REVIEW 2

I. TRUE or FALSE: Decide whether each of the following sentences is TRUE or FALSE.
Type the letter (T) or (F) in the space provided before the number of each sentence.
___ 1. Phonetics is the study of how speech sounds in a language are produced, transmitted
and perceived. T
___ 2. When the air moves through the nasal cavity, the following sounds /p/, /b/, /m/, /n/
appear.F
___ 3. There are three stages in the speech chain: psychological, physiological and physical.T
___ 4. The pharynx is situated in the wind pipe.F
___ 5. Auditory phonetics studies the articulators, the places of articulation where the air
moves through. F
___ 6. The most important thing to remember about all the diphthongs is that the second part is
much longer and stronger than the first part.F
___ 7. We can classify consonants according to either the positions of articulation or the
manners of articulation.T( 2 TRONG NHIỀU TIÊU CHÍ)-PA-3TC-NÃ4TC
___ 8. A speech sound is a physical event with three aspects: physiological, acoustic and
auditory.T
___ 9. When a voiceless sound is articulated, the vocal cords vibrate.
___ 10. The air stream expelled from the lungs is the most usual source of energy for our vocal
activities.
___ 11. Nasal, oral and pharyngeal cavities function as the principal resonators.
___ 12. Allophonic transcription is based on the principle "one symbol per phoneme".
___ 13.The complete internal structure of a syllable is: ONSET (consonant) + NUCLEUS
(consonant) + CODA (vowel).
___ 14. Centring diphthongs are those which end in /i/.
___ 15. Assimilation is said to be progressive when the preceding consonant influences the
articulation of the following consonant.
II. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the best answer among A, B, C and D by blackening
your choice.
1. Which of the following pairs belongs to the bilabial plosive?
A. /b/ & /d/ B. /p/ & /d/ C. /p/ & /b/ D. /p/ & /g/
2. Rounded and unrounded vowels are classified according to
A. the height of the tongue B. the part of the tongue involved
C. the length of the vowels D. the shape of the lips
3. The …….. is the main articulator for the vowel sound production.
A. lung B. tongue C. throat D. windpipe
4. When .......... sounds are articulated, the tip or blade of the tongue against the teeth ridge.
A. labio-dental B. alveolar C. velar D. glottal
5. ………. phonetics deals with how speech sounds are perceived by the listener.
A. Articulatory B. Acoustic C. Auditory D. Experimental
6. The following describe the manners of articulation EXCEPT
A. plosive B. fricative C. alveolar D. nasal
7. Which of the following pairs belongs to the alveolar plosive?
A. /b/ & /d/ B. /t/ & /d/ C. /p/ & /b/ D. /t/ & /g/
8. High and low vowels are classified according to
A. the height of the tongue B. the part of the tongue involved
C. the length of the vowels D. the shape of the lips
9. When an oral sound is articulated
A. the airstream escapes through the nose. B. the velum is raised.
C. the airstream cannot move out of the mouth. D. the velum is lowered
10. A combination of two vowels pronounced within one syllable is called………
A. a front vowel B. a closed vowel
C. an open vowel D. a diphthong
11. Sounds like [f], [s], [∫] are called
A. stops B. affricatives C. fricatives D. alveolar
12. Which of the following is a passive articulator?
A. the pharynx B. the velum C. the tongue D. the hard palate
13. Which of the following is NOT used as a criterion for consonant classification?
A. the position of the velum B. the manner of articulation
C. the place of articulation D. the shape of the lips
14. The glottis is
A. the space between the velum and the back of the tongue.
B. the soft appendage hanging down from the velum.
C. also called the larynx
D. the space between the vocal cords.
15. When voiced sounds are articulated, the vocal cords are
A. raised B. lowered C. vibrating D. having no function

III/ BLANK FILLING: Fill in each blank with ONE most suitable word.

A... vowel....is a sound in the production of which the air passage through the mouth is free. /ei/
in take is an example of a... diphthong........................ . A diphthong is a combination of two
vowels… pronounced…within one syllable. A consonant is a sound produced with an obstruction
to the air stream. Whereas phonetics is the study of how speech sounds are produced,
phonology is the study and identification of the distinctive units of sound in a language:
the........ phoneme....

IV. PROBLEM SOLVING:

1/ Identify the phonetic features of the following two phonemes: xác định đặc trưng
ngữ âm của 2 âm vị sau:

a. / ʌ /: ......................................................................................................................
b. / θ /: .......................................................................................................................

2/ Give short, complete answer to the following question:

What are the ways of learning Phonetics and Phonology effectively?