Quiz: Introduction to Phonetics and the English Sounds System (Prof. Qaissi Aziz)

To brush up on your knowledge from today's session on phonetics and the English Sounds System, take this short quiz and see your score.

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IPA stands for ...

The International Phonic Agreement
The International Phonetic Agreement
The International Phonetic Alphabet

Which of the following groups of sounds are produced in the nasal cavity?

/p/, /b/, /t/
/θ/, /ð/, /ʧ/
/m/, /n/, /ŋ/

The study of human speech sounds, including the articulation, classification and reception of speech sounds in language is called ...

Morphology
Syntax
Phonology
Semantics

Phonetics consists of three subfields. Which subfield in particular studies articulation, pronunciation and ways that humans produce speech?

Articulatory Phonetics
Acoustic Phonetics
Auditory Phonetics

The smallest unit of sound that can be altered to change the meaning of a word is called morphemeb)bound morphemec)phoneme

morpheme
phoneme
homophone

To indicate sounds in phonetic transcription, we put the sound between

/ /
( )
{ }

The study of how language use and function change according to social context is called ...

Psycholinguistics
Sociolinguistics
Historical linguistics

Which type of English sounds requires either total or partial obstruction of the air to produce?
Consonants
Vowels
Alphabets

What are the two major types/classes of English sounds? (Choose two possible answers)

Phonemes
Morphemes
Vowels
Consonants