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END-OF-TERM TEST ON ENGLISH PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY

SƯ PHẠM TIỂU HỌC 2014 HKII
Time allotted: 30 minutes
Please read the questions provided with four choices, marked A, B, C, and D in this
reading paper. Then, on your answer sheet, tick the correct box for the letter that
corresponds to the answer you have chosen.
** Please do not write anything in this reading paper.

1. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in voicing from the
other segments ?
A. [z, d , T, b ]
B. [ m, n, ŋ , D ]
C. [ w, j , r, l ]
D. [ b, d, g, z ]

2. Which of the following is closest to the minimal pair?

A. [ f&t ] [ hIt ] fat – hit

B. [ f&t ] [ v&t ] fat - vat
C. [ f&t ] [ k&t ] fat – cat
D. [ f&t ] [ kIt ] fat – kit

3. Which of the following statements is correct?

All the consonants are produced with
A. an extra puff of the air strongly expelled
B. an obstruction of the airstream (complete or partial)
C. no vibration of the vocal cords
D. vibration of the vocal cords

4. Which of the following statements is correct?

Palato- alveolar is the sound made
A. as a very rapidly articulated non-syllabic segment
B. just behind the alveolar ridge
C. with the identical articulation to that of the long vowel [ i: ]
D. with the tongue at the alveolar ridge

5. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic
description: voiced labiodental fricative
A. [ f ] B. [ w ] C. [D ] D. [ v ]
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6. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A. The phonetic representation of utterances shows what the speakers know about the
pronunciation of utterances.
B. The phonemic representation of utterances shows what speakers know about the
abstract underlying phonology.
C. The phonemic representation of utterances shows the finer points of the sounds or
segments in pronunciation
D. The phonetic representation of utterances shows the non-distinctive features of the
sounds.

7. How many segments are there in the sound sequence [ A:tIfIS@l ] artificial?
A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10

8. Which of the following assimilatory processes that may happen to the voiced alveolar stop
[ g ] in this context: My grandfather has a dog [ maI gr&ndfA:D@ h&z @ dQg ]?
A. [ g ] may be devoiced after the vowel [ Q ]
B. [ g ] may be devoiced at the end of the word [ dQg ]
C. [ g ] may be labialised after the vowel [ Q ]
D. [ g ] may be voiced at the end of the word [ dQg ]

9. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic
description: long mid back vowel
A. [ O: ] B. [ a: ] C. [ i: ] D. [ u: ]

10. Which of the following statements is correct?

A. Phonology aims to provide the set of features, or properties that can describe all
sounds in human language.
B. Phonology deals with the articulatory and acoustic aspects of speech sounds.
C. Phonology provides the means for describing speech sounds.
D. Phonology studies the ways phonemes function in language

11. Which of the following is the phonetic transcription of this form “tank”?
A. [ ' t&ngk ]
B. [ ' t&nk ]
C. [ ' t&Nk ]
D. [ 't&Nk ]
12. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A. A minimal pair consists of two forms with distinct meanings that differ only by one
segment in the same position of each form.
B. Minimal pair test is a basic test for deciding which sounds are the allophones of the
phoneme
C. Minimal pairs consist of forms that are placed along the horizontal axis with respect
to their place of articulation and the vertical axis to their manner of articulation
D. Minimal pairs help us establish which sounds contrast in a language
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13. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in manner of articulation
from the other segments?
A. [ , D, s, z ]
B. [ w, r, j, l ]
C. [ p, b, z, d ]
D. [ t, d, g, p ]

14. Which of the following phonetic variations that may happen to the lateral [ l ] in this
context: [ ' &Nk ] ankle?
A. [ l ] becomes devoiced after voiced stop [ k ]
B. [ l ] becomes syllabic after voiced stop [ k ]
C. [ l ] becomes unaspirated after voiced stop [ k ]
D. [ l] becomes aspirated after voiced stop [ k ]

15. Which of the following statements is correct?

The affricates [ Í ] and [ Ù ] are
A. consonants produced with a continuous airflow through the mouth
B. consonants produced with the complete stoppage of the air in the mouth which
causes explosion
C. consonants produced with the lowering of the soft palate
D. produced with an initial stop then with a slow separation of the tongue to make
friction

16. Which of the following assimilatory processes occurs to the voiceless alveolar [ t ] in this
context [that jI@ ] that year
A. [ t ] is aspirated before palatal [ j ]
B. [ t ] is palatalized before palatal [ j ]
C. [ t ] is deleted before palatal [ j ]
D. [ t ] is velarized before palatal [ j ]
17. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic
description: voiced velar nasal?
A. [ g ] B. [ k ] C. [ D ] D. [ N ]
18. Which of the following statements is correct?
When two or more sounds never occur in the same phonemic context or environment
they are said to be
A. allophones of a phoneme
B. different phonemes
C. identical segments
D. in free variation
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19. Which of the following assimilatory processes that may happen to the alveolar [ t ] in
this context: [' f&t 'g3:l ] fat girl?
A. [ t ] may be deleted before the velar [ g ]
B. [ t ] may be aspirated before the velar [ g ]
C. [ t ] may be velarized before the velar [ g ]
D. [ t ] may become syllabic before the velar [ g ]

20. Which of the following segments corresponds to each of the following phonetic
description? long high back rounded vowel
A. [ i: ] B. [ O: ] C. [ u: ] D. [ A: ]

21. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

Progressive assimilation is a process by which
A. the change of a segment is brought about by the preceding segment
B. a sound copies one or more phonetic features from the following sound
C. the sound becomes more like the preceding sound
D. a sound spreads one or more phonetic features to the following sound

22. Which of the following is the correct stress pattern of this word “grasshopper”?
A. [grA:shQp@ ]
B. [grA:shQp@ ]
C. [grA:shQp@ ]
D. [grA:shQp@ ]

23. Which of the following statement is correct?

Sonorants include
A. vowels, nasals, and voiced affricates
B. vowels, nasals, and voiceless stops
C. vowels, nasals, liquids and glides
D. vowels, nasals, fricatives and liquids

24. Which of the following phonetic transcriptions that corresponds to each of the following
phonetic description: voiced bilabial nasal ?
A. [ m ] B. [ n ] C. [ŋ ] D. [ w ]
25. Which of the following phonetic variations that may happen to the voiced [ v ] in this
context: Give me your gun [ let mi: du: It ]?
A. [ t ] is aspirated at the end of the word [let ]
B. [ t ] is devoiced word finally
C. [ t ] is labialized before the bilabial [ m ]
D. [ t ] is voiced in the final position of a stressed syllable
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26. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A. An allophone is a predictable phonetic variant of a phoneme
B. An allophone is an abstract unit
C. An allophone is a phonetic realisation or variant of a phoneme
D. An allophone is uttered in speech

27. Which of the following is incorrect?

When a feature is predictable by the phonological rules, it is
A. a redundant feature
B. a phonetic feature
C. a phonemic feature
D. both A and B

28. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in place of articulation
from the other segments?
A. [ k, w, n, g ]
B. [ t, d, n, s ]
C. [ p, m, w, b ]
D. [ t, d, z, n ]

29. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic
description: voiceless dental fricative?
A. [ m ] B. [  ] C. [ t ] D. [ D ]

30. Which of the following assimilatory processes may occur to the sound sequence
[ f&tju:@l ] factual ?
A. regressive assimilation
B. progressive assimilation
C. mutual assimilation
D. None of the above

31. Which of the following statements is correct?

Palatal is made
A. at the hard palate
B. at the soft area toward the rear of the roof of the mouth
C. at the teeth ridge
D. with the tongue placed against the teeth

32. Which of the following phonetic transcriptions that corresponds to each of the following
phonetic description: voiced palato-alveolar affricate?
A. [ Í ] B. [ Ù ] C. [ S ] D. [ j ]
33. Which of the following phonetic transcriptions that corresponds to each of the following
phonetic description: high back rounded tense vowel ?
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A. [ Q ] B. [ i: ] C. [ u: ] D. [ U ]

34. Which of the following statements is correct?

When a feature value is unpredictable by a general principle or rule, it is
A. a distinctive feature for that class of segments
B. a non-distinctive or non-phonemic feature for that class of segments
C. a phonetic feature for sounds that contrast
D. a redundant feature for that class of segment

35. Which of the following is the stress distribution for the compound word “green house”
[ gri:n haUs ]?
A. [ gri:n haUs ]
B. [ gri:n haUs ]
C. [ gri:n haUs ]
D. [ gri:n haUs ]

36. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic
description: long high front vowel?
A. [ i: ] B. [ & ] C. [ e ] D. [ I ]

37. Which of the following phonetic variations the voiceless alveolar [ t ] may have in this
context (in terms of American pronunciation) [ lIt@l ] litle?
A. [ t ] becomes aspirated between stressed vowel [ I ] and unstressed vowel [@ ]
B. [ t ] may be deleted between stressed vowel [ I ] and unstressed vowel [@ ]
C. [ t ] may become glottal stop between stressed vowel [ I ] and unstressed vowel [@ ]
D. [ t ] may become voiced flap between stressed vowel [ I ] and unstressed vowel [@ ]

38. Which of the following statements is correct?

Nasal sounds are produced with
A. the airstream released through the oral cavity
B. the continuous air flow through the mouth
C. with the velum being lowered
D. A & B

39. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic
description: lax low front vowel?
A. [ i: ] B. [ e ] C. [ I ] D. [ & ]

40. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic
description: voiced palato-alveolar fricative?
A. [ Z ] B. [ Í ] C. [ Ù ] D. [ S ]