English Literature Mcqs — Test 62

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Question 1

____________refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech?

Question 2

The term________________refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or even words in continuous speech?

Question 3

How many types of phonetic transcriptions are generally followed ?

Question 4

/m/ is a ______________consonant?

Question 5

The word ‘bank’ in ‘on the banks on the river’ and ‘banks are financial institutions’ is called a____________?

Question 6

Syllables in which the consonant functions as nucleus are called________?

Question 7

The final /n/ in the words ‘sudden’ and ‘mutton’ are __________________?

Question 8

________________are also called secondary phonemes?

Question 9

______________is the degree of force with which a sound of syllable is uttereD ?

Question 10

The ‘r’ in red is articulated as a______________?