Oral English
GCE English Language

a) Define the term 'minimal pair' as used in Oral English and give four examples of minimal pairs that illustrate the contrast between vowel sounds in English. (6 marks) b) Identify the stressed sylla…

a) Explain what is meant by 'intonation' in spoken English and distinguish between rising intonation and falling intonation. (5 marks) b) State the type of intonation (rising or falling) that would no…

a) What is a 'phoneme'? Illustrate your answer with TWO examples from English. (4 marks) b) Identify and correct the consonant sound errors in the following words as commonly mispronounced by speakers…

Which of the following statements correctly describes the phoneme /ŋ/ as in 'sing'?

In the word 'comfortable', how many syllables are there in standard British English pronunciation?

Which of the following correctly describes the process of assimilation in connected speech?

The word 'photograph' is pronounced with stress on which syllable?

In which of the following sentences does the word 'present' function as a verb and carry stress on the second syllable?

Which of the following words has its stress on the second syllable?

In which of the following words is the underlined letter(s) silent? 'kn_ife'

The word 'economy' belongs to which word stress pattern?

Which of the following pairs of words are minimal pairs based on vowel contrast?

Identify the word in which the letters 'gh' represent the sound /f/.