metalanguage

1.

1 point

Which words are all nouns?

voiced, regular, plural, singular

play, fly, spy, Brazilian

play, fly, say, spell

play, fly, cheese, Chinese

2.

1 point

The word 'back' ... the word 'bag'.

is shorter than

has a different vowel than

is pronounced exactly the same as

lis onger than

3.

1 point

Which of these all end with a voiceless sound?

octopus, sink, dunk, dung

tooth, box, backs, cliff

pack, puss, tag, touch

life, aspirin, tissues, voice

4.

1 point

When adding 's' at the end of a word, ...

'y' at the end always changes to 'ie'

we need to add 'e' if the word ends with a consonant

it always makes the plural form

'y' changes into 'ie' if there is a consonant before it

5.

1 point

Sounds like f, g, k, b, d, th, ch, sh are all ...

vowels

articles

consonants

syllables

6.

1 point

The sounds f, p, k, t, s, h, are all

voiced consonants

stressed

voiced syllables

voiceless consonants

7.

1 point

Which of these are all voiceless sounds?

t, s, sh, f, p, h

p, t, k, g, h, f

b, d, g, ch, sh, f

a, o, u, i, e,

8.

1 point

Which of these are all vowels?

p, t, k, g, h, f

a, o, u, i, e,

t, s, sh, f, p, h

b, d, g, ch, sh, f

9.

1 point

Which words all have a long vowel?

door, breath, tooth, play

door, you, make, say

breathe, meet, magazine, camera

breath, hot, dog, stop

10.

1 point

Nouns such as 'child', 'man', woman' are ...

irregular verbs

irregular nouns

regular verbs

regular nouns

11.

1 point

Which nouns are all used with 'an'?

apple, octopus, article, umbrella

umbrella, hour, human, queen

apple, orange, hour, university

universe, orange, hour, apple

12.

1 point

A voiced consonant makes the vowel before it ...

stressed

disappear

longer

shorter

13.

1 point

The article 'an' is used before which word?

orange

human

university

water

14.

1 point

Which of these all end with a voiced sound?

live, song, boxes, love

live, bosses, Japanese, monk

camera, human, void, life

life, walk, back, sack

15.

1 point

Articles are used before

prepositions

verbs

nouns

adjectives

16.

1 point

In which word is the plural 's' voiced? (z)

walks

nouns

cigarettes

bits

17.

1 point

Sounds like a, o, u, i, are all ...

voiceless vowels

consonants

stressed syllables

vowels

18.

1 point

Which words are all stressed on the last syllable?

pronounce, camera, Polish, aspirin

Japan, Chinese, camera, Vietnam

Vietnamese, Japan, Brazil, pronounce

Magazine, Japanese, Polish, Brazil

19.

1 point

Which words all have a letter that we don't pronounce?

met, land, universal, sit

camera, aspirin, hour, magazine

saying, pronouncing, making, sinking

wake, make, break, cake

20.

1 point

Which of these nouns is used with the article 'an'?

universe

hour

human

queen

21.

1 point

When adding 's' at the end of a word, the 's'

is voiced if the sound before it is voiced

is voiceless only if the sound before it is a vowel

is voiced if the sound before it is voiceless

is voiceless if the sound before it is a consonant

22.

1 point

Which of these is NOT a language?

German

Laos

Thai

Polish

23.

1 point

Which words all have only voiceless consonants?

puff, source, tack, cat

bag, beg, dog, love

cat, pack, thatch, three

laugh, cat, pack, back

24.

1 point

We say 'an hour' because ...

'an' is always used with words beginning with 'h'

'h' is a vowel

'h' is not pronounced so the word really starts with a vowel

'an' is always used with words beginning with consonants

25.

1 point

What is a syllable?

part of a word with a vowel

another word for 'consonant'

another word for 'vowel'

an article

26.

1 point

Pronunciation is ...

how we say words

how we write words

how we change nouns from singular to plural

how we spell words

27.

1 point

Which of these words has one more syllable in the plural?

void

boy

diary

boss

28.

1 point

In which word does 'y' change into 'ie' if you add 's'?

clay

spy

play

pay

29.

1 point

In 'camera' and 'aspirin' ...

there are three syllables

one syllable is not pronounced

the second syllable is stressed

one consonant is not pronounced

30.

1 point

If a word has more than one syllable, which syllable is stressed?

always the last

it can be different for different words

always the first

always the middle one