Questões de Concurso

The words "hypothesis," "archaeological," "created," "lines," "culture" and "Japanese" appear in the text. Considering pronunciation, stress and spelling-sound relations in English, the correct statement is: 

Mark the alternative in which the "-ed" ending of the highlighted word is pronounced as /1d/.

Analyze the sentences according to English Phonetics and Phonology.
1. The words ship and sheep differ only in spelling; they are pronounced exactly the same.
2. Word stress can change the meaning or grammatical category of some English words, such as record (noun) and record (verb).
3. The plural ending -s has different pronunciations depending on the final sound of the noun.
4. The words live (verb) and live (adjective, meaning not recorded)”, are pronounced the same way.
5. Correct pronunciation involves not only producing individual sounds accurately but also using appropriate stress and intonation.
Choose the alternative which contains the correct statements.

To develop auditory discrimination, a teacher prepares sentences containing English words that differ by one sound. Students listen to each sentence and identify the word they hear. Match the word pairs in Column I with the phonological contrast described in Column II.

Column         I
1.Ship   /  Sheep 2.Fan    /   Van 3.Rice    /  Rise 4.Bet      /  Bat

Column II

I.Contrast between voiced and voiceless consonants.
II.Contrast between a short front vowel and a long front vowel.
III.Contrast involving the final consonant sound.
IV.Contrast between two front vowel sounds.

Select the alternative that presents the correct matching.

Students listen to a recorded conversation in which one speaker says:
"You finished the report."
The sentence is heard first with falling intonation and then with rising intonation.
Which analysis most accurately describes the contrast?