Phonetics Exam

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1.Intonation is used to express different ideas when speaking.

True False

2.There is only one kind of intonation.

True False

3.Smart

/smɑː(ɹ)/ /smɑː(ɹ)t/ /smɑːt/

4.Power

/pawə(ɹ)/ /pʊə(ɹ)/ /paʊə(ɹ)/

5./ɑː/ is a long vowel.

True False

6.What does "Silent E" mean?

It's not written It´s not pronounced It's next to a schwa

7. What's the stressed syllable in "transportation"?

trans ta tion

8. Word stress is the accent given to a syllable in a word.

True False

9. /tʃ/

Sugar Chair Vision

10. /ɜː/

Hurt See Hand

11. The stressed syllable is emphasized

True False

12.Touch

/totʃ/ /tʌtʃ/ /tatʃ/

13.Stand

/stand/ /stænd/ /stend/

14.If there is a vowel between two consonants, the vowel sound...

is short is long is voiceless

15.The schwa is the most common sound in English.

True False

16. /æ/ is a diphthong.

True False

17. /dʒ/

Yet Shoe January

18. /æ/

Car Father Bat

19. A diphthong is a combination of...

two consonant sounds two vowel sounds a vowel and a consonant sound

20.Falling Intonation indicates...

how the voice rises how the voice falls the stressed syllables