1. Which of the following words has a different vowel sound in the underlined part compared to the others? h**ea**d, br**ea**d, b**ee**f, d**ea**th
A. head
B. bread
C. beef
D. death
2. Which of these words is a minimal pair with 'ship′?
A. Sheep
B. Boat
C. Car
D. Tree
3. What is a syllable?
A. The smallest unit of meaning in language.
B. A unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants.
C. A group of words forming a sentence.
D. A written symbol representing a sound.
4. Which word has primary stress on the first syllable?
A. Understand
B. Computer
C. Table
D. Believe
5. What manner of articulation describes the consonant ∕w∕?
A. Lateral Approximant
B. Fricative
C. Nasal
D. Approximant
6. Which of the following words demonstrates linking 'r′?
A. Carrot
B. Far away
C. Start
D. Around
7. Identify the word with a silent 'b′.
A. Begin
B. Bomb
C. Brother
D. Bubble
8. Which word contains a triphthong?
A. Day
B. Boy
C. Flower
D. Go
9. What type of consonant is ∕p∕ in terms of manner of articulation?
A. Fricative
B. Nasal
C. Plosive
D. Approximant
10. Which consonant sound is produced at the back of the mouth, involving the back of the tongue and the soft palate (velum)?
A. Bilabial
B. Dental
C. Velar
D. Alveolar
11. What does IPA stand for in the context of phonetics?
A. International Phonetic Alphabet
B. Initial Pronunciation Assessment
C. Integrated Phonological Analysis
D. Interpretive Phonetic Approach
12. Which of the following is a diphthong?
A. ∕ɪ∕
B. ∕e∕
C. ∕aʊ∕
D. ∕ɒ∕
13. In which word does the 'g′ sound represent ∕dʒ∕ (as in 'judge′)?
A. Give
B. Ghost
C. Ginger
D. Great
14. What is assimilation in connected speech primarily driven by?
A. Grammatical rules.
B. Ease of articulation.
C. Emphasis on meaning.
D. Historical sound changes.
15. What is the phonetic symbol for the vowel sound in 'bird′?
A. ∕ɜː∕
B. ∕ɪ∕
C. ∕æ∕
D. ∕ə∕
16. In Received Pronunciation (RP), which of these words does NOT contain the ∕ɔː∕ (long 'or′) vowel sound?
A. Thought
B. North
C. Force
D. Come
17. What is connected speech?
A. Speaking very loudly.
B. Speaking with clear pauses between words.
C. The way words are spoken in a continuous sequence.
D. Speaking very slowly and deliberately.
18. Identify the word where the 'ea′ vowel digraph is pronounced as ∕e∕ (short e sound).
A. Sea
B. Meat
C. Head
D. Tea
19. Identify the word where the 'ch′ digraph is pronounced as ∕ʃ∕ (as in 'she′).
A. Chair
B. Chemistry
C. Machine
D. Church
20. Which pair of words are NOT minimal pairs?
A. Bat - Pat
B. Sin - Sing
C. Read - Red
D. Sky - Blue
21. In the phrase 'cup of tea′, what type of connected speech phenomenon is likely to occur between 'cup′ and 'of′?
A. Assimilation
B. Elision
C. Intrusion
D. Liaison
22. What is the primary function of intonation in spoken English?
A. To indicate word stress.
B. To separate words in a sentence.
C. To convey attitude and emotion.
D. To ensure correct vowel pronunciation.
23. What is the function of stress in English words?
A. To separate sentences.
B. To indicate the end of a word.
C. To highlight important syllables and distinguish meaning.
D. To make words easier to spell.
24. In the word 'photography′, which syllable receives primary stress?
A. pho-
B. -tog-
C. -ra-
D. -phy
25. What is the term for a variation of a phoneme that does not change meaning?
A. Morpheme
B. Allophone
C. Grapheme
D. Syllable
26. What is elision in connected speech?
A. Adding extra sounds.
B. Changing vowel sounds.
C. Omission of sounds.
D. Emphasis on certain words.
27. In the word 'hour′, is the 'h′ sound pronounced?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Sometimes, depending on the dialect
D. Only when emphasized
28. Which of the following words contains a voiceless TH sound as in 'think′?
A. This
B. Though
C. Through
D. The
29. Identify the phonetic symbol for the 'short u′ sound as in 'cut′.
A. ∕ʌ∕
B. ∕ʊ∕
C. ∕uː∕
D. ∕ɑː∕
30. What is the place of articulation for the consonant sound ∕f∕?
A. Bilabial
B. Labiodental
C. Dental
D. Alveolar
