1. English vowels are classified according to main _________ _principles.

a) two

b) three

c) six

d) five

e) four

2. English consonants are classified according to main ___________ principles.

a) three

b) four

c) two

d) six

e) five

3. There are __________ plosives among. English consonant sounds.

a) six

b) nine

c) four

d) six

e) ten

4. There are __________ diphthongs among English vowel sounds.

a) eight

b) nine

c) ten

d) six

e) seven

5. How many neutral sounds are there among English vowel sounds?

a) one

b) two

c) three

d) four

e) five

6. How many sounds are there in the English language?

a) 44

b) 30

c) 40

d) 26

e) 20

7. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

a) 26

b) 30

c) 40

d) 20

e) 35

8. How many types of plosion do you know?

a) three

b) five

c) four

d) two

e) six

9. How many types of stress do you know?

a) three

b) four

c) six

d) night

e) nine

10. How many interdental sounds are there among English consonant sounds?

a) two

b) five

c) seven

d) six

e) eight

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1. There are ______ vowel diagraphs in the English language.

a) 13

b) 15

c) 10

d) 20

e) 18

2. Where is nasal plosion?

a) sudden

b) black cat

c) battle

d) red rose

e) settle

3. Where is loss of plosion?

a) kettle

b) black stone

c) sudden

d) pattern

e) red rose

4. There are _________ types of plosion.

a) three

b) four

c) five

d) six

e) seven

5. There are __________ affricates among English consonant sounds.

a) two

b) one

c) four

d) five

e) three

6. Organs of speech are divided into __________ groups.

a) two

b) four

c) three

d) six

e) five

7. How many long monophtongs are there among English vowels sounds?

a) five

b) six

c) three

d) eight

e) four

8. How many short monophtongs are there among English vowel sounds.

a) seven

b) eight

c) nine

d) ten

e) eleven

9. There are ___________ consonant sounds in the English language.

a) twenty four

b) twenty

c) twenty one

d) twenty five

e) twenty seven

10. There are ____________ vowel sounds in the English language.

a) twenty

b) thirty

c) forty

d) fifty

e) twenty five

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1. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

a) twenty six

b) twenty four

c) twenty eight

d) twenty

e) twenty one

2. There are vowel letters in the English alphabet.

a) six

b) ten

c) fifteen

d) five

e) eight

3. There are __________ consonant letters in the English alphabet.

a) twenty

b) twenty two

c) twenty five

d) twenty four

e) twenty one

4. English intonation has got _________ basic tones.

a) two

b) three

c) four

d) five

e) six

5. English consonants are classified according to _________ main principles.

a) three

b) five

c) ten

d) nine

e) six

6. English vowels are classified according to __________ main principles.

a) two

b) five

c) ten

d) seven

e) eight

7. How many English phonemes do you know?

a) 44

b) 24

c) 30

d) 20

e) 25

8. How many long and short monophtongs do you know?

a) twelve

b) ten

c) eight

d) six

e) five

9. Organs of speech are divided into __________ groups.

a) two

b) four

c) six

d) eight

e) ten

10. How many basic tunes in English do you know?

a) two

b) four

c) six

d) five

e) ten

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1. What type of English pronunciation should be taught in our country?

a) Received pronunciation

b) General American

c) Canadian English

d) New Zealand English

e) Australian English.

2. Which style of pronunciation should be taught first at schools and universities?

a) full

b) colloquial

c) jargonisms

d) americanisms

e) borrowings

3. In language with ___________ type of stress the place of stress is always the same.

a) fixed

b) free

c) level

d) consonant

e) unstressed

4. Stress is indicated by placing a stress mark ___________ the stressed syllable.

a) before

b) after

c) on the third

d) on the first

e) on the second

5. When one or more syllables in a word are made prominent, they are perceived as______ .

a) stressed

b) unstressed

c) half-stressed

d) level

e) emphatic

6. What organs of speech belong to the vibrator mechanism?

a) the vocal cards and glottis

b) the lungs, the wind pipe

c) the glottis, the pharynx

d) the nasal cavity

e) the mouth cavity

7. Where is lateral plosion?

a) kettle

b) sudden

c) pattern

d) black cat

e) red rose

8. Complete the proverb: “Every country has its … “

a) customs

b) traditions

c) history

d) memory

e) laws

9. Complete the proverb: “He who makes no …, makes nothing.”

a) mistakes

b) toys

c) presents

d) peace

e) happiness

10. Complete the proverb: “Men may meet but … never”.

a) mountains

b) birds

c) stones

d) forests

e) oceans

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1. Complete the proverb: “In doing we …”

a) learn

b) teach

c) revise

d) recall

e) think

2. Complete the proverb: “ It is never too late to …”

a) learn

b) do

c) think

d) work

e) start

3. Complete the proverb: “Knowledge is …”

a) power

b) life

c) happiness

d) hope

e) luck

4. Complete the proverb: “Live and …”

a) learn

b) live

c) earn

d) think

e) eat

5. Complete the proverb: “East or West…”

a) home is best

b) north is best

c) south is best

d) nothing is best

e) no correct answer

6. Complete the proverb: “Better late …”

a) than never

b) than ever

c) than always

d) than not

e) no correct answer

7. Complete the proverb: “Never put off till tomorrow…”

a) what you can do today

b) what you cannot do today

c) what you can do two days later

d) what you cannot do now

e) no correct answer

8. Complete the proverb: “The devil is not so black …”

a) as he is painted

b) as he is described

c) as he is shown

d) as he is seen

e) no correct answer

9. Complete the proverb: “An English man’s home (or house) …”

a) is his castle

b) is his roof

c) is his life

d) is his soul

e) no correct answer

10. Complete the proverb: “When the cat’s away, the … … will play”

a) mice

b) dogs

c) pets

d) animals

e) kittens

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1. Complete the proverb: “Everybody’s business is … business”

a) nobody’ s

b) somebody ‘s

c) someone’ s

d) his

e) her

2. Complete the proverb: “Every … praises his own broth”.

a) cook

b) man

c) person

d) shop-assistant

e) waiter

3. Complete the proverb: “Little strokes fell great …”

a) oaks

b) trees

c) pines

d) branches

e) birches

4. Complete the proverb: “Promise little, but … much”

a) do

b) think

c) advise

d) dictate

e) love

5. Complete the proverb: “Among the blind the one-eyed man is …”

a) king

b) tzar

c) prince

d) tyrant

e) hero

6. Complete the proverb: “Every day is not …”

a) Sunday

b) Monday

c) Tuesday

d) Wednesday

e) Thursday

7. Complete the proverb: “A good name is better than …”

a) riches

b) glory

c) money

d) treasure

e) gold

8. Complete the proverb: “Honesty is the best …”

a) policy

b) thing

c) reputation

d) work

e) no correct answer

9. Complete the proverb: “Life is made up of …”

a) little things

b) great things

c) little deeds

d) great works

e) little strokes

10. Complete the proverb: “No news … news”

a) good

b) happy

c) bad

d) the worst

e) the best

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1. Complete the proverb: “The morning sun never lasts a …”

a) day

b) week

c) month

d) year

e) century

2. Complete the proverb: “While there is life there is …”

a) hope

b) love

c) happiness

d) appetite

e) no correct answer

3. Complete the proverb: “Don’t count your… before they are hatched”

a) chickens

b) pets

c) animals

d) cattle

e) sheep

4. Complete the proverb: “Don’t swap … when crossing a stream”

a) horses

b) camels

c) elephants

d) animals

e) no correct answer

5. Complete the proverb: “Don’t teach your … to suck eggs”.

a) grandmother

b) grandfather

c) grandparents

d) parents

e) elder generation

6. Complete the proverb: “Every … has a puddle”

a) path

b) way

c) route

d) street

e) no correct answer

7. Complete the proverb: “If a … bray at you, don’t bray at him”.

a) donkey

b) dog

c) lion

d) wolf

e) bear

8. Complete the proverb: “Never try to … what nobody doubts”.

a) prove

b) tell

c) say

d) request

e) no correct answer

9. Complete the proverb: “Of two … choose the lesser”.

a) evils

b) troubles

c) things

d) questions

e) no correct answer

10. Complete the proverb : “Practice what you …”

a) preach

b) teach

c) play

d) say

e) no correct answer

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1. Complete the proverb: “ … was not built in a day”

a) Rome

b) Italy

c) Spain

d) Greece

e) Moscow

2. Complete the proverb: “Those who live in … houses should not throw stones”

a) glass

b) rich

c) poor

d) wooden

e) no correct answer

3. Complete the proverb: “There is a … in every flock”

a) black sheep

b) white sheep

c) grey sheep

d) brown sheep

e) No correct answer

4. Complete the proverb: “… wife must (or should) be above suspicion”

a) Caesar’ s

b) Richard’ s

c) Henry’ s

d) William’s

e) King’ s

5. Complete the proverb: “An … home ( or house) is his castle”

a) Englishman’ s

b) Frenchman’ s

c) German’ s

d) American’ s

e) Belgian’ s

6. Complete the proverb: “Gifts from … are dangerous”

a) enemies

b) frends

c) group-mates

d) school-mates

e) no correct answer

7. Complete the proverb: “… is neither bought nor sold”

a) love

b) life

c) hope

d) happiness

e) no correct answer

8. Complete the proverb: “Marriages are made …”

a) in heaven

b) everywhere

c) in a special place

d) in churches

e) no correct answer

9. Complete the proverb: “All roads lead to …”

a) Rome

b) Italy

c) Spain

d) Greece

e) America

10. The communicative centre is associated with the most important __________ of the intonation group or of the sentence.

a) word or words

b) sentence or sentences

c) sound or sounds

d) phoneme or phonemes