1.

English consonants (Cs) and vowels (Vs) are different from each other in
…
a. manner of articulation c. distribution
b. voicing d. a & c
2. Which of the following words contains a short V?
a. bear b. smooth c. mere d. touch
3. Which of the followings is NOT a criterion to classify English simple Vs?
a. tongue height c. voicing
b. tongue part d. length of sound
4. /0/ in … is the longest.
a. thought b. store c. fork d. port
5. Both … are front vowels.
a. /i/ & /_/ b. /i/ & /u/ c. /@/ & /3/ d. /@/ & /u/
6. Diphthongs …
a. are the combination of 2 simple Vs.
b. consist of a glide from one V to another.
c. are 2 single Vs appearing within a syllable.
d. are the strong V joined with the weak V.
7. /i/ & /@/ are different in …
a. tongue position c. muscle tension
b. length d. a & c
8. Which of the following diphthongs is pronounced differently from the
others?
a. really b. hear c. fear d. bear
9. Which of the Vs in the following words is pronounced differently from
the others?
a. touch b. pour c. double d. country
10. The sound beginning with a mid central V, then gliding towards a high
back V is …
a. 16 b. _1 c. 6$ d. @$
11. Consonants are …
a. sounds produced with free escapes of the airstream
b. sounds made with only friction
c. sounds pronounced with obstruction of the airstream completely of
partially
d. sounds pronounced with only vibration of the vocal cords
12. English consonants can be described based on … criteria: place of
articulation, … & …
a. 2/manner of articulation/voiced
b. 3/place of articulation/voiceless
c. 3/manner of articulation/voicing
d. 3/manner of articulation/voiced
13. Plosives or stops are sounds produced by …
 a. stopping the airstream partially & releasing a friction
b. releasing the airstream totally
c. stopping the airflow with a glottal
d. stopping the airstream totally & releasing the airstream with a small
plosion
14. Voiceless plosives … at final position … the preceding V or diphthongs.
a. /p - t - k/ / lengthen c. /p - t - g/ / nasalize
b. /p - t - k/ / shorten d. /b - d - g/ / shorten
15. Which of the following words begins with a voiceless, post-alveolar,
fricative sound?
a. phenomena b. soldier c. enough d. shoes
16. Sounds produced with a total obstruction to the airstream are …
a. approximants c. nasals
b. fricatives d. plosives
17. The initial sound of “chef” is a(n) …
a. approximant c. fricative
b. affricate d. plosive
18. Which of the followings is the final sound in “debt”?
a. /t/ b. /b/ c. /bt/ d. /pt/
19. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
a. Plosives are produced with the total or partial obstruction of the
airstream.
b. Nasals are continuant sounds.
c. Hissing sound is a characteristic of fricatives.
d. The fortis and plosives in final position often shorten the vowel
preceding them.
20. The consonant /n/ & /z/ are different from each other in their …
a. voicing b. point of articulation c. manner of articulation
d. b & c
21. The main difference between /d/ & /n/ is …
a. point of articulation c. manner of articulation
b. voicing d. a & b
22. The sound /l/ when following a fortis plosive is called …
a. clear b. dark c. devoiced d. syllabic
23. The sounds that never occur in final position are …
a. /m - n - l - g/ c. /r - w - j - h/
b. /w - j - h/ d. /h - w - j - p/
24. /7/ never occurs after a …
a. long V b. diphthong c. schwa d. all of them
25. Which of the following words does not contain a central V?
a. ago b. worm c. but d. hat
26. Vowels are followed a fortis consonant are …
a. devoiced b. voiced c. shortened d. lengthened
27. … are pronounced with the contact made b/w lower lip & upper teeth.
a. Bilabials b. Alveolars c. Labio-dentals d. Dentals
28. A vowel is … when preceding a final nasal sound.
a. shortened b. devoiced c. nasalized d. labialized
29. The sound /l/ when occurring after a V is called …
a. clear b. dark c. devoiced d. syllabic
30. To let the airstream escape through the nose, the velum must be …
a. raised b. lowered c. pushed forwards d. drawn back
31. [t ] & [t ] are called the … of the phoneme /t/.
h o

a. transcription b. allophones c. minimal pair d. homophones

32. How many phonemes are there in the word ‘would’?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
33. A minimal pair is …
a. a pair of word of the same pronunciation.
b. 2 allophones of the same phoneme.
c. a pair of words which differ from each other by only one phoneme at
the same position.
d. a & c
34. A consonant is … phoneme.
a. segmental b. supra-segmental c. over-segmental d. b & c
35. The shortest English syllable consists of …
a. V b. C c. CV d. VC
36. ONSET consonants in an English syllable are …
a. Cs preceding the PEAK
b. Cs following the CENTRE
c. sound(s) in the centre of a syllable
d. Vs or diphthongs
37. The maximum number of Cs in ONSET of an English syllable is …
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
38. In an English syllable, the Cs following the NUCLEUS are called …
a. ONSET b. CODA c. PEAK d. NUCLEUS
39. A syllable in English is identified by …
a. V b. C c. stress d. V or diphthong
40. The peak of an English syllable should always be a …
a. semi-V b. C c. V or diphthong d. approximant
41. The longest syllable structure in English may be …
a. CCCVCCC c. CCVCCCC
b. CCCVCCCC d. CCCCVCCC
42. In rapid and casual speech, ‘in the’ can be pronounced as /1nn6/ as a
result of assimilation of …
a. manner of articulation c. point of articulation
b. voicing d. a & c
43. In natural connected speech, ‘today’ can be pronounced as /td_1/as a
result of …
a. assimilation b. elision c. linking d. dissimilation
44. In rapid and casual speech, ‘hit you’ can be pronounced as /h1t~u/ as a
result of assimilation of …
a. manner of articulation c. place of articulation
b. voicing d. a & b
45. The pronunciation /w_1tnsi/ of ‘wait and see’ is the result of …
a. assimilation b. linking c. elision d. dissimilation
46. The organs of articulation are located in …
a. along the vocal tract c. the throat
b. the chest d. the head
47. The vocal sounds are produced in the …
a. trachea b. larynx c. lungs d. pharynx
48. The produced vocal sounds are resonated and modified in the …
a. nose b. pharynx c. mouth d. resonators
49. The vocal tract is the air passage beginning with the lungs and ending in
…
a. the mouth & nose c. the head
b. the front d. pharynx
50. Vocal folds are 2 elastic bands of tissues located in the …
a. larynx b. pharynx c. trachea d. mouth
51. For the voiceless sounds to be produced, the glottis is …
a. narrow b. mid-open c. wide apart d. tightly closed
52. The most movable speech instrument along the vocal tract is …
a. tongue b. lips c. teeth d. vocal folds
53. A sound produced while the vocal folds are not vibrating is called …
a. voiced b. consonants c. voiceless d. vowels
54. The English … end in /1/.
a. closing diphthongs c. triphthongs
b. centring diphthongs d. monothongs
55. /i/ in … is the shortest.
a. mean b. meat c. bead d. bee
56. Which of the following is not included in the criteria to classify English
vowels?
a. place of articulation c. lip shape
b. tongue height d. muscle tension
57. The vowel in … is pronounced differently from the others.
a. fool b. food c. pool d. foot
58. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Vowels and consonants differ from each other in relation to how much
they obstruct the airstream flow and what position they can occupy.
b. Vowels and consonants differ from each other in their distribution.
 c. Vowels and consonants differ from each other in the way the airstream
flow is obstructed when producing the sound.
59. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. All vowels are the peaks of syllables.
b. Consonants are produced without obstruction of the airstream.
c. All consonants are voiced.
d. Vowels are produced with a complete closure in the vocal tract.
60. Which of the following words does not contain a front vowel?
a. met b. see c. want d. hat
61. … consonants have the effect of shortening a preceding vowel or
diphthong.
a. lenis b. fortis c. voiced d. fortis/voiceless
62. In manner of articulation, the important factor to help distinguish
consonants & vowels is …
a. voicing c. lip shape
b. obstruction of airstream d. tongue height
63. The most important difference between initial voiceless plosives and
voiced plosives is the …
a. aspiration b. voicing c. plosion d. length
64. The initial sound of ‘COLD’ is a(n) …
a. alveolar b. palatal c. dental d. velar
65. When stops are made, the escape of the compressed air stream will
produce a small …
a. hissing noise b. friction c. plosion d. vibration
66. Fortis consonants have the effect of … a preceding vowel.
a. shortening b. lengthening c. devoicing d. nasalizing
67. The final sound in ‘ACHE’ is a(n) …
a. voiceless velar plosive c. voiced velar plosive
b. voiced palate-alveolar plosive d. voiceless palate-alveolar plosive
68. When fricatives are made, the escape of airstream through a small
passage produces a(n) …
a. plosion b. hissing noise c. soft noise d. friction noise
69. … is not the type of consonant classified according to the place of
articulation.
a. plosive b. palatal c. velar d. dental
70. Voiceless stops are aspirated before unstressed vowels at the beginning
of a word or a syllable
a. True b. False
71. The initial sound of ‘jam’ is a(n) …
a. affricate b. approximant c. fricative d. stop
72. The underlined sound in … is phonetically similar to a vowel.
a. hat b. honor c. plow d. jam
73. /n/ occurring before /k - g/ is …
 a. velarized b. labialized c. dentalized d. nasalized
74. The … consonant is made with the airstream escaping along the sides of
the tongue.
a. approximant b. lateral c. semi-vowel d. fricative
75. The underlined sound in ‘initial’ is …
a. oral b. nasal c. nasalized d. devoiced
76. Which of the followings is a phoneme?
a. t b. /t/ c. [t] d. {t}
77. Which of the followings is an allophone?
a. [t] b. t c. /t/ d. {t}
78. As a result of assimilation, ‘that year’ will be naturally pronounced as
…
a. /5`t~16/ b. /5`tj16/ c. /5`~j16/ d. /5`t~j16/
79. The assimilation in ‘cats’ is …
a. voicing c. place of articulation
b. manner of articulation d. a & b
80. Soft palate which can be touched by the tongue, at the back of the mouth
is called …
a. alveolar b. velum c. trachea d. palate