ELS 201 CBT PRACTICE TEST

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ELS 201

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

A. the environment of realisation

B. manner of articulation

C. type of airstream mechanism

D. place of production

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

A. A back and unrounded

B. A front and rounded

C. A front and unrounded

D. A back and rounded

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

A. phonology

B. human language

C. allomorphs

D. allophones

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

A. Triphthong

B. Diphthong

C. Monotphhong

D. Diaphthong

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

A. A voiceless glottal fricative

B. A voiceless glottal stop

C. A voiced glottal fricative

D. A voiced glottal affricate

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6. The vowel sound technically referred to as the schwa normally occurs in --------------- syllable.

A. A stressed

B. A stressed and unstressed

C. An unstressed

D. Neither stressed or unstressed

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

A. Alveolar stop

B. Alveolar liquid

C. Velar stop

D. Alveolar fricative

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

A. Result

B. show

C. asked

D. wise

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

A. 4

B. 8

C. 10

D. 12

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

A. 3

B. 2

C. 4

D. 5

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

A. [i:]

B. [e]

C. [a:]

D. [ı]

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

A. console

B. spectrograph

C. Laptop

D. Compact Disk

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

A. particular

B. specifies

C. general

D. African and European languages

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

A. Loud

B. Lottery

C. Love

D. Bury

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15. Match the sound indicated in this word with a corresponding one in the options: ------------ buSiness

A. Grace

B. rice

C. Eyes

D. sink

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16. A sequence of two or more consonants in a syllable is called -------------------.

A. consonant chain

B. consonant serial

C. consonant cluster

D. consonant class

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

A. Velar

B. Dental

C. Nasal

D. Fricative

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

A. triphthong

B. Monothong

C. diphthong

D. monophthong

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

A. Though

B. thoroughly

C. Trophy

D. of

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

A. allophones

B. complementary distribution

C. minimal pairs

D. free variation

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21. [a:] can be phonetically described as --------------------- vowel.

A. A rounded and short

B. An unrounded and short vowel

C. An unrounded and long vowel

D. A rounded central vowel

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

A. coalescence

B. Deletion

C. Vowel Reduction

D. Assimilation

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

A. wrestle

B. Pasture

C. preached

D. Castle

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

A. Minor

B. minute

C. major

D. minimal

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

A. Phonological rules

B. phonological processes

C. Phonotactics

D. phonological barrier

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

A. free variation

B. complementary distribution

C. minimal pairs

D. coalescence

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

A. A bilabial semi-vowel

B. An alveolar semi-vowel

C. A glottal semi-vowel

D. A labio - dental semi-vowel

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

A. 4

B. 8

C. 10

D. 12

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

A. A voiceless glottal fricative

B. A voiced dental fricative

C. A palato-alveolar fricative

D. A glottal fricative

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

A. intonational

B. tonal

C. rhythmic

D. intonational/tonal

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

A. letters of the alphabet

B. orthography

C. Sounds

D. Paralinguistic Features

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

A. Key

B. sit

C. Bet

D. Thread

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

A. Phonetics

B. Word

C. Syllables

D. Sentence

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34.

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

A. champagne

B. ritual

C. Christmas

D. Brochure

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35.

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

A. that

B. Thomas

C. Path

D. fat

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

A. Vehicle

B. who

C. what

D. Honest

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

A. a voiceless glottal fricative

B. a voiced dental fricative

C. a palato-alveolar fricative

D. a glottal fricative

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38.

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

A. Syllable

B. phoneme

C. phone

D. Schwa

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

A. Champagne

B. Ritual

C. Chairman

D. Brochure

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40. ------------------- is concerned with the study of the sound of natural languages.

A. Phonetics

B. language

C. speech

D. Sentence

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The average score is 33%

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Ace/Undergragra February 9, 2024

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

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

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

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