- Intonation and ________ are two main elements of linguistics prosody. A. SyllableB. PitchC. StressD. Accent
- When the pitch falls from about mid to low and then rises again to mid, then the tone is _______. A. Fall riseB. Rise fallC. High riseD. Low rise
- When the pitch rises from low to mid, then the tone is ________. A. High fallB. Low fallC. High riseD. Low rise
- For the production of speech sounds the air starts from the________. A. LungsB. LiverC. HeartD. Stomach
- The patterns of variation of the pitch of the voice constitute the _______ of a language. A. StressB. Intonation C. Rhythm D. Syllable.
- Diphthong vowels are known as ________. A. Double vowelsB. Single vowelsC. MonopthongsD. Pure vowels
- The biggest difference between Speech and Writing is that Speech consists of ________. A. ReadingB. WritingC. WordsD. Sounds
- When the pitch rises from low to about mid and then falls again to low, then the tone is _________. A. Fall riseB. Rise fallC. High riseD. Low rise
- For the articulation of most speech sounds of most languages ________air is used. A. OralB. LungC. NasalD. Wind - pipe.
- A branch of linguistics which studies the sounds in a language is called _________. A. LiteratureB. Phonetics C. Consonants D. Vowels
- When the pitch rises from very low to very high, then the tone is ________. A. High fallB. Low fallC. High riseD. Low rise
- When the pitch falls from mid to very low, then the tone is _______. A. High fallB. Low fallC. High riseD. Low rise
- The sound that begins the English word 'best' is a ________ sound. A. VowelB. ConsonantC. UnarticulatedD. Voiced
- When we articulate ________ sounds, the air from the lungs escapes, freely, continuously and through the mouth.A. VoicedB. VoicelessC. VowelD. Consonants
- Diphthong consists of _______. A. One vowelB. Two double vowelsC. Two single vowelsD. No vowels
- A syllable that ends in a consonant is called a _______ syllable. A. ArrestingB. ReleasingC. ClosedD. Open
- The Syllables after the nucleus constitute the ________ of the tone group. A. Pre - headB. BodyC. TailD. Tone
- Sounds produced with a stricture of complete closure and sudden release are a called ________. A. PlosivesB. FlapsC. NasalsD. Affricates
- We need some ________ to articulate our speech sounds. A. KnowledgeB. PatienceC. EnergyD. Air
- There are ________ sounds in English. A. 24B. 34 C. 44 D. 26