- 1. What is the study of the physical sounds of human speech?
A) Phonetics
B) Morphology
C) Phonology
D) Syntax
- 2. Which term refers to the smallest unit of sound that can change the meaning of a word?
A) Grapheme
B) Phoneme
C) Allophone
D) Morpheme
- 3. What do we call the distinctive pitch pattern of a word or phrase in spoken language?
A) Stress
B) Accent
C) Intonation
D) Tone
- 4. What is the study of the system of sounds in a language, including how they interact and form patterns?
A) Allophony
B) Phonology
C) Phonetics
D) Morphology
- 5. What term describes the beginning, middle, or end part of a syllable in terms of the sequence of sounds?
A) Onset
B) Rime
C) Nucleus
D) Coda
- 6. Which term refers to the consonant or vowel at the center of a syllable?
A) Coda
B) Rime
C) Onset
D) Nucleus
- 7. What is the unit within a word that carries a linguistic meaning but may not stand alone?
A) Grapheme
B) Allophone
C) Morpheme
D) Phoneme
- 8. Which of the following is a voiced stop consonant in English?
A) K
B) T
C) B
D) M
- 9. What is the proper term for the study of the rules governing how sounds are combined in a language?
A) Phonology
B) Phonetics
C) Morphology
D) Phonotactics
- 10. In English, how many vowels are typically classified as diphthongs?
A) Three
B) Eight
C) Five
D) Ten
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