Multiple choice questions
1.Which of the following sets of words contain back vowels?
A. on, wing, last
B.basks, tell, moon
C. looked, potion, prom
D.lip, ladle, bang
2. Which of the following is not a point vowel?
A. /æ/
B. /u/
C. /i/
D. /ɝ/
3.Of the following vowels, which one is tense?
A. /ɪ/
B. /u/
C. /ʊ/
D/ɛ/
4.A lax vowel can be found in:
A. he
B. who
C. none of these choices
D. see
5.Which of the following words are transcribed with the lax front vowel [ɪ]? Choose all that apply and remember that that sound can be a monophthong or part of a diphthong.
A. fin
B. heat
C. plane
D. hit
6.Which of the following words are transcribed correctly? Choose as many as apply.
A. walked [walkt]
B. wedged [wɛʤd]
C. heaved [hivd]
D. dumped [dɑmpt]
7.How would you classify the following set of vowels: i, e, u
A. tense
B. unrounded
C. front
8.Which of the following words contains a transcription error? Choose as many as apply.
A. hat [hat]
B. car [car]
C. horse [hors]
D. page [peʤ]
9.Which set of vowels below represents the back vowels? A. a, ɑ, ɒ,æ B. u, ʊ, o, ɔ, ɑ C. ʊ, u, o, a
10.Which of the following words have diphthongs? Choose as many as apply.
A. chasm
B. under
C. tight
D. urbane
E. bicep
F. bough
G. toil
11.Select the transcriptions below that are real English words
A. [juzd]
B. [læzɪ]
C. [fril]
D. [rɑbɚ]
E. [sʊp]
F. [wond]
G. [winz]
H. [uzd]
I. [spid]
J. [zəbra]
12. Every vowel in English has a unique description based on which of the following: Choose as many as apply.
A. tongue height
B. velopharyngeal port opening
C. vocal fold movement
D. lip rounding
E. tenseness/laxness
F. tongue advancement
13.In the production of a diphthong which of the following are true? Choose as many as apply.
A. The onglide preceds the offglide
B. All English offglides are either [ɪ] or [ʊ]
C. The onglide has the same tongue advancement as the offglide
D. The onglide is is a higher position than the offglice
