1. Choose the word with the sound
A) ought
B) should
C) house
D) annoy
2. Choose the word with the sound
A) shoe
B) should
C) moon
D) puppy
3. Choose the word with the sound
A) this
B) through
C) udder
D) dense
4. Sentence “No” according to Intonation Pattern VI has the scheme:
A)
b)
c)
d)
5. A timbre is..
A) The greatest prominence in the sentence
b) The speed
c) A colouring of voice
d) The changing in the pitch of the voice
6. Two staves represent..
A) The upper and the lower limits of voice
B) A long pause at the end of the sentence
C) A level tone
D) A short pause at the end of the sentence
7. Syllable is..
A) A union of speech sounds
B) An articulation
C) A vowel length
D) A constricted vowel
8. “As for me, I like football.” This sentence has:
A) Direct address
B) Author`s words
c) Enumeration
d) Parenthesis
9. this icon means:
A) High Fall
b) Low Fall
c) Low Rise
d) High Fall
10. Low Pre-Head +) High Level Head + Low Rise ( + Tail) is a scheme of..
A) Intonation Pattern 4
B) Intonation Pattern 5
C) Intonation Pattern 6
D) Intonation Pattern 7
10. “ Does she | want to | go to the / park? “ is a model to:
A) (Low Pre-Head +) High Level Head + Low Rise ( + Tail)
B) (Low Pre-Head + ) Low Head + Low Rise (+ Tail)
C) (Low Pre-Head + ) Falling Head + Low Rise (+ Tail)
D) (Low Pre – Head) + Falling Head + Tail
11. “You are a ‘first-year \student , / aren’t you?’ is a model to
A) Alternative question
B) Special question
C) Accidental rise
D) Disjunctive question
12. this icon means:
A) Fall-Rise over two syllables
B) Low rise only
C) Low Fall
D) Falling Head
14. Closed syllables are syllables that end with a..
A) Long vowel
B) Short vowel
C) Vowel
D) Consonant
13. Choose the word corresponding to transcription [fʊl]:
A) fool
b) feel
c) foal
d) full
16. Find the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
A) detective
b) foreign
c) physical
d) classical
17. Define a word with a long vowel:
A) box
b) card
c) dead
d) cod
18. I have been in Paris, New-York, Tokyo, Chicago. This sentence has:
A) Direct address
B) Author`s words
C) Enumeration
D) Parenthesis
19. Find the word which in underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
A) teeth
B) means
C) empty
D) pleased
20. Phonetics is …
A) The study of speech sounds
B) the study of language
C) the study of meaning of the words
D) the study of how phrases, clauses and sentences are constructed and combined in particular languages.
21. Choose the correct variant of transcription: neighbour
A) |ˈneɪbə|
B) |ˈnaɪbə|
C) |ˈneɪgbə|
D) |ˈneɪgbou|
22. Choose the correct variant of transcription: comfortable
A) |ˈkomfotəbl|
B) |ˈkemfetəbl|
C) |ˈkʌmf(ə)təbl |
D) |ˈka:mfotəbl|
23. Choose the word with a long vowel
A) short
B) catch
C) book
D) look
24. Choose the word, ending in a voiced соnsonant:
A) house
B) wise
C) nice
D) bounce
25. Choose the word, ending in a voiceless соnsonant:
A) five
B) robe
C) round
D) horse
