All Free English Literature MCQs with Answers

• A. An adjective forming morpheme
• B. Plural morpheme
• C. Possessive morpheme
• D. Past morpheme

Explanation: In John's book, -'s marks the relationship of possession, meaning the book belongs to John.

• A. An adjective forming morpheme
• B. Plural morpheme
• C. Possessive morpheme
• D. Past morpheme

Explanation: The suffix -ish derives the adjective childish from the noun child, with the sense of resembling or characteristic of a child.

• A. Allophones
• B. Allomorphs
• C. Minimal pairs
• D. None of the above

Explanation: The plural morpheme has different phonetic forms: /s/ in cats, /z/ in dogs, and /ɪz/ in boxes.

• A. A free morpheme
• B. Free variation
• C. Bound morpheme
• D. None of these

Explanation: Dog can stand independently as a complete word, so it is a free morpheme.

• A. Syllable
• B. Phoneme
• C. Morpheme
• D. Allomorph

Explanation: A morpheme is the smallest grammatical unit that carries meaning, such as un- in unhappy or -ed in walked.

• A. Bilabial
• B. Bilabial__nasal
• C. Velar
• D. Glottal

Explanation: The sound /m/ is produced with both lips closed, making it bilabial, and air passes through the nose, making it nasal.

• A. Only one
• B. Two
• C. Innumerable
• D. None of the above

Explanation: The two commonly recognized types are broad phonetic transcription, which gives general pronunciation, and narrow transcription, which…

• A. Alliteration
• B. Assonance
• C. Elision
• D. None of the above

Explanation: Elision is the omission of a sound or syllable, especially in rapid or connected speech, as in the reduced pronunciation of family.

• A. Stress
• B. Pitch
• C. Intonation
• D. JuncturE.

Explanation: Juncture concerns the boundaries or transitions between sounds and words, including the pauses that can separate units in speech.

• A. Only one
• B. Two
• C. Three
• D. Four

Explanation: English pronunciation normally marks two levels of stress: primary stress and secondary stress.

• A. Stress
• B. Pitch
• C. Intonation
• D. Juncture

Explanation: Stress is the relative force or prominence given to a syllable in speech, often supported by greater loudness, length, or pitch.

• A. Suprasegmentals
• B. Morphemes
• C. Allomorphs
• D. Allophones

Explanation: Suprasegmentals operate over stretches of speech rather than individual consonants or vowels, including stress, pitch, rhythm, and…

• A. Syllabic consonants
• B. Sibilants
• C. Suffixes
• D. None of the above

Explanation: In sudden and mutton, the final /n/ can form the nucleus of its own syllable, replacing an expected vowel, and is therefore syllabic.

• A. Syllabic consonants
• B. Sibilants
• C. Suffixes
• D. None of the above

Explanation: A syllabic consonant functions as the nucleus, or central sound, of a syllable instead of a vowel, as /n/ does in sudden.

• A. Allophones
• B. Homophones
• C. Homographs
• D. Homonyms

Explanation: Bank has the same spelling and pronunciation in both uses but different meanings, so it is a homograph and, in the broader traditional…

• A. Allophones
• B. Homophones
• C. Homographs
• D. Homonyms

Explanation: Homophones have different spellings but the same pronunciation and different meanings, as in pair and pear.

• A. Semi__vowels
• B. Laterals
• C. Sibilants
• D. Trills.

Explanation: The sounds /j/ and /w/ function like vowels in some positions but occur at the edges of syllables like consonants, so they are called…

• A. Two
• B. Three
• C. Four
• D. Five

Explanation: Standard English has three nasal consonants: /m/ as in man, /n/ as in no, and /ŋ/ as in sing.

• A. Sibilant
• B. Lateral
• C. Nasal
• D. Semi__vowel

Explanation: /s/ is a sibilant because its narrow passage produces a strong hissing noise, as in see. It is not a lateral, nasal or semivowel.

• A. Plosives
• B. Affricates
• C. fricatives
• D. Trill

Explanation: /f/ and /v/ are fricatives because air is forced through a narrow gap, creating friction; /f/ is voiceless and /v/ is voiced.