1- Each phoneme in English corresponds to letter in the alphabet. *

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True
False
 
 
2- In a voiceless sound your vocal cords... *
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vibrate
don't vibrate
 
 
3- The main difference between vowels and consonants is... *
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that in vowels there's no restriction to the air flow

 
that vowels are voiced and consonants are voiceless

 
4- For /i:/, /e/ and /æ/ the lips are... *
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rounded
spread
 
 
5- In mid vowels, the ....... position is neutral. *
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lips
jaw
 
 
6- /ɑː/ is a *
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Low central vowel

 
Low back vowel

Respuesta correcta
Low back vowel
 
7- "ee" is a typical spelling for the sound... *
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/e/
/i:/
 
 
8- "ir" is a typical spelling for the sound... *
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/ɜː/
 
/iː/

 
9- Which of the following two words is pronounced with /ɪ/ ? *
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bit
 
beat

 
10- What is the position of the lips for /ʊ/ ? *
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close rounded and forward

loosely rounded almost neutrally open
 

Respuesta correcta
close rounded and forward

 
11- "or" is a typical spelling for the sound... *
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/ɔː/
 
/ɒ/

 
12- Vowel Schwa is very important because *
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it appears in most unstressed syllables

 
it appears in the endings "or", "er" "ar"
 
13- When are neutral [i] and neutral [u] used? *
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in accented syllables
in final position in the word, in unaccented syllables
 
 
14- Diphthongs are called glides because *
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They have an initial position and they glide towards a final position
 
They glide from one phoneme to another and are considered two phonemes

 
15- In "I can go swimming" can should be transcribed as: *
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/aɪ kæn gəʊ ˈswɪmɪŋ/

/aɪ kən gəʊ ˈswɪmɪŋ/
 
 
16- In "What are you looking for?" "for" and "are" should be transcribed as: *
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/wɒt ɑː jʊ ˈlʊkɪŋ fə/

/wɒt ə jʊ ˈlʊkɪŋ fɔː/
 
 
17-In "I should have studied more?" "should", "have" and "more" should be transcribed as: *
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/aɪ ʃəd həv ˈstʌdɪd mɔːr/

/aɪ ʃʊd əv ˈstʌdɪd mɔː/
 
 
18-In "I have breakfast every morning" , "have" and "every" should be transcribed as: *
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/aɪ hæv ˈbrekfəst ˈevri ˈmɔːnɪŋ/

 
/aɪ həv ˈbrekfəst ˈevrɪ ˈmɔːnɪŋ/

 
19-In "That's the apple that I want" , "that" and "the " should be transcribed as: *
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/ðæts ðə ˈæpl ðæt aɪ wɒnt/
/ðæts ði ˈæpl ðət aɪ wɒnt/
 
 
20-In "I need to eat and she needs to drink" "to", "and", "she" should be transcribed as: *
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/aɪ niːd tʊ iːt ənd ʃiː niːdz tə drɪŋk/

 
/aɪ niːd tu iːt ən ʃi niːdz tə drɪŋk/

Respuesta correcta
/aɪ niːd tu iːt ən ʃi niːdz tə drɪŋk/

Comentarios

"to" is transcribed with neutral u before a vowel and schwa before a consonant. "she" requires a neutral i
preferrably, the long /iː/ is used for contrast