General Knowledge Quiz 18Raghu UnnamMarch 7, 2025General knowledge, General Knowledge Test Welcome to your General Knowledge Quiz 18 What is the study of speech sounds called? Syntax Semantics Phonetics Morphology None Which of the following is a voiceless consonant? /b/ /d/ /p/ /g/ None How many phonemes are in the word "cat"? 2 3 4 5 None The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is used to: Represent speech sounds accurately Show grammatical structure Translate languages Teach writing skills None Which term refers to the smallest unit of sound that can distinguish meaning? Morpheme Phoneme Syllable Word None Which of the following is a bilabial consonant? /t/ /m/ /s/ /k/ None In phonetics, the term "voiced" refers to: Sounds produced with vocal cord vibration Sounds made with the tongue touching the teeth Sounds that do not use airflow Sounds that are whispered None The articulatory process used to produce /f/ and /v/ is: Plosive Nasal Fricative Glide None Which of these words contains a diphthong? Cat Night Sit Top None Which term describes a sound unit containing a vowel? Morpheme Phoneme Syllable Consonant None The place of articulation for /t/ and /d/ is: Labiodental Alveolar Glottal Velar None Which of these words contains a nasal sound? Book Moon Cat Table None The vowel in "seat" is: Short Long Diphthong Schwa None What is the schwa sound in English? A short, unstressed vowel sound A nasalized vowel A high front vowel A glottal stop None The word "butter" in American English often contains what kind of sound in the middle? Glottal stop Nasal Fricative Liquid None What does morphology study? Sentence structure Speech sounds Word formation Meaning of words in context None Which of the following is a free morpheme? -ing Un- Dog -ed None The word "unhappy" contains: One morpheme Two morphemes Three morphemes Four morphemes None What type of morpheme is "-s" in "cats"? Free morpheme Inflectional morpheme Derivational morpheme Compound morpheme None What type of morpheme changes a word’s category or meaning? Inflectional Derivational Free Root None Which of the following is an example of an affix? Run Pre- House Quickly None The process of forming new words by combining two existing words is called: Compounding Clipping Borrowing Blending None Brunch" (from "breakfast" and "lunch") is an example of: Blending Compounding Clipping Backformation None The word "teacher" consists of: One morpheme Two morphemes Three morphemes Four morphemes None Which of these is not an inflectional morpheme? -ing -s (plural) -ly -ed None What kind of morpheme is "-er" in "runner"? Inflectional Derivational Free Root None The process of reducing a word to create a new one (e.g., "edit" from "editor") is called: Clipping Backformation Blending Compounding None The word "biotechnology" is an example of: Clipping Compounding Backformation Derivation None Which of these words contains a bound morpheme? Dog Happiness Jump Sun None Which process formed the word "phone" from "telephone"? Borrowing Clipping Compounding Blending None 1 out of 6 Time's upTime is Up! Post Views: 108
