ENG507 Final Term Past Paper

1. The glottis (which is defined as the space between the vocal folds).
2. For this sound (i.e., [p]), in order to produce a lip closure movement, two main muscles
3. Consonant appears in a sequence in a syllable, is known as consonant cluster.
4. Sonorants are vowel-like sounds that basically consist of nasals and glides.

Q5. Which place of articulation best describes the stop /d/?

1. Velar
2. Alveolar. (not sure)
3. Uvular
4. Glottal

Q6. Which place of articulation best describes the stop /p/?

1. Velar
2. Bilabial.
3. Labiodental
4. Glottal

Correct answer: Bilabial.

Q7. Which is a good example of consonant cluster?

1. Strength.
2. Subject
3. Examination
4. Solely

Correct answer: Strength.

8. ELT action researches are mostly conducted by teachers.
9. TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.

Q10. Which is a tonal language?

1. English
2. Mandarin.
3. Urdu
4. Japanese

Correct answer: Mandarin.

11. Each word is stored in memory and their phonetic variability is memorized rather than computed is described by speech memory theory.

Q12. Which word is uttered through rounded lips?

1. Put.
2. Bat
3. But
4. Set

Q13. British English has ---- vowels?

1. 20.
2. 22
3. 24
4. 23
5. Japanese has a set of five vowels.
6. In syllables the combination of nucleus (peak) and coda is called the rhyme. Remaining MCQ were from MAHA MALIK’S files.

Q1. Define Navajo language in terms of VOT?

2. While keeping in view tube model theory. Fill in the blanks: At a steady rate, the “utterance” is on a monotone. In other words, what you hear as the changes in pitch are actually the changes in the overtones of this monotone “voice.”
3. Fill in the blanks while keeping in view the stress timed language: Stress-timed rhythm is one of these rhythmical types, and is said to be characterized by a tendency for stressed syllables to occur at equal intervals of time.

Q4. What is the function of intonation in language? Enlist the name the function?

5. Fill in the blanks in order to place the format values on excel sheet for their presentation on the scatter chart, we follow certain steps: By putting F1 and F2 in separate columns, write the formant values associated with different vowels (giving vowels in the first column, the difference between F2 and F1 in the second column and F1 in the third).

Q6. Y/N about IPA text in ELT classroom

1. For transcription of audio (listening) based activities (YES)
2. By involving students on using dictionaries (ideally the phonetic dictionaries) in the classroom. (YES)