Pronunciation Test
Name:____________________________________
Choose the correct word and circle its letter.
1. The word phonetics is derived from a Greek word ________ which means vocal.
a. Phoneme b. phone c. phonetikos d. none
2. Phonology is a combination of two Greek words _____ which means sound and logy which means study.
a. Phonology b. auditory c. phono d. both a and b
3. The study of pronunciation system of a particular language is known as _______.
a. Phonetics b. phoneme c. phonology d. phone
4. Men and women have the _______ pitch and voice.
a. different b. high c. same d. none
5. There are _____ letters but 44 different phonemes.
a. 26 b.27 c. 44 d. 46
6. In phonology, the term voicing refers to _____ in the vocal folds.
a. Vibration b. pitch c. frequency d. all
7. Sounds which are produced without touching any part of the mouth are known as _____ sounds.
a. A. vowel b. consonant c. semi-vowel d. none
8. The consonant sounds are produced with the help of mouth ____
a. Parts b. lips c. none d. all
9. Voiceless sounds are also known as ____ sounds.
a. Unvoiced b. voiced c. vibrated d. none
10. Sounds which are produced with the vibration in the vocal cords are known as ___ sounds.
a. Voiced b. glottal c. glottis d. both a and b
Choose (T) for true and (f) for false.
1. There are nine voiceless sounds. ( )
2. Consonant sounds can be both voiced and unvoiced. ( )
3. There are (15) voiced consonant sounds.( )
4. The first sound in the word book is voiced. ( )
5. The division of a word by vowel sound is called syllable. ( )
6. The word pronunciation is made up of five syllables. ( )
7. The letters n and g combination produces two sounds.( )
8. When the word ends with (mb), (m) is silent. ( )
9. Homograph has different spelling, but same meaning and grammatical functions.( )
10. When two letters producing one sound is known as Trigraph. ( )
Write down (IPA) for the underlined sounds/letters in the words
1. Church
2. Physics
3. English
4. Banker
5. Bitch
6. Garage
7. Jump
8. Thirty
9. Brush
10. Their
Define the following terms with examples.
1. Voiced consonant
2. Homograph
3. Vowel Sounds
4. Stress
5. Syllable
6. Intonation
7. Monograph
8. Diagraph
9. Write two consonant phonetic symbols
10. Explain and give examples of the above two sounds
