English Pronunciation Practice Test (Kindergarten-B2) — English Exercises with Answers

⏱ Time: 10:00 📝 Questions: 20 📊 Level: A1, A2, B1, B2 📚 Type: General English ⭐ XP: up to +22 (on pass)
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Practise English Pronunciation with 20 exercises at Level Kindergarten-B2. Each question comes with a clear explanation to reinforce the words you know and introduce the ones you don't. Just 10 minutes per attempt — perfect for daily practice.

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Question 1: The word 'cat' rhymes with ___.

Question 1 options
'Hat' is correct because 'cat' and 'hat' both end with the /æt/ sound. 'Dog' ends in /ɒɡ/, 'cup' ends in /ʌp/, and 'bed' ends in /ɛd/ — none share the same ending sound as 'cat'.
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Question 2: Which word starts with the same sound as 'sun'?

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'Sock' is correct because both 'sun' and 'sock' begin with the /s/ sound. 'Fish' starts with /f/, 'moon' starts with /m/, and 'run' starts with /r/.
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Question 3: How many syllables does the word 'apple' have?

Question 3 options
'Apple' has two syllables: ap-ple. One syllable is too few, and three or four are too many.
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Question 4: The words 'bee' and 'tree' rhyme with each other.

Question 4 options
True because both 'bee' and 'tree' end with the /iː/ sound, which means they rhyme.
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Question 5: Which word has a silent letter?

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'Knife' is correct because the 'k' at the beginning is silent — it is pronounced /naɪf/. In 'lamp', 'desk', and 'hand', every letter contributes to the pronunciation.
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Question 6: The letter 'c' in 'city' sounds like ___.

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'City' begins with a soft 'c' that sounds like /s/. It does not sound like /k/ as in 'cat', /tʃ/ as in 'church', or /g/ as in 'go'.
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Question 7: Match each word to the number of syllables it contains.

Question 7 options
dog
water
banana
alligator
2 syllables
4 syllables
3 syllables
1 syllable

Select an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.

'Dog' = 1 syllable, 'water' = 2 syllables (wa-ter), 'banana' = 3 syllables (ba-na-na), 'alligator' = 4 syllables (al-li-ga-tor).
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Question 8: In the word 'phone', the letters 'ph' make the ___ sound.

Question 8 options
The digraph 'ph' in 'phone' produces the /f/ sound. It does not produce /p/, /v/, or /b/.
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Question 9: The 'b' in the word 'climb' is pronounced.

Question 9 options
False because the 'b' at the end of 'climb' is silent. The word is pronounced /klaɪm/.
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Question 10: Which pair of words are homophones (sound the same but have different meanings)?

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'Their' and 'there' are homophones — both are pronounced /ðɛr/ but have different meanings and spellings. The other pairs have clearly different pronunciations.
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Question 11: What does the word 'vowel' mean in English pronunciation?

Question 11 options
'Vowel' refers to a speech sound made with an open vocal tract, represented by the letters A, E, I, O, U. It does not mean a silent letter, a stress mark, or a type of punctuation.
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Question 12: The study of speech sounds in language is called ___.

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Phonetics is the branch of linguistics that studies the physical sounds of human speech, including how they are produced and perceived.
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Question 13: In the word 'photograph', the main stress falls on the ___ syllable.

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The word 'photograph' is stressed on the first syllable: PHO-to-graph. The stress does not fall on the second, third, or fourth syllable.
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Question 14: When the word 'record' is used as a noun, the stress is on the ___.

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As a noun, 'record' is stressed on the first syllable: RE-cord. When used as a verb, the stress shifts to the second syllable: re-CORD. This is a common noun-verb stress shift pattern in English.
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Question 15: Which word contains a long vowel sound?

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'Make' contains a long vowel sound — the 'a' is pronounced /eɪ/ (a long 'a'). In 'cat' the vowel is short /æ/, in 'sit' it is short /ɪ/, and in 'dog' it is short /ɒ/.
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Question 16: The 'th' in 'think' is a ___ consonant sound, meaning the vocal cords do not vibrate.

Question 16 options
'Voiceless' is correct because in 'think', the /θ/ sound is produced without vocal cord vibration. 'Voiced' would describe 'th' in 'this' (/ð/). 'Nasal' and 'lateral' describe entirely different types of consonants.
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Question 17: A ___ is a vowel sound that glides from one quality to another within the same syllable, as in the word 'coin'.

Question 17 options
'Diphthong' is correct because it describes a vowel sound that changes quality during its production, as /ɔɪ/ in 'coin'. A 'monophthong' is a single pure vowel. A 'consonant cluster' involves groups of consonants. A 'fricative' is a type of consonant.
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Question 18: In connected speech, 'want to' is often reduced to ___.

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'Wanna' is the common informal reduction of 'want to' in fast, connected speech. 'Gotta' reduces 'got to', 'gonna' reduces 'going to', and 'shoulda' reduces 'should have'.
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Question 19: The neutral vowel sound /ə/, found in the first syllable of 'about', is called a ___.

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'Schwa' is the name for the /ə/ sound, the most common vowel sound in English. It appears in unstressed syllables. 'Glottal stop', 'affricate', and 'trill' are all consonant-related terms.
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Question 20: In English, word stress can change the meaning of a word, such as 'PREsent' (noun) versus 'preSENT' (verb).

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True because English uses stress shifts to distinguish between nouns and verbs in many word pairs. 'PREsent' (a gift) and 'preSENT' (to show or give) differ only in stress placement.