Linguistic | MCQs

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The word "Bus" contains the short vowel sound /ʌ/ as in “cup”.

The other words have long vowel sounds:

Shoe (/uː/),

Car (/ɑː/),

Read (can be /riːd/ – long vowel).

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"Sky" has only one vowel sound, represented by "y" acting as a vowel.

In this case, "y" sounds like "i" and functions as a vowel.

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Denotative meaning is the literal, dictionary definition of a word.

It contrasts with connotative meaning, which includes emotional or cultural associations.

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An anagram is a word formed by rearranging all the letters of another word.

"Tenils" is not a valid English word, so it is not an anagram of "silent."

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A trigraph is a group of three letters representing one sound (phoneme).

In “light”, the letters “igh” together make the long "i" sound — a clear example of a trigraph.

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The report clearly states that sales have increased by 20%.

This sentence directly provides specific information, making its meaning explicit.

It clearly communicates the increase in sales without ambiguity or need for interpretation.

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The feminine form of prince is princess

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 B.F. Skinner proposed the Behaviorist Theory, suggesting that language is learned through conditioning, imitation, and reinforcement, not innate mechanisms.

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A consonant cluster is a group of two or more consonants together without vowels between them.

Example: In the word "street", str is a consonant cluster.

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A diphthong is a complex vowel sound that begins with one vowel sound and glides into another within the same syllable.

In tear, the vowel sound is a combination of two sounds, "ea," which forms a diphthong (pronounced as /ɪə/ or /ɛə/ in some accents)