Review about phonemes

Basic Review

Quiz about phomenes

  

Review all the posts about the phonemes and then answer the questions. You will know if you remember the basic information. You only have two minutes to answer!

 

1. What is a Phoneme?
   1.   The actual pronunciation of a sound. They can't change the meaning of a word.
   2.   It's the smallest contrastive unit in the sound system of a language. It's a mental representation of the sound. They are established by means of minimal pairs.
2. How many phonemes for consonants are in English?
   1.   24
   2.   23
   3.   22
   4.   25
3. How many phonemes for pure vowels are in English?
   1.   13
   2.   10
   3.   12
   4.   11
4. What of these groups of words are pronounced with the phoneme /ð/?
   1.   thief, thick, thought, bath, beath
   2.   this, they, there, bathe, breathe
   3.   he, hate, here, ahead, ham
5. What of these groups of words are pronounced with the phoneme /ʃ/?
   1.   son, sit, soap, ice, cinema
   2.   zoo, zero, easy, busy, gaze
   3.   she, shoes, sugar, finish, rush
6. What of these groups of words are pronounced with the phoneme /dʒ/?
   1.   joy, June, change, Jane, jeep
   2.   you, yes, yellow, young, year
7. What of these groups of words are pronounced with the phoneme /ŋ/?
   1.   make, smoke, climb, name, move
   2.   nose, none, nurse, name, soon
   3.   wrong, think, finger, sing, rang
8. What of these groups of words are pronounced with the phoneme /ɪ/?
   1.   sit, lip, tip, with, rich
   2.   sea, seen, cheese, leave, receive, believe
9. What of these groups of words are pronounced with the phoneme /ʌ/?
   1.   sat, cat, map, land, hand
   2.   cut, come, none, nothing, tongue
   3.   bath, pass, car, park, march
10. What of these groups of words are pronounced with the phoneme /ʊ/?
    1.   put, could, would, book, good
    2.   soon, moon, fool, do