English Phonology Quiz
(Third Meeting Quiz)
1) The active articulator touches the passive articulator and completely cuts off the airflow through the mouth. This constriction degree is:
a) fricative
b) approximant
c) stop
d) affricate
2) The active articulator doesn't touch the passive articulator, but gets close enough that the airflow through the opening becomes turbulent. This constriction degree is:
a) fricative
b) approximant
c) stop
d) affricate
3) The active articulator approaches the passive articulator, but doesn't even get close enough for the airflow to become turbulent. This constriction degree is:
a) fricative
b) approximant
c) stop
d) affricate
4) This constriction degree can be seen as a sequence of a stop and fricative which have the same or similar places of articulation:
a)
fricative
b) approximant
c) stop
d) affricate
5) Which of the following sounds have these features [bilabial] and [stop]?
a) k and g
b) s and z
c) f and v
d) p and b
6) Which of the following sounds have these features [alveolar] and [stop]?
a) t and d
b) m and n
c) k and g
d) f and v
7) Which of the following sounds have these features [velar] and [stop]?
a) p and b
b) t and d
c) k and g
d) f and v
8) Which of the following sounds have these features [labiodental] and [fricative]?
a) f and v
b) s and z
c) k and g
d) t and d
9) When the vocal cords (vocal folds) do not vibrate during its articulation, a sound is described as:
a) consonant
b) voiced
c) voiceless
d) vowel
10) Based on the shape of the oral cavity, vowels can be devided into three types; they are:
a) nasal vowels, rounded vowels, unrounded vowels
b) front vowels, back vowels, central vowels
c) high vowels, mid vowels, low vowels
d) none of the above