Pronunciation Terms Quiz You can do this quiz online or print it on paper. It tests words listed in our Pronunciation Terms glossary. 1. Which has vocal chords that vibrate to create the voice (also called the "voice box")? the lungs the larynx the vocal tract a) the lungs b) the larynx c) the vocal tract 2. Sounds made without using the vocal chords, such as the sound /p/, are unvoiced unspoken unstressed a) unvoiced b) unspoken c) unstressed 3. What do we call the joining of words to make a sentence sound like one long sound instead of many short sounds? linking connecting lengthening a) linking b) connecting c) lengthening 4. The roof of the mouth, or the upper surface inside the mouth, is called the ridge the tract the palate a) the ridge b) the tract c) the palate 5. The tone of spoken language conveys the speaker's accent emotion dialect a) accent b) emotion c) dialect 6. The pitch of a sound or word is a measure of how _______ it sounds. high or low loud or soft rough or smooth a) high or low b) loud or soft c) rough or smooth 7. The placement of emphasis within a word that has more than one syllable is called syllable stress word stress sentence stress a) syllable stress b) word stress c) sentence stress 8. A diphthong is a sound made by combining two different _______ sounds. lateral consonant vowel a) lateral b) consonant c) vowel 9. Two words that differ in one sound only, as in "top and cop" or "make and take", are called a bilabial coupling a minor cluster a minimal pair a) a bilabial coupling b) a minor cluster c) a minimal pair 10. What do we call an alphabet that represents all the speech sounds in a language? a phonemic alphabet a tonal alphabet a pronunciation alphabet a) a phonemic alphabet b) a tonal alphabet c) a pronunciation alphabet Your score is: Correct answers: Contributor: Matt Errey. Matt is the author of several books including 1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context and Common English Idioms for learners, and Matt's ESL Games and Quizzes for teachers.
