The System of English Consonant and Vowel Phonemes

IV: {{096}} Q: The sentence can be completed using your knowledge of theory of the subject.

S: According to the place of articulation the English consonants are classed into: labial, lingual and ###.

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S: Labial consonants are subdivided into bilabial and ###.

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S: Sonorants are subdivided into occlusive and ###.

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Q: The correct answer for the following is:

S: A complete loss of sounds is called …

-: elision

-: reduction

-: assimilation

-: accommodation

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S: The adaptive modification of a consonant by a neighbouring consonant in the speech chain is called …

-: elision

-: assimilation

-: reduction

-: accommodation

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S: The interchanges of “V+C type” or “C+V type” are called …

-: elision

-: accommodation

-: reduction

-: assimilation

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S: Weakening of vowels in unstressed positions is called …

-: elision

-: reduction

-: assimilation

-: accommodation

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S: A minimum vowel system of a language is likely to take the form of …

-: conus

-: triangle

-: a quadrate

-: square

IV: {{104}} Q: The sentence can be completed using your knowledge of theory of the subject.

S: According to stability of articulation the English vowels are subdivided into: monophthongs, diphthongs and ###.

IV: {{105}} Q: Statements can be made up through matching their parts from the columns.

L1: There are … diphthongs in the English language. R1:8

L2: There are … vowel sounds in the English language. R2: 12

L3: There are … consonant sounds in the English language. R3:24

R4: 10

R5: 18

IV: {{106}} Q: The correct answer for the following is:

S: There are … vowel letters in the English language.

-: 6

-: 9

-: 12

-: 20

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S: There are … consonant letters in the English language.

-: 6

-: 9

-: 20

-: 36

IV: {{108}}

S: There are … letters in the English language.

-: 20

-: 26

-: 31

-: 36

IV: {{109}} Q: The sentence can be completed using your knowledge of theory of the subject.

S: According to the place of articulation the English consonants may be put into 3 groups: ###, lingual and glottal.

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S: Modifications of vowels in a speech chain go in two directions: quantitative or/and ###.

IV: {{111}} Q: The correct answer for the following is:

S: The most frequent sound of English is:

-: ∂

-: n

-: a

-: b

IV: {{112}} Q: The sentence can be completed using your knowledge of theory of the subject.

S: According to the height of the tongue the vowels are classified into high, mid and ###.

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S: There are ### letters in the Russian language.

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S: Usually the following lip positions are distinguished: spread, rounded and ###.

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S: According to the length diphthongs are divided into short and ###.

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S: There are active and ### organs of speech.

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S: When the tongue is raised towards the hard palate the process is called ###.

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S: Any sound can only exist in time, so it has certain ###.

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S: Duration of a sound is referred to as its ###.

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S: A phonemic transcription is ### than an allophonic.