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Quiz Vowels & Consonants

Phonology quiz

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1. Another name for high vowels is....

a. close

2. English vowels are hard to master for a Pole because...


b. the same sound can be spelled in many different ways✔

3. Which of the following pairs are semivowels?


c. /w/ and /j/

4. American English vowels are...


a. do not have a standardized manner of spelling
c. vary across regions of the US

5. What is a diphthong?
b. a gliding sound, in which the pronunciation moves from one articulatory target to
"hey"
c. two adjacent vowel sounds combined into one

6. Which of the following criteria does NOT apply to English consonants?


c. lip rounding

7. Which of the symbols represents a voiced velar nasal?


d./n z ogonkiem /

8. What does the "thingy" at the end of the long-schwa symbol /3/ (as in "nurse") mean?
b. that the word is pronounced with a /r/ at the end✔
d.r-coloring

9. What does it mean when a vowel is described as "neutral"?


it doesn't involve lip rounding,
it's used in unstressed syllables

10. English plosives are…


also known as "stops",
pronounced while breathing out,
described in terms of place and manner of articulation

11. Which of the following pairs are semivowels?


/w/ and /j/

12. The difference between a fricative and an affricate is that ....


one of them is a simple sound and the other one is a combination of stop + fricative,
affricates involve a greater closure of the articulatory tract
13. Which of the following American English vowels also features in Polish?
/ɛ/

14. Which of the following sounds are produced when the airflow is obstructed?
obstruents,
fricatives

15. Which of the following English consonants belong to the category of labials?
/p/ and /b/,
/m/ and /w/,
/m/ and /p/

16. Which criteria DO NOT apply in the description of vowels?


place of articulation and voicing

17. Which of the following consonantal pronunciations are NOT standard American
pronunciations of /r/?
trill

18. What does aspiration involve?


a.consonants /p/, /t/ or /k/
b.stop consonants
c.plosion
d.voicelessness

19. Which of the following English consonants are NOT sonorants?


a./dʒ/
b./f/
c./k/
d./b/

20. How can you tell a fake American accent from a real/ native one?
a.the fake American with pronounce "lot" with an /o/-like vowel
b.the fake American will pronounce "right" and "rite" in the same way
c.the fake American will pronounce "letter" with a /t/
d.the fake American will pronounce "law" and "low" in the same way

21. The articulator that features in the descriptions of both consonants and vowels is...
a.the lips
b.the velum
c.the tongue
d.the teeth

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