The Sound System And Morphology
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 251
This quiz will help you review what you've learned in Chapter 11 of Teaching Pronunciation, "The Sound System and Morphology. "
Questions and Answers
- 1.What does the word “morphology” mean?
- A.
The study of the sound systems of languages.
- B.
The study of the grammar of languages.
- C.
The study of how word parts are put together to make whole words.
- D.
The study of how students learn about sounds and words.
- 2.Grammar and pronunciation have no effect on each other. They’re totally separate systems.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.How is the past-tense ending pronounced in this word: repeated
- A.
/d/
- B.
/t/
- C.
/əd/
- 4.How is the past-tense ending pronounced in this word: approached
- A.
/d/
- B.
/t/
- C.
/əd/
- 5.How is the past-tense ending pronounced in this word: appeared
- A.
/d/
- B.
/t/
- C.
/əd/
- 6.How is the plural ending pronounced in this word: rabbits
- A.
/z/
- B.
/s/
- C.
/əz/
- 7.How is the plural ending pronounced in this word: alligators
- A.
/z/
- B.
/s/
- C.
/əz/
- 8.How is the plural ending pronounced in this word: sandwiches
- A.
/z/
- B.
/s/
- C.
/əz/
- 9.If the word “learned” is pronounced with two syllables (/lərnəd/), it is being used as _____.
- A.
An adjective (We are learned scholars.)
- B.
A verb (We learned about pronunciation.)
- 10.If the word “use” is pronounced with the last sound voiced (/yuwz/), it is being used as _____.
- A.
A verb (You may not use cameras here.)
- B.
A noun (The use of cameras is not allowed here.)
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