- 1. The art of public speaking in which gesture, vocal production, and delivery are emphasized is referred to as _________
A) elocution
B) phonetics
C) diction
D) phonics
- 2. The manner in which something is expressed in words is referred to as _________
A) elocution
B) phonics
C) phonetics
D) diction
- 3. The term _________ refers to the relationship between sound and spelling.
A) diction
B) phonetics
C) elocution
D) phonics
- 4. All the following are strategies that can help to improve spoken English except ______.
A) imitating native speakers
B) listening to audio books
C) watching English media
D) making haste in your speech
- 5. The two major standard varieties of English pronunciation are ________ and ________
A) Perfect English and Imperfect English
B) Static English and Dynamic English
C) British English and American English
D) Local English and International English
- 6. The accent group of speakers who pronounce written "r" in all positions are referred to as _______
A) accentuated
B) blended
C) intuited
D) rhotic
- 7. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'A'?
A) /ey/
B) /eɪ/
C) /aɪ/
D) /ay/
- 8. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'E'?
A) /eiː/
B) /iː/
C) /eː/
D) /ee/
- 9. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'G'?
A) /giː/
B) /dʒiː/
C) /ʒiː/
D) /jiː/
- 10. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'H'?
A) /aɪʆ/
B) /aɪtʆ/
C) /heɪtʆ/
D) /eɪtʆ/
- 11. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'U'?
A) /uː/
B) /juw/
C) /juː/
D) /yuː/
- 12. Spoken English has _____ sound segments.
A) 20
B) 12
C) 44
D) 24
- 13. There are ________ vowel sounds in spoken English.
A) 7
B) 20
C) 24
D) 12
- 14. There are ___ consonant sounds in spoken English. Type the answer in figures only.
- 15. The vowel sounds that give single qualities when they are articulated are known as ______.
A) inflection
B) intonation
C) monophthongs
D) diphthongs
- 16. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/iː/'?
A) sit
B) piece
C) bean
D) amoeba
- 17. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/e/'?
A) bed
B) bury
C) heart
D) said
- 18. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/əʊ/'?
A) robe
B) boat
C) owl
D) chauffeur
- 19. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/uː/'?
A) cook
B) food
C) moon
D) shoe
- 20. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/f/'?
A) laughter
B) of
C) phone
D) future
- 21. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/θ/'?
A) thing
B) bath
C) Thomas
D) healthy
- 22. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/ð/'?
A) although
B) leather
C) healthy
D) the
- 23. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/ʤ/'?
A) jet
B) gym
C) game
D) fridge
- 24. Vowel to vowel linking is also known as ______.
A) depending
B) sliding
C) gliding
D) finding
- 25. Which of the following is the correct stress pattern for the word 'opportunity'?
A) opportuniTY
B) OPportunity
C) opporTUnity
D) opPORtunity
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