Phonetic | MCQs

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English has 44 phonemes: 20 vowel sounds (including monophthongs and diphthongs) and 24 consonant sounds.

Vowel sounds are produced without obstruction, while consonant sounds involve some restriction in airflow.

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The vowel sound in "cool" is a long vowel sound, pronounced /u:/ as in "food."

It is held longer than the short /u/ sound.

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

"Toil" contains the diphthong /ɔɪ/ (as in "oil").

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• English has total 26 letters.
• English has 5 vowels (a,e,i,o,u).
• English has 21 consonants.

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A part of a word that can be pronounced separately is a syllable.

A syllable is a unit of pronunciation that typically contains a vowel sound.

It is a basic building block of words.

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"Climbed" is pronounced as /klaɪmd/, where the "-ed" sounds like a /d/.

"Climd" phonetically matches this pronunciation (silent "e").

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مد متصل وہ مد ہے جس میں مد اور ہمزہ ایک ہی لفظ میں آتے ہیں، جیسے: جاءَ۔

اس میں آواز کو طویل یعنی 4 سے 5 حرکات تک کھینچا جاتا ہے، اسی لیے اسے طول کہا جاتا ہے۔

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مخرج کا مطلب ہے حرف کے نکلنے کی جگہ، یعنی وہ مخصوص حصہ یا مقام جہاں سے کوئی حرف منہ، زبان یا حلق وغیرہ سے نکلتا ہے۔

تجوید میں مخرج کی پہچان بہت ضروری ہوتی ہے تاکہ ہر حرف کی صحیح ادائیگی ہو سکے۔

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"Cloud" begins with the consonant sound "C", not a vowel sound.

The Ostrich, Apricot, Octopus — start with vowel sounds.

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Ball has a long vowel sound (/ɔː/) as in "ball."

Dog has a short vowel sound (/ɒ/ or /ɔː/ depending on dialect, but generally short).

Hat has a short vowel sound (/æ/).

Big has a short vowel sound (/ɪ/).