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1. Which branch of phonetics studies the perception and recognition of speech sounds?

A. Auditory phonetics

B. Segmental phonetics

C. Acoustic phonetics

D. Articulatory phonetics

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2. Which of the following is a suprasegmental feature?

A. Stress

B. Vowels

C. Voicing

D. Place of articulation

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3. What is the term for a word that connects a noun to the rest of the sentence, often indicating location, direction, or time?

A. Preposition

B. Verb

C. Adverb

D. Article

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4. Which of the following is an example of a voiceless sound?

A. /m/

B. /p/

C. /d/

D. /b/

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5. What is the primary function of grammar in language?

A. To provide synonyms and antonyms

B. To convey emotions

C. To arrange words into meaningful patterns

D. To analyze sound systems

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6. What is a compound sentence?

A. A sentence with a subject and a predicate

B. A sentence with one dependent clause

C. A sentence with two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction

D. A sentence with one independent clause

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7. What type of sentence expresses a command or request?

A. Imperative

B. Declarative

C. Interrogative

D. Exclamatory

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8. What is the name for a speech sound characterized by a complete closure in the vocal tract, followed by an explosive release?

A. Fricative

B. Plosive

C. Approximant

D. Nasal

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9. What is the unit of measurement for frequency in acoustic phonetics?

A. Decibel (dB)

B. Nanosecond

C. Hertz (Hz)

D. Millisecond (ms)

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10. The position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth

A. The tension in the vocal cords

B. The duration of the vowel

C. The rounding of the lips

D. The position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth

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11. Identify the type of pronoun in the sentence: "This is mine."

A. Demonstrative pronoun

B. Personal pronoun

C. Possessive pronoun

D. Reflexive pronoun

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12. Which phonological process involves removing a sound in casual speech?

A. Insertion

B. Deletion

C. Metathesis

D. Assimilation

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13. Which of the following is a suprasegmental feature?

A. Phonemes

B. Intonation

C. Consonant clusters

D. Place of articulation

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14. What punctuation mark is used to indicate possession or contractions?

A. Colon

B. Apostrophe

C. Semicolon

D. Comma

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15. Which of the following best defines a noun?

A. word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

B. A word that describes an action

C. word used to join sentences

D. word that modifies a verb

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16. What is the place of articulation for the bilabial sound /m/?

A. Vocal cords

B. Lips

C. Tongue and alveolar ridge

D. Tongue and hard palate

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17. Which of the following is an example of a preposition?

A. Quickly

B. Between

C. And

D. Jumped

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18. What is an adjective?

A. A word that expresses a complete thought

B. A word that shows action or state of being

C. A word that connects phrases or clauses

D. A word that modifies nouns or pronouns

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19. What is the place of articulation for the sounds /t/ and /d/?

A. Alveolar

B. Bilabial

C. Palatal

D. Velar

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20. What is an allophone?

A. A phoneme that contrasts meaning

B. A process of vowel reduction

C. A variant of a phoneme that does not change meaning

D. A segment of suprasegmental phonology

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21. Which sentence uses a verb in the past tense?

A. They played football yesterday

B. We are reading a book.

C. He will visit the museum.

D. She runs every morning.

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22. What is the role of a conjunction in a sentence?

A. To express an action

B. To join words, phrases, or clauses

C. To introduce a noun

D. To modify a noun

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23. What type of sound is /ŋ/?

A. Voiced velar nasal

B. Voiceless velar nasal

C. Voiced alveolar nasal

D. Voiced bilabial nasal

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24. What is the term for sounds made with the vibration of the vocal folds?

A. Plosives

B. Nasal sounds

C. Voiceless sounds

D. Voiced sounds

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25. What is the primary focus of phonetics?

A. The study of meaning in language

B. The physical production and acoustic properties of speech sounds

C. The organization of sounds in a language

D. The study of sound systems in specific languages

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26. Which of the following is an example of an auxiliary verb?

A. Have

B. Quickly

C. Run

D. Beautiful

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27. What is the pitch range for typical human speech?

A. 80 Hz - 800 Hz

B. 20 Hz - 20,000 Hz

C. Less than 200 Hz

D. 100 Hz - 400 Hz

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28. The study of meaning in languagex link

A. The study of sound systems in specific languages

B. The organization of sounds in a language

C. The study of meaning in language

D. The physical production and acoustic properties of speech sounds

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29. Amplitude in acoustic phonetics measures:

A. Loudness

B. Duration

C. Pitch

D. Frequency

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30. Which of the following affects the duration of speech?

A. Loudness

B. Pitch

C. Distance from the source

D. Language

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31. What distinguishes phonemes like /p/ and /b/ in English?

A. Place of articulation

B. Manner of articulation

C. Nasalization

D. Voicing

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32. What is the airstream mechanism used in the production of most English sounds?

A. Pulmonic ingressive

B. Velaric ingressive

C. Pulmonic egressive

D. Glottalic egressive

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33. What is the main focus of phonology?

A. The study of sound waves

B. The perception of speech sounds by listeners

C. The organization of sounds in a language to convey meaning

D. The physical production of speech sounds

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34. Which part of speech modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb?

A. Pronoun

B. Adverb

C. Preposition

D. Conjunction

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35. What is the syllable structure that contains an onset, nucleus, and coda?

A. Monosyllabic word

B. Prosodic unit

C. Syllable segment

D. Phonotactic rule

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36. What is a stress-timed language?

A. . A language that does not have phonotactic rules

B. . A language where each syllable takes the same amount of time

C. A language that relies on mora timing

D. A language where stressed syllables occur at regular intervals

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37. What is the function of an interjection in a sentence?

A. To express sudden emotions or feelings

B. To indicate possession

C. To describe a noun

D. To connect clauses

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38. Which branch of phonetics is concerned with how sounds are perceived?

A. Articulatory phonetics

B. Suprasegmental phonetics

C. Auditory phonetics

D. Acoustic phonetics

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39. In the sentence "He is taller than his brother," the word "taller" is an example of

A. . A verb

B. An adverb

C. A noun

D. A comparative adjective

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40. What type of assimilation occurs when a voiceless sound becomes voiced due to a neighboring sound?

A. Stress assimilation

B. Voicing assimilation

C. Place assimilation

D. Manner assimilation

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