B) When they are in stressed syllables.
C) When they occur before consonants.
D) When they are followed by diphthongs.
E) When they are preceded by monophthongs.
26. The loss of one or more distinctive features of a phoneme in the weak position is called.....
A) Phonemic identification.
B) Phonemic neutralization.
C) Phonemic duration.
D) Phonemic interrelation.
E) Phonemic content.
27. How is formal speech characterized by?
A) By a careful articulation and slow speeсh
B) By a slow speed.
C) By stability of articulation.
D) By rapid colloquial speech.
E) By limited number of sounds.
28. According to what principle English consonants arc classified into labial, lingual and glottal?
A) The place of articulation.
B) The type of obstruction.
C) Degree of noise.
D) The position of soft palate.
E) Tenseness.
29. A complete loss of sounds, both vowels and consonants is called…
A) accommodation
B) elision
C) reduction
D) assimilation
E) loss of plosion
30. In what form can language exist?
A) in the material form of sounds
B) in the form of grammatical rules
C) in the form of sentences
D) in the form of syllables
E) in the form of phrases
31. Which of the following features is not characteristic of syllables?
A) It is a chain of phonemes.
B) It is constructed on the basis of contrast of its constituents.
C) Its nucleus is a vowel.
D) It is the smallest pronounceable unit of a language.
E) It is a chain of consonants.
32. How many types of syllables can we distinguish in English?
A) 3....
B) 4.
C) 2.
D) 5.
E) 6
33. What type of syllable is typical of the English language?
A) Closed type.
B) Covered type.
C) Uncovered type.
D) Open type.
E) Half-closed type.
34. How many groups are speech mechanisms divided into:
A) 3.
B) 2.
C) 4.
D) 5.
E) 3.
35. How is the distinctive function of syllables characterized by?
A) By it's ability to differentiate words and word-forms.
B) By it's ability to be a part of a word.
C) By it's ability to form new words.
D) By it's ability to distinguish monophthongs from diphthongs.
E) By it's ability to produce sentences.
36. Define the vowel quality that contributes to the effect of prominence:
A) Tenseness.
B) Sonority.
C) Openness.
D) Colour.
E) Productivity.
37. Which of the following functions is typical of English word stress?
A) Recognitive.
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B) Recessive.
C) Retentive.
D) Communicative.
E) Semantic.
38. Intonation is formed by significant variations of.....
A) Pitch, tempo, syllable.
B) Pitch, loudness, tempo.
C) Tempo, speech.
D) Syllable, phrase.
E) Speech, pitch.
39. The pre-nucleur part of the intonation pattern is....
A) The head and the pre-head.
B) The tail and the phonetic structure.
C) The pre-head and the pre-tail.
D) Low rise.
E) Fall-rise.
40. What does articulatory phonetics deal with?
A) the functions of different phonetic phenomena;
B) the classification of speech sounds;
C) the physical nature of sounds;
D) the movements and positions of speech organs.
E) the acoustic nature of speech sounds
41. Pitch levels can be.....
A) Wide, narrow.
B) High, normal.
C) Narrow, low.
D) High, medium and low.
E) Medium, small.
42. What does the term "tempo" imply?
A) The rate of utterance and pitch.
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