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MIDTERM TEST 2
Subject: Phonetics Time: 60 minutes
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Circle the corresponding letter A, B, C or D or decide whether the statements are True or
False, or write your answers in the spaces provided.
Questions 1-5:
Decide whether these statements are true (F) or false (F)
1. In English, /ʌ/ can be found in final, open syllables.
2. The quality of /ɔ/ often coincides with that of /ɜ:/, the similarity between the two
being only one of length.
3. in pronouncing [wi], the tongue moves rapidly from the [w] to the [i] vowel.
4. Measure has a different stress pattern from measurable
5. The quality of [t] in pronouncing sting and pet is the same.
Questions 6-15
Identify the best choice by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D
6. Which of the following words contains the vowel /i:/?
A. fill B. leak C. seize D. mist
7. Which of the underlined is different from the other?
A. plaid B bait C. maid D. fail
8. Which of the following words doesn’t end with a fricative?
A. peas B. niche C. vision D. rouge
9. Pass, goose, search, patience, and does all contain a(n)
A. fricative B. plosive C. alveolar D. affricative
10. Which of the following words begins with a glottal?
A. honest B. honour B. heir D. hoar
11. Which of the following descriptions characterizes /r/?
A. voiced lateral approximant
B. voiced alveolar approximant
C. voiced palatal bilabial

D. voiced palato-alveolar approximant
12. Which of the following words contains a velar nasal consonant?
A. lame B. barn C. reign D. anger
13. When articulating /t/ and /d/, one raise the part of the tongue to the
A. blade alveolar ridge
B. tip upper teeth
C. back oft palate
D. central hard palate
14. How many phonemes are there in the word psychology?
A. 10 B. 9 C. 8 D. 7
15. Which of the following words doesn’t have three syllables?
A. benefit B. favorite C. expedite D. psychiatry
Questions 16-20
1. Find a minimal pair for each of these words.
calm
vest
made
check
2. Describe what happens in the pronunciation of?
a. the /l/ of the cattle:
b. the /w/ of twice:
c. the /t/ of steam:
d. the /i:/ of steep:
3. Transcribe the following words phonemically (broad transcription) and mark the stress
pattern of the word.
fascinating
vulnerable
position
4. Which of the following pairs are homophones (pronounced in exactly the same way)?
Circle your choice.

A. flower – flour B. sight – saint C. meet – meat
D. raise – race E. too – two F. root - route
5. Put the following words into the correct list depending on its stress pattern. Each list
comprises 4 words.
cookery, independent, solitary, important, scientific, Cantonese, investigate, fabulous,
computer, addressee, individual, emotional, organize, television, exclusive, coincide,
authority, necessary, cultural, implicit, guarantee, photographer, honorable, application
List 1 V00 (words of 3 syllables and having the primary stress on the first syllable)


List 2: 0V0 (words of 3 syllables and having the primary stress on the second syllable)


List 3: 00V (words of 3 syllables and having the primary on the third syllable)


List 4: V000 (words of 4 syllables and having the primary stress on the first syllable)


List 5: 0V00 (words of 4 syllables and having the primary stress on the second syllable)


List 6: 00v0 (words of 4 syllables and having the primary stress on the third syllable)


Question 21:
TRANSCRIBE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES, PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION
TO THE WEAK AND STRONG FORMS OF GRAMMATICAL WORDS.
A. She did it for her brother.

B. How do you spell the work ‘than’?


C. This train isn’t coming form London, it’s coming to London