Exercise in the end of course - Tiếng Anh | Trường Đại Học Ngoại ngữ Huế

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1. Phonetics is the study of human speech sounds T
2. A speech sound is a physical event with three aspects: a-phonotactic, b-acoustic and c-
auditory. F (Physiological)
3. Articulatory phonetics deals with the way in which speech sounds are produced. T
4. Phonetics is the study and identification of the distinctive units of sound in a language
whereas phonology is the study of all the speech sounds and the ways in which they are
produced. F (phonology)
5. The term accent is often used to refer to a particular type of pronunciation. T
6. The vocal tract is the air passages which are above the vocal cords and which are
involved in the production of speech sounds. T
7. Vowels are produced with no obstruction in the vocal tract. T
8. /I :/ as in bee is a front vowel. T
9. A close vowel is a vowel in the production of which one part of the tongue comes close
to the palate without touching it and the air passage is narrow. T
10. /3:/ as in learn is a rounded vowel. F (neutral)
11. Pear /peə/ is a word containing a centring diphthong. T
12. Labials are sounds articulated by the tip or blade of the tongue against the upper teeth. T
13. /b/ as in bench is a bi-labial. T
14. The functional view regards the phoneme as an ideal sound at which the speaker aims. F (mentalist)
15. The tongue is a passive articulator. F (active)
16. Distinctive features are particular characteristics distinguishing one distinctive sound from another. T
17. RP. (Received Pronunciation) is standard American pronunciation. F (Britis ) h
18. The stress falls on the second syllable in the word determine. T
19. Phonemic transcription is based on the principle of "one symbol per allophone." T (phonemes)
20. The syllables of the words are, or and I are the English syllables formed by one vowel . T
21. The syllable of the word “si ”
t is an open syllable. F (Closed-end in a consonant)
22. Study is a word consisting of two syllables. T
23. Word stresses is defined as the prominence given to certain syllables in a word by the
use of greater breath force. T
24. The word stress falls on the first syllable of the word begin. F
25. When we add the suffix-ify to an English word, the word-stress will fall on the suffix- ify. F
26. English is a language which has fixed stress in the sense that the word stress always
falls on the last syllable of the word. F (French)
27. A phoneme can have several different physical forms. T
28. /e/ is a long vowel. F
29. Palatals are sounds articulated in the glottis, F (glottals)
30. Correct syllable division is very important in communication. T