Practica SEPP

The spelling <c> in “piece” or “city” is pronounced: /z/. /s/. /ʒ/. /ʃ/.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?. The place of articulation of a sound refers to the way the articulators form the shape of the vocal tract which modifies the airflow. Glottal sounds are rare. Most vowel sounds are unrounded. Passive articulators do not move at all.

. Complex words can be … or compounds. prefixed. suffixed. monophthongs. affixed.

One of the following options is related to phonology: angle brackets ortografía. square brackets allophones (phonetic). slant brackets es lo mismo que slashes. phones.

Phonation is one of the physical stages which has to do with. breath in the air to produce the sound. the shaping of the sound that is given. the quality of the sound that is made. the way the sound is produced.

One of the following elements is a part of the tongue: epiglottis. dorsum. uvula. glottis.

One of the following phonemes is NOT a sibilant. /ʧ/. /ð/. /s/. /ʒ/.

The voiced palatal approximant and the voiced … approximant are semivowels. labial-velar. post-alveolar. alveolar. lateral.

The state of the … supplies the first term in three-term labelling system for consonants: oral cavity. glottis. epiglottis. hard palate.

An active articulator is NOT: the lower lip. tongue. vocal folds. alveolar ridge.

.… sound (CLUE: place of articulation) are very frequent: alveolar. palatal. dental. glottal.

… sounds (CLUE: place of articulation) are named after the vocal folds: alveolar. dental. glottal. labio-dental.

In terms of manner of articulation, fricatives have two stages: approach and. rapid release. narrow approximation. slow release. wide approximation.

/ əʊ, aʊ / can be described as … diphthongs: closing backing. closing rounding. centring. closing fronting.

In the example: The word “and” is a conjunction, the conjunction should: not be stressed because of citation. be stressed because of contrast. not be stressed because of quoting. be stressed because of quoting.

Which are the consonantal sounds in collage?. /c, l, ʧ/. /c, l, ʤ/. /k, l, ʒ/. /k, l, ʃ/.

In materials like “gold ring”, the stress is…. early. late. early and late. latter.

/h/ is a …. non-sibilant voiceless glottal fricative. non-sibilant voiced labio-dental fricative. sibilant voiceless glottal fricative. sibilant voiceless post-alveolar affricate.

Only one of the following sets is dental in English, which one?. /p, b/. /t, d/. /ð,θ/. /f, v/.

Which of the following is a stress-neutral suffix?. –eer Mountain: mountaneer. –graphy Photograoh: photography. –esque Arabe: arabesque. -able Accept: acceptable.

How does the air pass between the articulators when an approximant sound is produced?. there is a wide space for it to pass. there is some closure for the air passage. it does not pass between them. it permits a turbulent airflow.

One of the following pairs is NOT a words-class pair with a change in stress. abstract (adj.) / abstract (v.). contract (n.) / contract (v.). correct (adj.) / correct (v.). compound (n.) / compound (v.).

The word “that” in “The book that you lent me” is pronounced with... /ə/. /æ/. /a/. /ʌ/.

/gz/ is one found in one of the following words: accent. excellent. success. exam.

“Learned” meaning “educated” is pronounced with a final…. /d/. /t/. /id. /it/.

The word “magazine”... only has a primary stress. does not have a primary stress. also has a secondary stress. does not have either a primary or a secondary stress.

Regarding the verb “offer”, the third person singular (“offers”) is pronounced with a final … in RP. /s/. /z/. /iz/. /it/.

The spelling <y> in “yellow” corresponds to the following phoneme: /j/. /ʤ/. /ʧ/. /ʒ/.

The spelling <th> in “Thames” is pronounced by means of the following phoneme: /ð/. /t/. /θ /. a silent /t/.

Indicates the voiceless consonant: /m/. /r/. /j/. /s/.

One of the following pairs of phonemes is not alveolar. Which one?. /t, d/. /s, z/. /h, l/. /tʃ,dʒ/.

One of the following is not a passive articulator. Identify it: upper lip. tongue blade. alveolar ridge. soft palate.

In which of the following words does the suffix attract the stress to itself?. politician. millionaire. magnetic. modernise.

Which of the following vowels is rounded?. /ae/. /ə/. /ɒ:/. /ɔ:/.

. /ae/ is found in: cat. cut. cart. court.

On which syllable do English words often carry stress: initial. middle. final. there is no general rule.

/f/ in graph is described as a … fricative: voiceless labio-dental. voiced labio-dental. voiceless dental. voiced dental.

Regarding manner of articulation, plosives: have 2 stages: hold and release. have 2 stages: closure and release. have 3 stages: approach, closure and release. have 3 stages: closure, hold and release.

Which is the most common POA for English consonants?. palatal. alveolar. dental. labio-dental.

Compound words have: early stress. late stress. latter stress. early stress and late stress.

Are there words which contain initial and final /h/?. there are words with final /h/ but not initial. there are words with initial /h/ but not final.

Which of the following words does not contain an affricate?. Jam. Collage. Judge. church.

How do you pronounce “sing”?. with a velar nasal. with a bilabial nasal. with an alveolar nasal. with a dental nasal.

the word “humane” has a: diphthongs. triphthong.

The word "archive" is pronounced with a …. ch. K.

The word "chips" has a …. short /i/. long /i/.

The word "heir" has a …. /h/. silent /h/.

The spelling "v" in "leave" is pronounced with a ... sound. voiceless. voiced.

In "zero", the "z" is pronounced with ... of the vocal cords. vibration. no vibration.

To describe consonants, there is one label which does NOT fit here. voice. sense of articulation. place of articulation. manner of articulation.

The velum is also known as …. hard palate. alveolar ridge. tongue blade. soft palate.

According to voice, phonemes can be …. voiced or voiceless. unvoiced or voiceless. voiced or voicing. voiceful or voiceless.

Consonants for which the articulators are the lower lip and upper teeth are known as …. bilabial. post-alveolar. labio-dental. glottal.

According to the manner of articulation, approximants have the following stage. closure, hold and slow release. closure, hold and rapid release. approach and narrow approximation. approach and wide approximation.

The place of articulation in which the back of the alveolar ridge is involved is. alveolar. pro-alveolar. post-alveolar. palatal.

In "juice" we have …. voiceless or unvoiced "s". voiced "s".

For vowels, within quality, we find lip posture, tongue height and tongue …. movement. location. sense. length.

Non-rounded lips can be ... or neutral. spread. rounded. light. soft.

According to tongue location, schwa is a ... sound. close. front. back. central.

Diphthongs can be centring, closing fronting or closing …. opening. half-opening. backing. half-closing.

In vowels, the oral cavity…. is open. has air interruption.

Tongue height, tongue location and lip posture have to do with …. quantity. quality. complexity.

Only one of the following words does not fit here: quantity. duration. length. posture.

Tongue location is the ... position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth. horizontal. vertical.

In terms of complexity, a monophthong is a vowel of ... quality. unchanging. changing.

To pronounce /e/ we have ... lips. spread. neutral.

The spelling "ur", as happens in "burn" contains a …. schwa. ash. long schwa. inverted v.

To describe consonants, there is one label which does NOT fit here. voice. sense of articulation. place of articulation. manner of articulation.

According to the manner of articulation, approximants have the following stages: closure, hold and slow release. closure, hold and rapid release. approach and narrow approximation. approach and wide approximation.

In "trap", the vowel is …. schwa. ash. inverted v. long schwa.

All words carry a secondary stress. True. False.

Simple words in English often carry the stress on the …. first syllable. second syllable. third syllable.

For simple words grammatical category has an effect on stress. True. False.

The suffix "ese" as happens in "Chinese" is …. stress-bearing. stress-neutral. stress-moving.

The suffix "eous" in "advantageous" is …. stress-bearing. stress-moving. stress-neutral.

Phonology deals with…. Physical aspects of sounds. Abstract aspects of sounds.

Initiation has to do with …. he breath. the shaping of the sound.

The organ which avoids the food entering the respiratory system is the …. pharynx. epiglottis. larynx. uvula.

Slant brackets are used for …. phonology. phonetics.

The teeth are …. movable organs. fixed organs.

According to the vibration of the vocal cords, sounds can be ... or voiced. voiceful. voiceless.

All the consonants and vowels in the world are found in the ... chart. IPA. APA.

Pronunciation is ... for communication. important. not important.