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Exercise For Revision of Phonetics
Exercise For Revision of Phonetics
2. When two or more sounds never occur in the same phonemic context or environment they are said to
be
A. allophones of a phoneme
B. in free variation
C. different phonemes
D. identical segments
ANSWER: A
3. Which of the following symbols corresponds to the following phonetic description: voiceless
labiodental fricative
A. [ v ]
B. [ w ]
C. [ ð ]
D. [ f ]
ANSWER: D
4. How many segments are there in the sound sequence ['ʧɒkəlɪt] chocolate ?
A. 8
B. 7
C. 5
D. 6
ANSWER: B
9. Which of the following phonetic variations the voiceless alveolar [ t ] may have in this context [ 'sᴂ
tə deɪ ] Saturday?
A. [ t ] may become glottal stop between stressed vowel [ᴂ] and unstressed vowel [] ]
B. [ t ] may be deleted between stressed vowel [ᴂ] and unstressed vowel [ ] ]
C. [ t ] becomes aspirated between stressed vowel [ᴂ] and unstressed vowel [ ] ]
D. [ t ] may become voiced flap between stressed vowel [ᴂ] and unstressed vowel [ ] ]
ANSWER: D
10. Which of the following coarticulation processes occurs to the voiceless alveolar [ t ] in this context
[eɪtjɪəz] eight years
A. [ t ] is palatalized before palatal [ j ]
B. [ t ] is velarized before palatal [ j ]
C. [ t ] is deleted before palatal [ j ]
D. [ t ] is aspirated before palatal [ j ]
ANSWER: A
11. Which of the following phonetic variations that may happen to the nasal [ n ] in this context: ['ga:dn
] garden?
A. [ n ] becomes unaspirated after voiced stop [ d ]
B. [ n ] becomes devoiced after voiced stop [ d ]
C. [ n ] becomes syllabic after voiced stop [ d ]
D. [ n ] becomes aspirated after voiced stop [ d ]
ANSWER: C
13. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic description:
voiceless affricate
A. [ ∫ ]
B. [ t ]
C. [ ʧ ]
D. [ ʤ ]
ANSWER: C
14. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic description: long
high front vowel
A. [ e ]
B. [ i:]
C. [ ᴂ ]
D. [ ɒ ]
ANSWER: B
15. Which of the following coarticulation processes that may happen to the alveolar [ d ] in this context:
[ əd'maɪə ] admire?
A. [ d ] may be labialised before the bilabial [ m ]
B. [ d ] may be devoiced before the the voiceless stop [ m ]
C. [ d ] may be nasalised before the bilabial [ m ]
D. [ d ] may be aspirated before the voiceless stop [ m ]
ANSWER: A
19. Which of the following is the phonetic transcription of this form “singing"?
A. [ 'sɪŋgɪng ]
B. [ 'sɪngɪŋ ]
C. [ 'sɪŋɪŋ ]
D. [ 'sɪŋɪng ]
ANSWER: C