Sample Test On Phonetics and Phonology With Key [PDF]

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A CHECK - UP TEST ON ENGLISH PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY Time allotted: 25’ Please read the questions and tick the correct answer in your answer sheet (Please do not write anything in this paper) * 1. Which of the following phonetic transcriptions corresponds to the following phonetic description :high back rounded lax vowel ? a. [U] b. [ æ ] c. [ i ] d. [ o ] Correct answer: a 2. Which of the following phonetic transcriptions corresponds to the following phonetic description : voiceless alveolar-palatal affricate ? a. [ th ] b. [ t∫ ] c. [ d ] d. [ j ] Correct answer: b 3. Which of the following symbols corresponds to the following phonetic description : voiceless bilabial stop ? a. [ v ] b. [ g ] c. [ ð ] d. [ p ] Correct answer: d 4. Which of the following symbols corresponds to the following phonetic description : short high front vowel a. [ i ] b. [ e ] c. [ o ] d. [ æ ] Correct answer: a 5. Which of the following symbols corresponds to the following phonetic description :

voiced interdental fricative [m]

b. [ v ]

c. [ t ]

d. [ ð ]

Correct answer: d 6. Which of the following symbols corresponds to the following phonetic description : voiced labiodental fricative a. [ v ] b. [ w ] c. [ ð ] d. [ f ] Correct answer:a 7. Which of the following phonetic transcriptions corresponds to the following phonetic description : voiced velar nasal ? a. [ m ] b. [ n ] c. [ ŋ ] d. [ r ] Correct answer: c 8. Which of the following symbols corresponds to the following phonetic description : long low back vowel a. [ o:] b. [ a:] c. [ i:] d. [u:] Correct answer: b 9. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in place of articulation from the other segments ? a. [ t, r, d, s ]

b. [ k, g , ŋ, j ] c. [ p, b, w ] d. [ t, d, n, z ] Correct answer: b 10. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in voicing from the other segments ? a. [ d, g, b, m ] b. [ m, n, ŋ, v ] c. [ w, j , r, l ] d. [z, d , ∫, b ] Correct answer: d 11. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in manner of articulation from the other segments ? a. [ w, r, j ] b. [ , ð , s ] c. [ p, b, d ] d. [ t, d, n ] Correct answer:d 12. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in place of articulation from the other segments ? a. [ p , m , w , b ] b. [ t , d,  , n ] c. [ k, w, ŋ, g ] d. [ t, d, n, z, l ] Correct answer: b 13. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in manner of articulation from the other segments ? a. [ p , b , t , d ] b. [ t , b, k , g ] c. [ f, v, s, z ] d. [ m, ŋ , n, z, ] Correct answer: d 14. Which of the following statements is correct ? a. Alveolars are sounds made at the soft area toward the rear of the roof of the mouth. b. Alveolars are sounds made just behind the alveolar rigde c. Alveolars are sounds made at the teeth ridge d. Alveolars are sounds made with the tongue placed against the teeth Correct answer:c 15. Which of the following statements is correct ?

Fricatives are consonants produced with a continuous airflow through the mouth. b. Fricatives are consonants produced with the complete stoppage of the air in the mouth which causes an explosion. c. Fricatives are consonants produced with the lowering of the soft palate. d. Fricatives are non-continuant consonants. Correct answer:a 16. Which of the following assimilation processes occurs when [ b ] in the sound sequence [‘wibsi:] becomes [ p ] in the sound sequence [ ‘wipsi:] ? a. voicing assimilation b. progressive assimilation c. regressive assimilation d. both a and c Correct answer: d 17. Which of the following coarticulation processes may happen to the alveolar / n / in this context : [ krænbri ] cranberry ? a. [ n ] may be devoiced before the voiced [ b ] b. [ b ] may become syllabic after the nasal [ n ] c. [ n ] may be labialized before [ b ] d. [ b ] may be nasalised after [ n ] Correct answer: c 18. Which of the following phonetic variations may happen to the lateral [ l ] in this context : [ ‘æŋgl ] angle ? a. [ l ] becomes aspirated after voiced stop [ g ] b. [ l ] becomes unaspirated after velar [ g ] c. [ l ] becomes devoiced after voiced stop [ g ] d. [ l ] becomes syllabic after voiced stop [ g ] Correct answer: d 19.Which of the following statements is incorrect ? All the aspirated voiceless stops are produced with a. no vibration of the vocal cords b. an extra puff of the air strongly expelled c. the airstream from the lungs d. the vibration of the vocal cords Correct answer:d 20. Which of the following coarticulation processes may happen to the alveolar [d ] in this context : [ red peint] red paint ? a. [ d ] may be devoiced before the the voiceless stop [ p ] b. [ d ] may be aspirated before the voiceless stop [ p ] c. [ d ] may be labialised before the bilabial [ p ] d. [ d ] may be nasalised before the bilabial [ p ] Correct answer: c 21. Which of the following statements is correct ? a.

a.

When two or more sounds never occur in the same phonemic context or environment they are said to be different phonemes b. When two or more sounds never occur in the same phonemic context or environment they are said to be in free variation c. When two or more sounds never occur in the same phonemic context or environment they are said to be identical segments d. When two or more sounds never occur in the same phonemic context or environment they are said to be allophones of the same phoneme Correct answer:d 22. Which of the following is a minimal pair ? a. [ ð  ] [ bet ] there - bet b. [ dæb] [ bæd ] dab - bad c. [ bæd ] [ bet ] bad - bet d. [ ð  ] [ d  ] there - dare Correct answer: d 23. Which of the following is the stress distribution for the word artificial as in this context : Please give him artificial respiration. ? a. [ % a:tifi’∫l ] b. [ a:’tifi∫ l ] c. [ a:ti’fi ∫l ] d. [ ‘a:ti %fi∫l ] Correct answer:d 24. Which of the following statements is correct ? The number of segments in the word students /stju:dnts/ is a. six b. seven c. eight d. nine Correct answer: c 25.Which of the following statements is correct ? Palatals are the sounds made a. With the tongue between the teeth b. with the tongue on or near the hard palate c. just behind the alveolar rigde d. with the upper lip and the lower teeth Correct answer: b 26. Which of the following coarticulation processes may happen to the alveolar [ s ] in this context : [ ðis ji] this year? a. [ s ] becomes voiced before palatal [ j ] b. [ s ] is deleted before palatal [ j ] c. [ s ] is velarised by the following [ j ] d. [ s ] coalesces with [ j ] to make [ ∫ ] Correct answer:d

27. Which of the following statements is correct ? Regressive assimilation is a process by which a. the change of a segment is brought by the preceding segment b. a sound copies one or more phonetic features from the preceding sound c. the sound becomes more like the preceding sound d. a sound copies one or more phonetic features from the following sound Correct answer:d 28. Which of the following statements is incorrect ? a. Minimal pairs help us establish which sounds contrast in a languge b. Minimal pair test is a basic test for deciding which sounds are the allophones of the phoneme c. A minimal pair consists of two forms with distinct meanings that differ only by one segment in the same position of each form. Correct answer:b 29. Which of the following statements is incorrect ? a. The phonetic representation of utterances shows what the speakers know about the pronunciation of utterances. b. The phonemic representation of utterances shows what speakers know about the abstract underlying phonology. c. The phonemic representation of utterances shows the finer points of the sounds or segments in pronunciation d. The phonetic representation of utterances shows us the non-distinctive features of the sounds Correct answer: c 30. Which of the following is correct ? When a feature is predictable by the phonological rules, it is a a. phonetic feature b. phonemic feature c. redundant feature d. both a and c Correct answer: d 31. Which of the following is the correct stress pattern of this word Portuguese ? a. [ ‘po:t∫ gi:z ] b. [ po:t∫ ‘gi:z ] c. [ po:,t∫ ‘gi:z ] d. [ ,po:t∫ ‘gi:z ] Correct answer: d 32. Which of the following is the phonetic transcription of this form Bangor ? a. [ ‘b æ ŋ ] b. [ ‘bæŋ n ] c. [ ‘bæn ] d. [ ‘bæŋg ]

Correct answer:d 33. The process by which an alveolar stop is heard voiced intervocally (between 2 vowels), the first of which is generally stressed, as in [ ‘bet i ] Betty is called a. metathesis b. epenthesis c. deletion a. flapping Correct answer:d 34. Which of the following statements is incorrect ? a. An allophone is a predictable phonetic variant of a phoneme. b. An allophone is an unpredictable phonetic realisation of a phoneme c. A phoneme is an abstract unit d. An allophone is uttered in speech Correct answer: b 35.Which of the following statement is incorrect ? Sonorants a. do not include affricates and fricatives. b. do not include stops, affricates, and voiced fricatives c. do not include voiced stops, fricatives, and voiceless stops d. do not include vowels, nasals, liquids and glides Correct answer: d 36. Which of the following statements is correct ? a. Phonology deals with the physiological and acoustic aspects of the of speech sounds. b. Phonology aims to provide the set of features, or properties, that can describe all sounds in human language. c. Phonology studies the ways phonemes function in language d. Phonology provides the means for describing speech sounds. Correct answer:c 37. Which of the following coarticulation processes may occur for the articulatory transition from the sonorant [ ŋ ] to the nonsonorant [  ] to be eased in this context [ le ] ? a. the deletion of [ ŋ ] b. the deletion of [  ] c. the metathesis of the sound sequence [ ŋ ] d. the epenthesis of a nonsonorant [ k ] within the sequence [ ŋ ] Correct answer: d 38. Which of the following is the phonetic transcription of this form peace talk ? a. [ph i:s to:lk] b. [pi:s to:lk] c. [ph i:s th o:lk] d. [pi:s tho:lk] Correct answer: c 39. Which of the following phonetic variations may happen to the voiced stop [ d ] in this context : [ li:d ] lead ?

a. [ d ] is aspirated after the front vowel [ i:] b. [ d ] is devoiced after the long vowel [ i:] c. [ d ] is voiceless word finally d. [ d ] is unaspirated in the final position of a stressed syllable Correct answer: b 40. Which of the following statements is correct ? When a feature value is unpredictable by a general principle or rule, it is a. a distinctive feature for that class of segments b. a phonetic feature for sounds that contrast c. a phonemic feature for that class of segment d. a non-distinctive or non-phonemic feature for that class of segments. Correct answer: b