ELS 201 CBT PRACTICE TEST

1. The schwa is normally identified as vowel number ---------------- on the vowel chart.

2. Languages which use pitch variation are generally said to be -------------------.

3. Acoustic phonetics uses instruments such as the ----------------- to measure the frequency of sound waves.

4. Match the sound indicated in this word with a corresponding one in the options: ------------- sEAt

5. There are three major branches in the study of ----------------------.

6. The sound [ð] is phonetically described as ---------------- .

7. The most common phonological rule is ---------------------.

8. [ei?] is an example of a ----------------.

9. Match the sound indicated in this word with a corresponding one in the options: ------------ misCHief

10. The sound [ð] is phonetically described as ---------------- .

11. A significant sound segment may be said to represent a ------------------------.

12. Allophones of a phoneme are said to be in -----------------------.

13. Match the sound indicated in this word with a corresponding one in the options: ------- pasT

14. [ei] is an example of a ----------------.

15. Phonetics is concerned with the study of the ------------------- of natural languages.

16. The schwa is normally identified as vowel number ---------------- on the vowel chart.

17. There are ---------------------- major branches in the study of phonetics.

18. Match the sound indicated in this word with a corresponding one in the options: ------------ clUtch

19. [u] can be phonetically described as ---------------------- vowel.

20. A traditional way of arriving at significant sounds in all natural languages is through the construction of -------------------.

21. [w] can be phonetically described as -----------------------.

22. [h] can be phonetically described as ---------------.

23. Match the sound indicated in this word with a corresponding one in the options: ----------- bouQuet

24. Vowel number 1 on the vowel chart is -----------------.

25. [ei is an example of a ----------------.

26. The interface between phonetics and ________ lies in the fact that they both study human speech

27. A phoneme can be realised in different ways depending on --------------------.

28.

A ------------------ is the smallest unit of pronunciation in a word.

29. Match the sound indicated in this word with a corresponding one in the options: -------- couGH

30. [r] can be phonetically described as -----------------------.

31. The air passage through the mouth region is called -----------------.

32.

Match the sound indicated in this word with a corresponding one in the options: ------------ misCHief

33. Phonetics studies the production of sounds in ------------------ languages.

34. A phoneme is a ----------------- unit of sound capable of distinguishing words of different meanings.

35. Match the sound indicated in this word with a corresponding one in the options: ----------- CHalet

36. Match the sound indicated in this word with a corresponding one in the options: ----------- reSt

37. [ei] is an example of a --------------------.

38. The phonological restrictions in the occurrence of consonants and vowels is known as ----------------.

39. Match the sound indicated in this word with a corresponding one in the options: ----------- reSt

40. [g] is an example of a ---------------- sound.