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Intonation and ________ are two main elements of linguistics prosody. A. SyllableB. PitchC. StressD. Accent
When the pitch falls from about mid to low and then rises again to mid, then the tone is _______. A. Fall riseB. Rise fallC. High riseD. Low rise
When the pitch rises from low to mid, then the tone is ________. A. High fallB. Low fallC. High riseD. Low rise
For the production of speech sounds the air starts from the________. A. LungsB. LiverC. HeartD. Stomach
The patterns of variation of the pitch of the voice constitute the _______ of a language. A. StressB. Intonation C. Rhythm D. Syllable.
Diphthong vowels are known as ________. A. Double vowelsB. Single vowelsC. MonopthongsD. Pure vowels
The biggest difference between Speech and Writing is that Speech consists of ________. A. ReadingB. WritingC. WordsD. Sounds
When the pitch rises from low to about mid and then falls again to low, then the tone is _________. A. Fall riseB. Rise fallC. High riseD. Low rise
For the articulation of most speech sounds of most languages ________air is used. A. OralB. LungC. NasalD. Wind - pipe.
A branch of linguistics which studies the sounds in a language is called _________. A. LiteratureB. Phonetics C. Consonants D. Vowels
When the pitch rises from very low to very high, then the tone is ________. A. High fallB. Low fallC. High riseD. Low rise
When the pitch falls from mid to very low, then the tone is _______. A. High fallB. Low fallC. High riseD. Low rise
The sound that begins the English word 'best' is a ________ sound. A. VowelB. ConsonantC. UnarticulatedD. Voiced
When we articulate ________ sounds, the air from the lungs escapes, freely, continuously and through the mouth.A. VoicedB. VoicelessC. VowelD. Consonants
Diphthong consists of _______. A. One vowelB. Two double vowelsC. Two single vowelsD. No vowels
A syllable that ends in a consonant is called a _______ syllable. A. ArrestingB. ReleasingC. ClosedD. Open
The Syllables after the nucleus constitute the ________ of the tone group. A. Pre - headB. BodyC. TailD. Tone
Sounds produced with a stricture of complete closure and sudden release are a called ________. A. PlosivesB. FlapsC. NasalsD. Affricates
We need some ________ to articulate our speech sounds. A. KnowledgeB. PatienceC. EnergyD. Air
There are ________ sounds in English. A. 24B. 34 C. 44 D. 26