Diction test 2
  • 1. ------ is the way a person pronounces the word of a language.
A) Speaking
B) phonetics
C) Diction
D) phones
  • 2. How many alphabet has the English language
A) 5
B) One
C) Two
D) 10
  • 3. The '_____ is used to diffentiate sounds from letters
A) Slashes
B) Ink
C) Alphabet
D) Dots
  • 4. All the following are strategies that can help to improve spoken English except ______.
A) watching English media
B) listening to audio books
C) imitating native speakers
D) making haste in your speech
  • 5. The two major standard varieties of English pronunciation are ________ and ________
A) Perfect English and Imperfect English
B) British English and American English
C) Local English and International English
D) Static English and Dynamic English
  • 6. The accent group of speakers who pronounce written "r" in all positions are referred to as _______
A) rhotic
B) blended
C) accentuated
D) intuited
  • 7. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'A'?
A) /eɪ/
B) /ay/
C) /aɪ/
D) /ey/
  • 8. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'E'?
A) /eiː/
B) /eː/
C) /ee/
D) /iː/
  • 9. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'G'?
A) /ʒiː/
B) /giː/
C) /jiː/
D) /dʒiː/
  • 10. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'H'?
A) /heɪtʆ/
B) /aɪʆ/
C) /aɪtʆ/
D) /eɪtʆ/
  • 11. Which of the following is the correct British transcription of the letter 'U'?
A) /juː/
B) /yuː/
C) /uː/
D) /juw/
  • 12. Spoken English has _____ sound segments.
A) 44
B) 24
C) 12
D) 20
  • 13. There are ________ vowel sounds in spoken English.
A) 7
B) 12
C) 20
D) 24
  • 14. There are ___ consonant sounds in spoken English. Type the answer in figures only.
  • 15. The vowel sounds that give single qualities when they are articulated are known as ______.
A) inflection
B) monophthongs
C) diphthongs
D) intonation
  • 16. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/iː/'?
A) bean
B) sit
C) piece
D) amoeba
  • 17. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/e/'?
A) heart
B) said
C) bury
D) bed
  • 18. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/əʊ/'?
A) boat
B) chauffeur
C) robe
D) owl
  • 19. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/uː/'?
A) food
B) cook
C) shoe
D) moon
  • 20. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/f/'?
A) of
B) phone
C) future
D) laughter
  • 21. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/θ/'?
A) Thomas
B) healthy
C) bath
D) thing
  • 22. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/ð/'?
A) healthy
B) leather
C) the
D) although
  • 23. Which of the following word examples does not have the sound '/ʤ/'?
A) jet
B) gym
C) game
D) fridge
  • 24. Vowel to vowel linking is also known as ______.
A) finding
B) sliding
C) depending
D) gliding
  • 25. Which of the following is the correct stress pattern for the word 'opportunity'?
A) opporTUnity
B) opportuniTY
C) opPORtunity
D) OPportunity
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