How many languages are there in the world?

Tests

1. 
   How many languages are there in the world?
   

1. 
   7000
   
2. 
   6000
   
3. 
   4000
   
4. 
   5000
   

2. The Uzbek language pertains to the Turkic group of the Altaic family. English and Russian belong to the Germanic and Slavonic groups respectively of the _____ family of languages.
A. Indo-European
B. Romanian
C. Indo-African
D. A and B
3. Which level is considered as a secondary level?
A. Phonological level
B. Morphological level
C. Stylistic level
D. Syntactical level
4. Complete the correct answer: Phonological level studies…
A. Phoneme
B. Speech sound
C. Morpheme
D. Word
5. What is the unit of lexical level?
A. Morpheme
B. Word
C. Speech sounds
D. Phoneme
6. What is the unit of syntax minor?
A. Word
B. Text
C. Sentence
D. Morpheme
7. Complete the sentence with the correct answer: Text is the unit of …
A. Syntax minor
B. Syntax major
C. Lexical level
D. Morphological level
8. Any communication between a speaker and hearer consists of a number of stages. What is the first stage?
A. Neuro-muscular stage
B. Acoustic stage
C. Physiological stage
D. Perception
9. In what way can be achieved learning a foreign language properly?
A. By residence or living in a foreign community
B. By long association with native speakers
C. By semantic method
D. All answers are true.
10. Complete the sentence with the correct answer: The term phonetics came from Greek word meaning…
A. science of words
B. science of voice
C. science of speech sounds
D. science of letters
11. Phonetics is connected with…
A. Linguistics
B. Grammar
C. Lexicology
D. All answers are right.
12. What branch of phonetics studies the phonetic systems of several languages?
A. General phonetics
B. Special phonetics
C. Historical phonetics
D. Comparative phonetics
13. Complete the sentence with the correct answer: … studies the phonetic system of one language at a definite period of time.
A. Historical phonetics
B. General phonetics
C. Special phonetics
D. Typological phonetics
14. What branch of phonetics studies the correlation of two or more kindred languages?
A. Historical phonetics
B. Typological phonetics
C. Comparative phonetics
D. General phonetics
15. Which of subfields of phonetics studies the production of human voice apparatus, its constituent parts and their activities?
A. Articulatory
B. Acoustic
C. Auditory
D. Linguistic
16. What can we called the air stream provided by larynx?
A. The vibratory activity
B. The respiratory activity
C. Soft palate activity
D. Articulatory activity
17. What is called the opening between the vocal chords?
A. glottis
B. soft palate
C. impulse
D. turbulent noise
18. What is called the movements and positions of the speech organs in the production of segmental units?
A. pronunciation
B. vibration
C. articulation
D. respiration
19. The definition of the quality and the physical features of phonetic units by “watching”, “hearing” and “feeling” by muscles, the position and movements of the organs of speech is called…
A. subjective method
B. objective method
C. articulation
D. there is no correct answer
20. What is called the way of uttering words of the learning language?
A. Articulation
B. Vibration
C. Respiration
D. Pronunciation
21. What do we call new articulatory habits of foreign language?
A. Accuracy
B. Fluency
C. Intonation
D. There is no correct answer
22. What do we call the smooth joining up phonemes and larger elements of language at an acceptable speed of delivery?
A. Articulation
B. Fluency
C. Accuracy
D. Intonation
23. Complete the sentence with the correct answer: Words are main units of speech. They are composed of…
A. vowels
B. consonants
C. sonorants
D. diphthongs
24. How many monophthongs are there in English?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 8
D. 9
25. How many diphthongs are therein English?
A. 11
B. 12
C. 10
D. 9