100 Câu hỏi trắc nghiệm Ngữ âm - Âm vị tiếng Anh

Question 1
The vowel /iː/ in “see” is __________
a. short and central
b. long and close front
c. short and close
d. long and open back

Question 2
The consonant /ŋ/ appears in the word __________
a. sun
b. sin
c. sing
d. send

Question 3
The difference between /ʃ/ and /ʒ/ is mainly one of __________
a. place of articulation
b. lip position
c. voicing
d. stress

Question 4
The IPA chart arranges consonants primarily by __________
a. frequency and stress
b. place and manner of articulation
c. voicing and loudness
d. pitch and duration

Question 5
The word “teacher” ends with the sound __________
a. /r/
b. /ʃ/
c. /aɪ/
d. /ə/

Question 6
Which of the following is an example of derivation?
a. Basketball
b. Beautiful
c. Blueberry
d. Notebook

Question 7
The /w/ sound is produced with __________
a. the alveolar ridge
b. the teeth
c. the tip of the tongue
d. both lips and the back of the tongue

Question 8
The /l/ sound in ‘love’ is a __________
a. lateral approximant
b. nasal
c. fricative
d. plosive

Question 9
The English vowel /ɜː/ is __________
a. back and long
b. central and long
c. front and short
d. open and short

Question 10
The word “garden” has the primary stress on the __________
syllable
a. second
b. third
c. none
d. first

Question 11
The /s/ in “sea” and /z/ in “zoo” differ in __________
a. voicing
b. manner
c. length
d. place

Question 12
The /ʧ/ and /ʤ/ sounds are both __________
a. plosives
b. nasals
c. affricates
d. fricatives

Question 13
What is the process of creating a new word by adding a prefix to
an existing word?
a. Compounding
b. Clipping
c. Derivation
d. Blending

Question 14
The IPA symbol /ð/ represents the sound in __________
a. there
b. think
c. thigh
d. thin

Question 15
Which of the following is NOT a method of word formation?
a. Clipping
b. Compounding
c. Reduplication
d. Abbreviation

Question 16
The difference between “seat” and “sit” lies in __________
a. stress
b. tone
c. consonant voicing
d. vowel length and quality

Question 17
The /ʊ/ in “book” is __________
a. short back rounded
b. long back rounded
c. short front rounded
d. long front unrounded

Question 18
The /t/ sound in “cat” is __________
a. voiced alveolar plosive
b. voiceless velar plosive
c. voiceless alveolar plosive
d. voiced dental plosive

Question 19
Which term refers to linking between vowels at word boundaries
__________
a. elision
b. assimilation
c. juncture
d. liaison

Question 20
The /l/ sound in “milk” is known as a __________
a. lateral fricative
b. plosive [l̥]
c. clear [l]
d. dark [ɫ]

Question 21
The English word “man” ends with __________
a. /ŋ/
b. /n/
c. /l/
d. /m/

Question 22
The minimal pair “fan” vs “van” shows a difference in
__________
a. voicing
b. vowel quality
c. stress
d. nasality

Question 23
The /æ/ in “cat” is __________
a. short central
b. short open front
c. long back rounded
d. long open front

Question 24
The /ɑː/ vowel occurs in the word __________
a. bard
b. bad
c. bird
d. bed

Question 25
The /p/ in “pat” is aspirated because it appears __________
a. initially before a stressed vowel
b. word-finally
c. after /s/
d. after /l/

Question 26
The place of articulation for /t/ is __________
a. alveolar
b. bilabial
c. velar
d. dental

Question 27
The English /h/ sound involves __________
a. closure at the glottis
b. nasal airflow
c. friction at the glottis
d. vibration of the vocal folds

Question 28
The word “machine” contains the vowel __________
a. /iː/
b. /aɪ/
c. /e/
d. /ɪə/

Question 29
A syllable that contains a single vowel sound and optional
consonants is known as a __________
a. morpheme
b. phrase
c. unit
d. syllable

Question 30
The /v/ in “very” is a __________ sound
a. voiceless alveolar fricative
b. voiced labiodental fricative
c. voiceless bilabial plosive
d. voiced palatal fricative

Question 31
The vocal folds are located in the __________
a. pharynx
b. larynx
c. nasal cavity
d. oral cavity

Question 32
The place of articulation for /g/ is __________
a. palatal
b. alveolar
c. velar
d. bilabial

Question 33
In the word ‘paper’, the stress falls on the __________ syllable in
RP
a. second
b. last
c. third
d. first

Question 34
The /v/ in “very” is a __________
a. voiced labiodental fricative
b. voiceless palatal fricative
c. voiced alveolar plosive
d. voiceless labiodental fricative

Question 35
The process of omitting a sound in rapid speech is called
__________
a. blending
b. insertion
c. elision
d. linking

Question 36
The glide /j/ in “yes” is produced with the tongue near the
__________
a. lips
b. velum
c. alveolar ridge
d. hard palate

Question 37
The /θ/ in “think” and /ð/ in “this” differ in __________
a. voicing
b. place
c. rounding
d. manner

Question 38
The English diphthong /aʊ/ occurs in __________
a. pie
b. boy
c. now
d. pay

Question 39
The /ʊə/ diphthong occurs in __________
a. tire
b. tower
c. tear
d. tour

Question 40
The /l/ in “leaf” is a __________ [l]
d. clear
a. dark
b. retroflex
c. syllabic

Question 41
The /j/ in “few” is an example of __________
a. plosive
b. nasal
c. glide
d. fricative

Question 42
The /k/ in “sky” is __________
a. glottalised
b. aspirated
c. unaspirated
d. voiced

Question 43
The /p/ sound in ‘pen’ is described as __________
a. voiceless alveolar fricative
b. voiced bilabial plosive
c. voiceless bilabial plosive
d. voiced alveolar stop

Question 44
The /l/ in “milk” is called a __________
a. nasal
b. plosive
c. fricative
d. lateral approximant

Question 45
The /k/ in “sky” is __________
a. aspirated
b. nasalised
c. unaspirated
d. voiced

Question 46
The /eə/ sound appears in __________
a. care
b. car
c. corn
d. card

Question 47
In English, stressed syllables are usually __________
a. silent
b. longer and louder
c. reduced to schwa
d. shorter and weaker

Question 48
What is the term for words that are created from the initials of a
phrase?
a. Clipping
b. Acronym
c. Borrowing
d. Blending

Question 49
The /n/ in “button” may become syllabic because __________
a. it follows /t/
b. it is voiced
c. it precedes a vowel
d. it carries stress

Question 50
In RP, the word “doctor” ends with __________
a. /ɜː/
b. /r/
c. /a/
d. /ə/

Question 51
The /r/ in RP is __________
a. post-alveolar approximant
b. alveolar trill
c. palatal glide
d. alveolar tap

Question 52
The feature [±voice] distinguishes __________
a. fortis from lenis pairs
b. nasal from oral sounds
c. vowels from consonants
d. stressed from unstressed syllables

Question 53
In connected speech, the phrase “turn off” is often pronounced
/tɜːnɒf/ or /tɜːnɒf/ with __________
a. elision
b. intrusive /r/
c. linking
d. assimilation

Question 54
The English vowel /ɔɪ/ can be heard in __________
a. tune
b. time
c. town
d. toy

Question 55
What is the process of shortening a longer word to create a new
one called?
a. Borrowing
b. Blending
c. Affixation
d. Clipping

Question 56
The tongue position for /uː/ is __________
a. open central
b. close back rounded
c. close front
d. mid central

Question 57
The English diphthong in “go” is represented by __________
a. /əʊ/
b. /ɪə/
c. /aʊ/
d. /eɪ/

Question 58
The /m/ in “man” is __________
a. velar nasal
b. alveolar nasal
c. bilabial nasal
d. labiodental nasal

Question 59
The /w/ sound is a __________
a. alveolar plosive
b. bilabial approximant
c. palatal fricative
d. velar nasal

Question 60
The /ʧ/ and /ʤ/ sounds differ only in __________
a. stress
b. voicing
c. place
d. manner

Question 61
Which of the following is an example of a compound word?
a. Bookstore
b. Beautiful
c. Quickly
d. Unhappiness

Question 62
What is the term for creating a new word by combining parts of
two different words?
a. Borrowing
b. Affixation
c. Clipping
d. Blending

Question 63
The /p/ in “spin” is different from the /p/ in “pin” because it is
__________
a. nasalised
b. voiced
c. aspirated
d. unaspirated

Question 64
The glide /w/ involves a combination of __________ articulation
a. alveolar and dental
b. palatal and alveolar
c. velar and pharyngeal
d. labial and velar

Question 65
The /tʃ/ in ‘church’ is a __________
a. approximant
b. plosive
c. affricate
d. fricative

Question 66
The process where one sound becomes more like a neighbouring
sound is called __________
a. elision
b. linking
c. assimilation
d. substitution

Question 67
The /d/ sound in “dog” is __________
a. voiced alveolar plosive
b. voiced dental plosive
c. voiceless velar plosive
d. voiceless alveolar plosive

Question 68
The /ɒ/ in “dog” is __________
a. central open
b. short back rounded
c. long back rounded
d. short front unrounded

Question 69
The English /ʌ/ vowel occurs in __________
a. coat
b. cut
c. cat
d. cart

Question 70
The vowel /eɪ/ is found in __________
a. bed
b. bid
c. mud
d. made

Question 71
The diphthong /ɪə/ can be heard in __________
a. bar
b. bear
c. boar
d. beer

Question 72
The /r/ in RP is usually __________
a. not pronounced unless followed by a vowel
b. always pronounced strongly
c. pronounced at word endings
d. pronounced after vowels

Question 73
The glide /j/ in ‘yes’ is a __________
a. velar nasal
b. alveolar plosive
c. palatal approximant
d. dental fricative

Question 74
The schwa /ə/ is common because it appears in __________
a. unstressed syllables
b. stressed syllables
c. monosyllabic words only
d. compound nouns

Question 75
The /s/ in “cats” represents __________
a. vowel insertion
b. tense marking
c. plural marker realised as /z/
d. plural marker realised as /s/

Question 76
The voiced dental fricative is represented by __________
a. /ð/
b. /ʒ/
c. /ʃ/
d. /θ/

Question 77
The English vowel /uː/ as in ‘food’ is a __________ vowel
a. short, front, unrounded
b. short, back, rounded
c. long, front, unrounded
d. long, back, rounded

Question 78
In RP, the vowel sound /æ/ occurs in the word __________
a. card
b. cat
c. cot
d. cut

Question 79
The diphthong /aɪ/ moves from __________
a. close front to central
b. open back to mid
c. close to open front
d. open to close front

Question 80
The /p/ in “speak” is __________
a. voiced
b. unaspirated
c. nasalised
d. aspirated

Question 81
Which pair represents a minimal pair __________
a. table – desk
b. car – vehicle
c. small – tiny
d. ship – sheep

Question 82
The English vowel /ɜː/ can be heard in __________
a. bad
b. bud
c. bed
d. bird

Question 83
The difference between /p/ and /b/ is one of __________
a. manner of articulation
b. voicing
c. place of articulation
d. nasality

Question 84
The /ð/ in “this” is __________
a. voiceless dental fricative
b. voiceless palatal fricative
c. voiced dental fricative
d. voiced alveolar plosive

Question 85
The /ɒ/ in “pot” is a __________ vowel
a. back open
b. front open
c. front mid
d. central close

Question 86
The English /t/ is a __________ sound
a. voiced alveolar stop
b. voiceless velar stop
c. voiceless alveolar plosive
d. voiced dental plosive

Question 87
The /d/ and /t/ sounds differ in __________
a. aspiration
b. place
c. manner
d. voicing

Question 88
A speech sound made by obstructing the airflow completely and
then releasing it is a __________
a. approximant
b. nasal
c. fricative
d. plosive

Question 89
The /k/ sound in “cat” is __________
a. voiceless velar plosive
b. voiced palatal plosive
c. voiceless alveolar plosive
d. voiced velar plosive

Question 90
The voiced counterpart of /ʃ/ is __________
a. /ʒ/
b. /ð/
c. /ʧ/
d. /ʤ/

Question 91
The /ʌ/ sound in “cup” is classified as __________
a. central open
b. back rounded
c. central mid
d. front open

Question 92
The /n/ sound is a __________
a. glide
b. nasal consonant
c. plosive
d. affricate

Question 93
The English diphthong /aɪ/ appears in __________
a. town
b. boy
c. tour
d. time

Question 94
The consonant /θ/ in “think” is __________
a. voiceless dental fricative
b. voiceless palatal fricative
c. voiced dental fricative
d. voiced alveolar plosive

Question 95
The air used for speech is normally expelled from the lungs, which
means English uses a(n) __________ airstream
a. ingressive pulmonic
b. implosive
c. egressive pulmonic
d. egressive glottalic

Question 96
In RP, the word “water” ends with the vowel sound __________
a. /ɜː/
b. /ə/
c. /ɔː/
d. /ʌ/

Question 97
The word “sheep” contains which vowel sound __________
a. /e/
b. /ɪ/
c. /iː/
d. /ɜː/

Question 98
The /g/ in “go” is __________
a. voiceless velar plosive
b. voiceless alveolar plosive
c. voiced alveolar plosive
d. voiced velar plosive

Question 99
The word “push” contains the vowel __________
a. /uː/
b. /ʊ/
c. /ɒ/
d. /ɜː/

Question 100
The English /r/ in RP is described as a __________
a. post-alveolar approximant
b. trill
c. tap
d. alveolar fricative