Câu 1:

How many syllables are there in the word “know”?

A. 3
B. 2
C. 4
D. 1
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: 1
Vì: “Know” is a one-syllable word. This word contains four letters (k, n, o, w) and two sounds (/n/ +/əʊ/).

Câu 2
How many sounds are there in the word “six”?

Giải thích kết quả :

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: 4
Vì: The word “six” is pronounced as /sɪks/.

Câu 3:
What is the original spelling of /bɪˈtwiːn/?
A. between
B. betide
C. become
D. betray

Giải thích kết quả :

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: between
Vì: The word “between” is pronounced as /bɪˈtwiːn/ (2 syllables, 6 sounds).

Câu 4:
What is NOT an element of English pronunciation?
A. intonation
B. spelling
C. connected speech
D. stress
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: spelling
Vì: Spelling is a part of writing, not pronunciation.

Câu 5:
What is the IPA transcription for the word “listen”?

A. /lɪŋk/
B. /ˈlɪs.ən/
C. /ˈlɪp.stɪk/
D. /ˈlɜː.nɪŋ/

Giải thích kết quả :

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: /ˈlɪs.ən/
Vì: The word “listen” is pronounced as /ˈlɪs.ən/ (2 syllables, 5 sounds).

Câu 6:
What is the main difference between consonant and vowel sounds?
A. the position of the tongue
B. the openness of the mouth
C. the length of sound
D. the flow of air through the mouth
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: the flow of air through the mouth.
Vì: When you say a vowel, you do not block the flow of air. When you say a consonant, you block the flow of
air.

Câu 7:
To pronounce /ɑː/ sound, you should ______
A. raise the back of your tongue up
B. put the tip of your tongue behind your lower front teeth
C. place your tongue in the middle of your mouth
D. curl your tongue up to the upper part of your mouth
Giải thích kết quả :
Sai. Đáp án đúng là: put the tip of your tongue behind your lower front teeth.
Vì: /ɑː/ is one of the most open vowels, so the tongue position should be as far as possible from the roof of the
mouth.

Câu 8:
What is NOT a common spelling for /ɔː/ sound?
A. al
B. a
C. or
D. u
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: u
Vì: “u” is the common spelling of /ʊ/ and /uː/ and /ɪ/

Câu 9:
What is NOT a common spelling for /ə/ sound?
A. o
B. i
C. e
D. a
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: i
Vì: “i” is the common spelling of /ɪ/ and /iː/

Câu 10:
To pronounce /ɜː/ sound, you should ______

A. put the tip of your tongue behind your lower front teeth
B. raise your tongue high and push it to the front of your mouth
 C. curl the tip of your tongue and point it to the roof of your mouth
D. place your tongue in a neutral position
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: curl the tip of your tongue and point it to the roof of your mouth.
Vì: to make / ɜː/, open your mouth but not too widely. Pull back your tongue. Curl the tip of your tongue and
point it to the roof of your mouth, but don’t touch it.

Câu 11:
Choose the word whose part in the ‘ ’ is different from the others.

A. ‘a’dopt
B. c‘ir’cle
C. ‘a’maze
D. heat‘er’
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: c‘ir’cle
Vì: “ir” in the word “circle” is pronounced as /ɜː/, /ˈsɜː.kəl/. The other words have /ə/ sound.

Câu 12:
Which word does NOT contain /ɪ/ sound?

A. building
B. listen
C. dinner
D. police

Giải thích kết quả :

Sai. Đáp án đúng là: police
Vì: The word “police” is pronounced as /pəˈliːs/ with long i

Câu 13:
Choose the word whose part in the ‘ ’ is different from the others.
A. f‘oo’t
B. l‘oo’k
C. W‘oo’d
D. f‘oo’d

Giải thích kết quả :

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: f‘oo’d
Vì: The word “food” is pronounced as / /fuːd/with long u. The other words have short /ʊ/ sound

Câu 1:
What is the phonetic notation system used to represent all of the phones in human language?
A. APA
B. API
C. IPA
D. IPI
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: IPA
Vì: IPA stands for International Phonetic Alphabet
Câu 2:
How many sounds are there in the English language?
A. About 20
B. About 30
C. About 40
D. More than 50
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: 40
Vì: There are more than 40 sounds (phonemes) in English
Câu 3:
The action of pronouncing one syllable of a multisyllabic word with greater emphasis is called
______
A. intonation.
B. sentence stress.
C. word stress.
D. connected speech.
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: word stress.
Vì: The definition of word stress is “the way that a syllable is pronounced with greater force than other
syllables in the same word”
Câu 5:
Choose the word with different vowel sound:
A. think
B. ski
C. give
D. rich
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: ski
Vì: The vowel letter “i” in “ski” is pronounced as /i:/ (others: /ɪ/)
Câu 6:
What effect does intonation have?
A. conveying differences of expressive meaning
B. spotting which items in the message are the most important
C. supporting the connection between the letters and their sounds
D. helping to divide speech into words or other units
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: conveying differences of expressive meaning
Vì: The meaning of a sentence can be totally changed by using different intonations. Without intonation,
it is impossible to understand the expressions and thoughts that go with words
Câu 7:
To pronounce /æ/ sound, you should ______
A. open your mouth a little and stretch it to the side.
B. open your mouth and tense your lips.
C. open your mouth and round your lips a little.
D. open your mouth wide and stretch it to the side.
Giải thích kết quả :
Sai. Đáp án đúng là: open your mouth wide and stretch it to the side.
Vì: /æ/ is an open, unrounded and lax sound
Câu 8:
To pronounce /ɑː/ sound, you should ______
A. raise the back of your tongue up.
B. place your tongue in the middle of your mouth.
C. put the tip of your tongue behind your lower front teeth.
D. curl your tongue up to the upper part of your mouth.
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: put the tip of your tongue behind your lower front teeth.
Vì: /ɑː/ is one of the most open vowels, so the tongue position should be as far as possible from the roof
of the mouth
Câu 9:
What is NOT a common spelling for /ɔː/ sound?
A. a
B. u
C. al
D. or
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: u
Vì: “u” is the common spelling of /ʊ/ and /uː/ and /ɪ/
Câu 10:
What types of vowels are /ʌ/ and /ɑː/?
A. Open vowels
B. Close vowels
C. Mid vowels
D. Front vowels
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Open vowels
Vì: To pronounce /ʌ/ and /ɑː/, the tongue needs to be positioned far away from the roof of the mouth, and
the mouth is open widely
Câu 11:
Which word does the IPA transcription /krɔːl/ represent?
A. cradle
B. crawl
C. crane
D. crow
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: crawl
Vì: “aw” is the usual spelling of /ɔː/. The word ends with the /l/ sound. It has only 1 syllable, so “cradle”
is not possible
Câu 12:
Which word does NOT contain /ɪ/ sound?
A. building
B. listen
C. dinner
D. police
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: police
Vì: The word “police” is pronounced as /pəˈliːs/ with long i
Câu 13:
Which word does NOT contain /e/ sound?
A. check
B. bread
C. friend
D. even
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: even
Vì: The word “even” is pronounced as / /ˈiː.vən/ sound
Câu 15:
How is the pronunciation of /ɒ/ different from that of /ɔː/ ?
A. You need to pull your tongue back more when making /ɒ/
B. You need to relax your tongue and lips when making /ɒ/
C. You need to round your lips more when making /ɒ/
D. You need to lower your jaw when making /ɒ/
Giải thích kết quả :
Sai. Đáp án đúng là: You need to relax your tongue and lips when making /ɒ/
Vì: /ɒ/ is a short and lax vowel, so you need to relax your tongues and lips when making it
Câu 15:
Look at the IPA transcription of a student’s answer. Which part of this answer contains a
mispronunciation error?
Without computers // studying would have been // time-consuming // and inefficient
|wɪðˈaʊt kɔːmˈpjuːtəz ˈstʌdɪɪŋ wʊd həv biːn ˈtaɪmkənˈsjuːmɪŋ ənd ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃnt |
A. |taɪmkənˈsjuːmɪŋ|
B. |ˈstʌdɪɪŋ wʊd həv biːn |
C. |ənd ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃnt |
D. |wɪðˈaʊt kɔːmˈpjuːtəz |
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: |wɪðˈaʊt kɔːmˈpjuːtəz |
Vì: The correct pronunciation of this word is /kəmˈpjuː.tər/ with /ə/. Many words starting with “com” are
pronounced /kəm/
Câu 1:
Which sound is a diphthong?
A. /aɪ/
B. /ʌ/
C. /aɪə/
D. /i:/
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: /aɪ/
Câu 2:
Which word contains the diphthong /ɪə/?
A. Ear
B. Eye
C. Nose
D. Mouth
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Ear
Vì: Ear is pronounced as /ɪə/
Câu 3:
If we say the diphthong /eə/ by itself, which word will we have?
A. Air
B. Eye
C. Eel
D. I
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Air
Vì: “Air” is pronounced as /eə/
Câu 4:
Choose the word with a different vowel sound.
A. Gone
B. Coast
C. Closed
D. Stone
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Gone
Câu 5:
The two diphthongs/eə/ and /ɪə/ are ______
A. the rising diphthongs.
B. the centring diphthongs.
C. the rounding diphthongs.
D. the rounding diphthong
Vì: A centring diphthong isthe one that begins with a more peripheral vowel and ends with a more central
one (/ə/)
Câu 6:
Which is the ordinary spelling of /kæmˈpeɪn/?
A. Kumquat
B. Copying
C. Camping
D. Campaign
Câu 7:
Which are the common spellings for /aɪ/ sound?
A. oi, oy
B. ai, ei
C. i, ie, y, igh, uy
D. ey, ay
Vì: We can find the diphthong /aɪ/ in words like “hi”, “pie”, “by”, “high”, “buy”
Câu 8:
How many diphthongs are there in the sentence “The lake is a long way from here.”?
A. 1
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
Vì: Three words that contain diphthongs are “lake”, “way” and “here”
Câu 9:
How many /aɪ/ sounds are there in the sentence “Do you like dry wine?”?
A. 1
B. 4
C. 2
D. 3
Vì: Three /aɪ/ sounds can be found in “like”, “dry” and “wine”
Câu 10:
How many triphthongs can you find in this sentence: “Stay five days outside and light a fire
whereour flowers grow wild around theshow ground”?
A. 3
B. 2
C. 0
D. 1
Vì: The triphthongs can be found in “fire”, “our”, and “flowers”
Câu 1:
Which sound is a diphthong?
A. /ʌ/
B. /aɪ/
C. /i:/
D. /aɪə/
Vì: /aɪ/ contains two single vowels /a/ and /ɪ/
Câu 2:
Which is NOT a rising diphthong?
A. /eɪ/
B. /aʊ/
C. /ɔɪ/
D. /aɪ/
Vì: /aʊ/ is a rounding diphthong
Câu 3:
If we say the diphthong /eə/ by itself, which word will we have?
A. Air
B. Eel
C. Eye
D. I
Vì: “Air” is pronounced as /eə/.
Câu 6:
How are the triphthong produced?
A. Saying two sounds quickly.
B. Gliding from a vowel to a consonant.
C. Adding /ə/ sound to some diphthongs.
D. Adding a vowel sound before a diphthong.
Vì: We add /ə/ to five diphthongs /eɪ/, /aɪ/, /ɔi/, /əʊ/, /aʊ/ to make five triphthongs /eɪə/, /aɪə/, /ɔiə/,
/əʊə/, /aʊə/.
Câu 7:
How many /əʊ/ sounds are there in the sentence “They showed us their home.”?
A. 4
B. 1
C. 3
D. 2
Vì: Two /əʊ/ sounds can be found in “show” and “home”
Câu 10:
How many diphthongs can you find in this sentence: “Stay five days outside and light a fire where
our flowers grow wild around the ground”?
A. 11
B. 16
C. 10
D. 14
Vì: The diphthongs can be found in “St’ay’ f’i’ve d’ay’s ‘ou’ts’i’de and l’igh’t a fire wh’ere’ our flowers
gr’ow’ w’i’ld ar’ou’nd the gr’ou’nd”
Câu 10:
How many diphthongs can you find in this sentence: “I’d like to buy a kilo of soya flour but the
only place it’s available is closed on Fridays.”?
A. 8
B. 6
C. 10
D. 12
Vì: The diphthongs can be found in “I’d l’i'ke to b’uy’ a kil’o’ of soya flour but the ‘o’nly pl’a’ce it’s
av’ai’lable is cl’o’sed on Fr’i’d’ay’s.”