Vowels
20 Questions
| Total Attempts: 1666
Questions and Answers
- 1.There are 12 monothongs and 10 diphthongs in English.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.All front vowels are unrounded.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3./ei/ in ‘race’ is longer than /ei/ in raise
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4./w/ is devoiced in ‘question’
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.The underlined sound in ‘singer’ is a nasal
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Dark [l], clear [l] and devoiced [l] are allophones of the phoneme /l/
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.In the English language, there are 44 allophones.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Vowels are nasalised when they are followed by nasals
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Lenis consonants are devoiced when they are followed by silence
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.In / stɑɪl/, /ɑ/ is shorter than /ɪ/
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Which word contains a centring diphthong?
- A.
Anticipation
- B.
Height
- C.
Tourist
- D.
Pronounce
- 12.Which word contains a mid back to front diphthong?
- A.
Soil
- B.
Low
- C.
Mouse
- D.
Train
- 13.Which word has clear [l]?
- A.
Seal
- B.
World
- C.
Lion
- D.
Milk
- 14.The vowel sound in ‘laugh’ is a ………………
- A.
Closing dipthong
- B.
Centring diphthong
- C.
Low back vowel
- D.
Low central vowel
- 15.In which word is [l] devoiced?
- A.
Letter
- B.
Clear
- C.
Filling
- D.
Slow
- 16.Which word contains a mid front to central diphthong?
- A.
Stop
- B.
Stair
- C.
Slow
- D.
Swine
- 17.Which word has a high back long vowel?
- A.
Stool
- B.
Steel
- C.
Dark
- D.
Floor
- 18.Which word has mid central long vowel?
- A.
Pearl
- B.
Seat
- C.
Bark
- D.
Vowel
- 19.The underlined sound in ‘many’ is a ………….. vowel.
- A.
Low front
- B.
Low central
- C.
Mid front
- D.
Mid central
- 20.The underlined sound in ‘comfortable’ is a …………… vowel
- A.
Mid back
- B.
Low central
- C.
Low back short
- D.
Long back long
This quiz checks existing knowledge of short vowels sounds (including their pronunciation and common spellings) in English.
Questions: 13 | Attempts: 11471 | Last updated: Oct 10, 2019
-
Sample QuestionWhat is the underlined vowel sound in the word busy?
Questions: 23 | Attempts: 1460 | Last updated: Mar 11, 2013
-
Sample QuestionWhat is the A sound in the word "late?"
Back to top