1) We usually pronounce special questions with the ... tone. Pronounce the question with the correct tone: "What languages can you speak?" a) low-rising tone  b) low-falling tone c) high falling tone d) rise-falling tone 2) We usually pronounce general questions with the ... tone. Pronounce the question with the correct tone: "Have you been to London?" a) low-rising tone b) high falling tone c) low-falling tone d) rise-falling tone 3) Find the case of elision a) I rang him up last night but there wasn't anyone b) mashed potatoes 4) Choose the correct characterisctics of the sound [iː] a) front b) central c) unrounded d) tense e) rounded f) lax 5) A head is the first .../.... syllable in the utterance.  A low head introduces ... scale. a) stressed b) unstressed c) descending d) ascending 6) Choose the passive organs of speech a) the upper jaw b) the soft palate c) the hard palate d) the uvula e) the alveolar ridge  f) the vocal cords 7) There are ... sounds in Modern English a) 25 b) 35 c) 20 d) 23 e) 27 f) 28 8) The ___________ movements of the tongue result in producing front, front-retracted, central, back-advanced, back vowels a) vertical b) horizontal 9) What linguistic intonation lies in the distinction of the following sentences: "I want you to LEAVE" and I want YOU to leave" a) tone b) tonality c) tonicity 10) How many diphthongs are there in the English language? a) 5 b) 10 c) 8 d) 13 11) How many diphthongoids are there in the English language? a) 2 b) 3 c) 7 d) 5 e) 8 12) How many monophthongs are there in the English language? a) 12 b) 10 c) 9 d) 15 e) 11 f) 13 13) What phonetic phenomenon is observed in the words: "beat" a) Try to remember b) ... 14) Where is the MAIN stress in the word "apple tart"? a) pronounce the word b) ... 15) Where is the MAIN stress in the word "kitchen window"? a) pronounce the word b) ... 16) Where is the MAIN stress in the word "cheese sandwich"? a) pronounce the word b) ... 17) What phenomenon is observed in the following case: "[hæv wʌn]"? a) Name the phenomenon b) ... 18) Where is the MAIN stress in the word "summer vacation"? a) pronounce the word b) ... 19) Where is the MAIN stress in the word "Oxford Street"? a) pronounce the word b) ... 20) Where is the MAIN stress in the word "right wing"? a) pronounce the word b) ... 21) What is the descending scale? Match the type of the descending scale with the picture: 1) falling scale; 2) stepping scale; 3) gliding scale; 4) scandent a) b) c) d) 22) What is the ascending scale? a) Explain b) ... 23) Choose the characteristics of the sound [ɜː] a) open b) mid c) front-retracted d) central e) rounded f) unrounded 24) What phenomenon is observed in the following case: "[blæk deɪ]" a) Name the phenomenon b) ... 25) Chooe the characteristics of the sound [e]  a) open b) mid c) rounded d) unrounded e) tense f) lax 26) What kind of assimilation is observed in the following cases: "in them", "width" a) progressive b) regressive 27) What phenomenon is observed in the following words: "pens", "books" a) Name the phenomenon b) ... 28) What phenomenon is observed in the following word: "TREE" a) Name the phenomenon b) ... 29) Characteristic of the sound [m] a) constrictive b) occlusive c) nasal d) lateral e) bilabial f) velar 30) Choose the characteristics of the sound [t] a) plosive b) dental c) alveolar d) fricative e) fortis f) lenis

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