Đề thi, bài tập trắc nghiệm online Ngữ âm tiếng Anh thực hành – Đề 1

1. What is the difference between the vowel sounds in 'beat' and 'bit'?

A. Only the lip rounding.

B. Only the tongue height.

C. Primarily vowel length and tongue height.

D. Primarily vowel backness.

2. Which of the following words exemplifies the pronunciation of 'ea' as /e/ (as in 'bed')?

A. sea

B. steak

C. break

D. head

3. In the word 'thought', which vowel sound is represented by the letters 'ough'?

A. /ɔː/

B. /aʊ/

C. /uː/

D. /əʊ/

4. Which of the following consonant sounds is a voiced bilabial stop?

A. /p/

B. /b/

C. /t/

D. /d/

5. In rapid speech, the 'h' in 'him' in the phrase 'Tell him' is often omitted. This is an example of:

A. Assimilation

B. Elision

C. Intrusion

D. Weakening

6. What is the primary function of sentence stress in English?

A. To make all words equally important.

B. To emphasize new or important information.

C. To slow down the rate of speech.

D. To make speech sound monotonous.

7. Which of these pairs is a minimal pair, differing by only one phoneme?

A. ship and sheep

B. pen and pencil

C. cat and cats

D. run and running

8. Which of these words contains the vowel sound /ʊ/ as in 'foot'?

A. food

B. flute

C. put

D. pool

9. What is the intonation pattern typically used for a yes/no question in English?

A. Falling intonation

B. Rising intonation

C. Level intonation

D. Circumflex intonation

10. In the word 'comfortable', how many syllables are typically pronounced in natural, connected speech?

A. Four (com-for-ta-ble)

B. Three (com-for-table)

C. Two (comf-table)

D. Five (com-for-ta-ble-uh)

11. Identify the word where the vowel sound is a diphthong.

A. trap

B. nurse

C. price

D. dress

12. Which of the following describes the manner of articulation for the consonant sound /f/?

A. Bilabial stop

B. Labiodental fricative

C. Alveolar nasal

D. Velar plosive

13. What is the phonetic transcription of the word 'through'?

A. /θruː/

B. /truː/

C. /θrəʊ/

D. /ðruː/

14. What is the difference in pronunciation between 'women' (plural) and 'woman' (singular)?

A. Only the stress pattern changes.

B. Only the vowel sound in the first syllable changes.

C. Only the vowel sound in the second syllable changes.

D. Both the vowel sounds in the first and second syllables change.

15. Which of the following words has a silent letter?

A. chair

B. knife

C. tree

D. book

16. What is the primary stress pattern in the word 'photography'?

A. First syllable stress (PHO-tography)

B. Second syllable stress (pho-TOG-raphy)

C. Third syllable stress (photog-RA-phy)

D. Fourth syllable stress (photogra-PHY)

17. Which of the following words contains the vowel sound /eɪ/ as in 'face'?

A. bed

B. say

C. ship

D. sit

18. What is the function of intonation in discourse?

A. Only to indicate grammatical boundaries.

B. Primarily to emphasize individual words.

C. To convey attitude, emotion, and grammatical structure.

D. Solely to make speech melodic.

19. What phonetic symbol represents the 'ng' sound as in 'sing'?

A. /m/

B. /n/

C. /ŋ/

D. /ɡ/

20. In the word 'schedule', which syllable is typically stressed in American English pronunciation?

A. First syllable (SCHE-dule)

B. Second syllable (sche-DULE)

C. Both syllables equally stressed

D. No syllable is stressed

21. In the sentence 'She is going to the store', which word is most likely to have a weak form?

A. She

B. going

C. to

D. store

22. Which of the following words demonstrates assimilation in connected speech?

A. book and pen

B. cup of tea

C. good girl

D. walk to

23. What type of consonant sound is /ʃ/ (as in 'ship')?

A. Alveolar stop

B. Palato-alveolar fricative

C. Velar nasal

D. Dental fricative

24. Identify the word where the 'th' is pronounced as the voiced dental fricative /ð/ (as in 'this').

A. thin

B. bath

C. them

D. path

25. Which of the following is NOT a common feature of connected speech?

A. Elision

B. Assimilation

C. Exaggerated pronunciation of all syllables

D. Weak forms

26. In connected speech, what is 'linking' primarily used for?

A. To separate words clearly

B. To make speech flow smoothly between words

C. To emphasize individual syllables

D. To speak more slowly

27. What is the place of articulation for the consonant sound /θ/?

A. Bilabial

B. Labiodental

C. Dental

D. Alveolar

28. In which word is the 's' at the end pronounced as /z/?

A. cats

B. books

C. dogs

D. laughs

29. Which of these words is likely to have a linking /r/ sound inserted in connected speech when followed by a vowel sound?

A. car

B. cat

C. bus

D. dog

30. Which of the following pairs of words are homophones (sound the same but have different meanings and spellings)?

A. see and sea

B. ship and sheep

C. cat and bat

D. run and ran