Phonetics Test

20 Questions | By Sabry_lara | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Total Attempts: 636

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1.

In longer words with late stress we might have three winds of stress
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
2.

Yod coalescence is a wind of assimilation
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

Liaison should not be applied in English.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
4.

The intrusive r occurs whenever one word ends and another begins with a vowel
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
5.

English is a syllable timed language
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

The articles never occur in their strong forms
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

In English stressed syllables tend to occur at equal intervals of time
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
8.

An English foot can begins either with a stressed or unstressed syllable
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
9.

Weak forms are used mainly when the word is unstressed
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

Prepositions if found at the end of a utterance, appear in their strong form
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
11.

Suffix-ette belongs to suffixes which carry the stress
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
12.

Every English word has both primary and secondary stress
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
13.

Alveolar consonants are stable, i.e. not likely to undergo elision or assimilation
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
14.

Suffix ‘graphy’ influences stress in the stem of a word
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
15.

Suprasegmental phonetics deals with the sounds produced in the upper part of the vocal tract
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
16.

In longer words often more syllables than one must be stressed
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
17.

The antepenultimate syllable is the second syllable from the end of a word
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
18.

The linking “r” is used only after certain vowels
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
19.

Words with identical spelling, e.g. abstract or produce have an early stress? Nouns and adjectives
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
20.

In case of morphologically simple words there is a tendency to stress? Diphthongs and the ones, which end with more than one consonant
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False

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