolar, palatal, velar and retro-flex. c Bilabial, labio-dental, dental, alveolar, retro-flex, palato-alveolar, palatal, velar, labio-velar and glottal. d Biolabial, labio-dental, dental, alveolar, palato-alveolar, plossives, not plossives and glottal. 16 Choose the option that gives the correct classification of these groups of speech sounds in English, according to the manner of articulation: /p, b, t, d, k, g, ʔ/; /tʃ, dʒ/; /f, v, θ, ð, s, z, ʃ, ʒ, h/; /ɹ, r, w, j/; /m, n, ŋ/; and /l/. a Glottal, alveolar, lateral, nasal, stop, fricative and approximant. b Alveolar, glotal, fricative, approximant, nasal, lateral, stop and affricative. c Stop, affricate, fricative, approximant, nasal and lateral. d Lateral, nasal stop, affricate, alveolar, approximant and glottal. 17 Choose the group of short vowels sounds in English. a ă, ĕ, ĭ, ŏ, ŭ b a, e, i, o, u c A, E, I, O, U d ā, ē, ī, ō, ū 18 Choose the group of long vowels sounds in English. a ă, ĕ, ĭ, ŏ, ŭ b a, e, i, o, u c A, E, I, O, U d ā, ē, ī, ō, ū 19 Identify the group of symbols of diphthongs in English. a ă, ĕ, ĭ, ŏ, ŭ b a, e, i, o, u c /eɪ, ɔɪ, aɪ, eə, ɪə, ʊə, əʊ, aʊ/. d ā, ē, ī, ō, ū 20 Choose the correct definition for the concept "phoneme". a It is a phonetic variation of a phoneme, or a sound that is used to pronounce a phoneme. Allophones are non-significant to the meaning of a word. b It is a diacritical mark that looks like a flat bar (¯) placed above a vowel to indicate that it is pronounced with a long sound. c It is any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another d It is a curved symbol (˘) used in phonetics to indicate a short vowel sound and is written above the vowel (ŭ). 21 Choose the appropriate option that refers to the suprasegmental features of speech. a Word stress, syllable stress and sentence stress. b Pitch, stress, duration, rhythm and tone. c Stress, rhythm and intonation d Repetition, loudness and rhythm. 22 Choose the appropriate option that refers to paralinguistic features of non-verbal communication. a Tone, pitch, body language, and facial expressions. b Rhythm, intonation, and loudness c Facial expressions, gestures, body movements and vocal qualities. d Words juncture, word stresss and sentence stress. 23 What is a grapheme? a It is the smallest meaningful contrastive unit in a writing system. b It is a speech feature related to pitch, intonation and rhythm. c It is a single sound that is represented by three letters, for example: In the word 'match', the three letters 'tch' at the end make only one sound. d It is two letters that combine together to correspond to one sound (phoneme). 24 What is NOT an example of a digraph? a igh, ore, air, ear b ph, wh, ck c ea, oa, oe, ie, ue, ar, er, ir, or, ur d ch, sh, th, ng 25 What is NOT an example of a trigraph? a igh, eer, ere, oul, are b dge, tch, ere c ph, wh, ck, ea, oa, oe, ie, ue, ar, er, ir, or, ur d igh, ore, air, ear

Phonetics and Phonology Diagnostic TestOnline version

This contains some questions to evaluate students' knowledge on the topic of Phonetics and Phonology.

by Lucila Mata

Choose the definition for the concept of "Phonetics".

Phonetics is a branch of Linguisticts that deals with the sounds of speech and their production, combination, description, and representation by written symbols.

Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that deals with systems of sounds, within a language or between different languages.

Phonetics is the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning.

Phonetics is the branch of linguistics that deals with the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

Choose the main functions of Phonetics

The study of phonemes

The study of central components of the speech chain.

The investigation of speech by means of instruments to visualize some aspect of the speech event, and to provide a basis for measurements.

To define distinctive features in speech and to explain many phonological patterns.

All of the above

Choose the branches of Phonetics

Articulatory

Acoustic

Linguistic

Experimental

All of the above

Chose the answer that best define the International Phonetic Alphabet

It is a set of letters or other characters with which one or more languages are written especially if arranged in a customary order.

It is the study of language and its structure, including the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics.

It is the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general.

It is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script.

Choose the parameters that can be involved in the production of consonants.

The airstream mechanics, the state of the glottis, the place of articulation and the manner of articulation.

The airstream mechanics, the hump in the tongue, the place of articulation and the manner of articulation.

The airstream mechanics, the hump in the tongue, the location of the highest point of the tongue and the manner of articulation.

The shape of the lips, the hump in the tongue, the airstream mechanism and the manner of articulation.

Humans are able to produce two types of sounds according to the vocal cords position (if the glottis is open or close). How are those sounds called?

Glottal and affricate

Fricative and palatal

Alveolar and bilabial

Voiced and voiceless

What is the classification of consonant sounds according to the manner of articulation?

Alveolar, voiced, palatal and retro-flex.

Stop, affricate, fricative, approximant, nasal and lateral.

Plosives, alveolar, palatal, biolabial, palato-alveolar and velar.

Approximant, nasal velar, labiodental, dental and glottal.

What is the classification of consonant sounds according to the place of articulation?

Bilabial, plosives, not plosives, glottal and alveolar.

Stop, fricative, aproximant, glottal and alveolar.

Bilabial, labio-dental, dental, alveolar, retro-flex, palato-alveolar, palatal, velar, labio-velar and glottal.

Aproximant, fricative, affricate, stop, labio-velar, glottal, palatal, palato-alveolar and plosives.

What are the three classifications of vowels sounds according to the hump in the tongue?

High, low and mid.

Central, high and low

Back, mid and low

Front, central and back

What is the classification of the vowels sounds according to the location of the highest point of the tongue?

High, mid and low.

High, front and low

Front, central and back

Back, low and mid.

The quality of a vowel sound depends on the lips positions. What are those positions?

Rounded, unrounded and close.

Close, open and mid.

Rounded, unrounded and spread

Rounded, close and open.

What is the classification of vowels which quality remains unchanged throughout their duration and those which quality changes during their production?

Consonants and vowels

Monophthongs and diphthongs.

Half-close and half open.

Consonants and diphthongs.

Choose the option that more organs of speech mentions

Lungs, larynx, heart, ribs, stomach, chest, toes, nails, fingers and head.

Windpipe, vocal cords, stomach, lungs, heart, brain, nails, fingers and lungs.

Vocal cords, heart, ribs, lungs, back, legs, arms, fingers, nails, toes and head.

Tongue, teeth, lips, tooth-ridge, nasal cavity, glottis, hard palate, vocal cords, windpipe, larynx, velum and nasal passage

Choose the definition of Phonology.

It is the study of how speech sounds are organized in a language and how they are used to convey meaning.

It is the study of speech sounds in isolation.

It is the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general.

It is the branch of linguistics that deals with he arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

Choose the option that gives the correct classification of these groups of speech sounds in English, according to the place of articulation: /p, b, m/; /f, v/; /θ, ð/; /t, d, s, z, l, r n/; /ʃ, tʃ, ʒ, dʒ/; /j/; /k, g, ŋ/; /w/; and /h, ʔ/.

Bilabial, stop, alveolar, palato-alveolar, palatal, velar and glottal.

Fricative, bilabial, alvelar, palato-alveolar, palatal, velar and retro-flex.

Bilabial, labio-dental, dental, alveolar, retro-flex, palato-alveolar, palatal, velar, labio-velar and glottal.

Biolabial, labio-dental, dental, alveolar, palato-alveolar, plossives, not plossives and glottal.

Choose the option that gives the correct classification of these groups of speech sounds in English, according to the manner of articulation: /p, b, t, d, k, g, ʔ/; /tʃ, dʒ/; /f, v, θ, ð, s, z, ʃ, ʒ, h/; /ɹ, r, w, j/; /m, n, ŋ/; and /l/.

Glottal, alveolar, lateral, nasal, stop, fricative and approximant.

Alveolar, glotal, fricative, approximant, nasal, lateral, stop and affricative.

Stop, affricate, fricative, approximant, nasal and lateral.

Lateral, nasal stop, affricate, alveolar, approximant and glottal.

Choose the group of short vowels sounds in English.

ă, ĕ, ĭ, ŏ, ŭ

a, e, i, o, u

A, E, I, O, U

ā, ē, ī, ō, ū

Choose the group of long vowels sounds in English.

ă, ĕ, ĭ, ŏ, ŭ

a, e, i, o, u

A, E, I, O, U

ā, ē, ī, ō, ū

Identify the group of symbols of diphthongs in English.

ă, ĕ, ĭ, ŏ, ŭ

a, e, i, o, u

/eɪ, ɔɪ, aɪ, eə, ɪə, ʊə, əʊ, aʊ/.

ā, ē, ī, ō, ū

Choose the correct definition for the concept "phoneme".

It is a phonetic variation of a phoneme, or a sound that is used to pronounce a phoneme. Allophones are non-significant to the meaning of a word.

It is a diacritical mark that looks like a flat bar (¯) placed above a vowel to indicate that it is pronounced with a long sound.

It is any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another

It is a curved symbol (˘) used in phonetics to indicate a short vowel sound and is written above the vowel (ŭ).

Choose the appropriate option that refers to the suprasegmental features of speech.

Word stress, syllable stress and sentence stress.

Pitch, stress, duration, rhythm and tone.

Stress, rhythm and intonation

Repetition, loudness and rhythm.

Choose the appropriate option that refers to paralinguistic features of non-verbal communication.

Tone, pitch, body language, and facial expressions.

Rhythm, intonation, and loudness

Facial expressions, gestures, body movements and vocal qualities.

Words juncture, word stresss and sentence stress.

What is a grapheme?

It is the smallest meaningful contrastive unit in a writing system.

It is a speech feature related to pitch, intonation and rhythm.

It is a single sound that is represented by three letters, for example: In the word 'match', the three letters 'tch' at the end make only one sound.

It is two letters that combine together to correspond to one sound (phoneme).

What is NOT an example of a digraph?

igh, ore, air, ear

ph, wh, ck

ea, oa, oe, ie, ue, ar, er, ir, or, ur

ch, sh, th, ng

What is NOT an example of a trigraph?

igh, eer, ere, oul, are

dge, tch, ere

ph, wh, ck, ea, oa, oe, ie, ue, ar, er, ir, or, ur

igh, ore, air, ear

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