SHS 250 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027
Subterranean contains ____ morphemes. - Answers 5
Kit and cut are a minimal pair.
T/F - Answers True
Success" consists of ___ phonemes. - Answers 6
The word "battalion" contains 2 syllables. T/F - Answers False
Gorilla contains __ morphemes. - Answers 1
Taxonomy breaks apart a large thing into its smaller components. T/F - Answers True
The IPA's main principle is that there are multiple symbols for one sound so that transcribers
have lots of ways to represent speech. T/F - Answers False.
phoneme - Answers the smallest unit of sound that can distinguish between morphemesallest
unit of sound that can distinguish between morphemes
Morpheme - Answers the smallest unit of meaning
Language - Answers a system that uses sounds, signs or symbols to communicate
Speech - Answers a pattern of sounds produced by movement of the speech organs
Dialect - Answers Patterns within a language based on regional or social boundaries.
Syntax - Answers the way words combine to form sentences.
Semantics - Answers Meaning of words and sentences
Morphology - Answers structure of words
Phonology - Answers the speech sound patterns in language
Phonetics - Answers speech sounds
/ɪ/ is the vowel sound in:
-pine
-pin
-pane
-plea - Answers pin
, /æ/ is the vowel sound in:
-paid
-pill
-pad
-peel - Answers pad
In American English, the vowel /e/ is usually pronounced as /e͡ ɪ/
T/F - Answers True
About half of the American English vowels are "front vowels." T/F - Answers True
In American English, most back vowels are unrounded. T/F - Answers False
In some dialects, the words "rot" and "wrought" sound the same. T/F - Answers True
A vowel is a speech sound formed with a significant constriction of airflow. T/F - Answers False
Location of: /u/ - Answers high back
Location of: /i/ - Answers high front
Location of: /ɑ/ - Answers low back
Location of: /æ/ - Answers low front
location of: /e/(upside down) - Answers central
location of /e/ - Answers mid front
location of: /o/ - Answers mid back
Identify the word that starts with a velar consonant.
-jam
-yarn
-lamp
-cat - Answers cat
Identify the bilabial consonant:
-n
Subterranean contains ____ morphemes. - Answers 5
Kit and cut are a minimal pair.
T/F - Answers True
Success" consists of ___ phonemes. - Answers 6
The word "battalion" contains 2 syllables. T/F - Answers False
Gorilla contains __ morphemes. - Answers 1
Taxonomy breaks apart a large thing into its smaller components. T/F - Answers True
The IPA's main principle is that there are multiple symbols for one sound so that transcribers
have lots of ways to represent speech. T/F - Answers False.
phoneme - Answers the smallest unit of sound that can distinguish between morphemesallest
unit of sound that can distinguish between morphemes
Morpheme - Answers the smallest unit of meaning
Language - Answers a system that uses sounds, signs or symbols to communicate
Speech - Answers a pattern of sounds produced by movement of the speech organs
Dialect - Answers Patterns within a language based on regional or social boundaries.
Syntax - Answers the way words combine to form sentences.
Semantics - Answers Meaning of words and sentences
Morphology - Answers structure of words
Phonology - Answers the speech sound patterns in language
Phonetics - Answers speech sounds
/ɪ/ is the vowel sound in:
-pine
-pin
-pane
-plea - Answers pin
, /æ/ is the vowel sound in:
-paid
-pill
-pad
-peel - Answers pad
In American English, the vowel /e/ is usually pronounced as /e͡ ɪ/
T/F - Answers True
About half of the American English vowels are "front vowels." T/F - Answers True
In American English, most back vowels are unrounded. T/F - Answers False
In some dialects, the words "rot" and "wrought" sound the same. T/F - Answers True
A vowel is a speech sound formed with a significant constriction of airflow. T/F - Answers False
Location of: /u/ - Answers high back
Location of: /i/ - Answers high front
Location of: /ɑ/ - Answers low back
Location of: /æ/ - Answers low front
location of: /e/(upside down) - Answers central
location of /e/ - Answers mid front
location of: /o/ - Answers mid back
Identify the word that starts with a velar consonant.
-jam
-yarn
-lamp
-cat - Answers cat
Identify the bilabial consonant:
-n
