The representation of the sounds of one language as nearly as possible by the letters and letter combinations of another language is called

a) utterance;

b) transliteration;

c) transcription.

Vowels are subdivided into monophthongs, diphthongs and diphthongoids according to

a) the degree of tenseness and the character of the end of the vowel;

b) the position of the tongue;

c) the stability of articulation.

Retroflexed vowels which are articulated by the tip of the tongue curled back behind the back slope of the teethridge irrespective of the articulation of the vowel itself are typical of

a) Australian English;

b) General American;

c) RP.

17. Aspiration is stronger if p, t, k are

a) followed by a long vowel;

b) followed by a short vowel;

c) preceded by s.

The tone giving the impression that something is implied is

a) the high falling tone;

b) the rising-falling tone;
c) the falling-rising tone.

The type of syllabic structures, which characterizes only the English syllabic system and cannot be found in Russian, is

a) a consonant and a sonorant (CS);

b) a vowel (V);

c) a vowel and a consonant (VC).

20. Choose the statement which is not correct: auxiliary and modal verbs are

a) never stressed;

b) stressed when they begin a question;

c) stressed when they combine with the negative not;

d) stressed when they substitute notional verbs in answers.

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