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more practice questions for IOE (Institute of Engineering, English section)
focusing on Monophthongs (pure vowels) and Diphthongs (gliding vowels)
Monophthongs
(Pure Vowels)
1. How many monophthongs are there
in standard English (RP)?
A) 8
B) 10
C) 12
D) 14
Answer: C (12)
2. Which word contains the
monophthong /iː/?
A) sit
B) seat
C) set
D) sat
Answer: B
3. The vowel sound in cup is:
A) /æ/
B) /ʌ/
C) /ɑː/
D) /ʊ/
Answer: B
4. Which word has the monophthong
/ɔː/?
A) hot
B) horse
C) hut
D) hate
Answer: B
5. The sound /ʊ/ appears in:
A) food
B) foot
C) fate
D) fit
Answer: B
6. Which is a back, open
monophthong?
A) /iː/
B) /uː/
C) /ɑː/
D) /e/
Answer: C
7. The vowel in bed is:
A) /e/ (or /ɛ/)
B) /æ/
C) /ə/
D) /ɪ/
Answer: A
8. Which word contains /ɜː/?
A) bird
B) bread
C) broad
D) bud
Answer: A
9. The monophthong /æ/ is found in:
A) father
B) cat
C) car
D) care
Answer: B
10. Which vowel is a central, mid,
unrounded monophthong?
A) /ʌ/
B) /ə/
C) /ɜː/
D) All of the above
Answer: D
11. The word thought contains which
monophthong?
A) /ɒ/
B) /ɔː/
C) /əʊ/
D) /ɑː/
Answer: B
12. Which pair has the same
monophthong?
A) put – cut
B) caught – cot (in some accents) but standard:
C) see – sea
D) hit – heat
Answer: C (/iː/)
13. The schwa /ə/ is found in:
A) the (unstressed)
B) sofa
C) banana (second syllable)
D) All of the above
Answer: D
14. Which word contains /ɒ/?
A) cloth
B) clothe
C) cloud
D) clawed
Answer: A
15. How many monophthongs are short
vowels?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
Answer: B (/ɪ, e, æ, ʌ, ɒ, ʊ/)
Diphthongs
(Gliding Vowels)
16. How many diphthongs are there in
standard English (RP)?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 8
D) 10
Answer: C (8)
17. Which word contains the
diphthong /eɪ/?
A) cat
B) cake
C) cot
D) cut
Answer: B
18. The sound /aɪ/ is in:
A) cow
B) boy
C) bite
D) boat
Answer: C
19. Which diphthong is in house?
A) /eɪ/
B) /aʊ/
C) /ɔɪ/
D) /əʊ/
Answer: B
20. The word toy contains:
A) /aɪ/
B) /aʊ/
C) /ɔɪ/
D) /oʊ/
Answer: C
21. Which word ends with the
diphthong /əʊ/?
A) now
B) no
C) nor
D) nigh
Answer: B
22. The diphthong /ɪə/ appears in:
A) near
B) neigh
C) noir
D) nurse
Answer: A
23. Which contains /eə/?
A) hair
B) here
C) hire
D) hoard
Answer: A
24. The sound /ʊə/ is in:
A) poor
B) pure
C) power
D) paw
Answer: A (in conservative RP)
25. How many closing diphthongs are
there?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 6
D) 8
Answer: B (/eɪ, aɪ, ɔɪ, əʊ, aʊ/)
Mixed
Monophthongs & Diphthongs
26. Which word has a diphthong?
A) goat
B) got
C) gut
D) gate
Answer: A (/əʊ/)
27. The vowel in beat is a
monophthong. True or false?
A) True
B) False
C) Only in British English
D) Only in American English
Answer: A (True, /iː/)
28. Which contains a centering
diphthong?
A) play
B) fear
C) boy
D) cow
Answer: B (/ɪə/)
29. The word tour in RP contains
which diphthong?
A) /ɔː/
B) /ʊə/
C) /uːə/
D) /əʊ/
Answer: B
30. Which vowel is always long in
English?
A) /æ/
B) /ʌ/
C) /iː/
D) /ə/
Answer: C
31. The diphthong /aʊ/ is called:
A) Rising diphthong
B) Closing diphthong
C) Centering diphthong
D) Fronting diphthong
Answer: B
32. (Skipped / corrected in logic —
invalid construction in original reasoning)
33. The monophthong /uː/ is found
in:
A) book
B) blood
C) boot
D) good
Answer: C
34. Which word begins with a
diphthong?
A) egg
B) ate
C) it
D) at
Answer: B (/eɪt/)
35. The vowel in caught (RP) is:
A) /ɒ/
B) /ɔː/
C) /ɑː/
D) /ʌ/
Answer: B
36. Which is NOT a diphthong?
A) /eə/
B) /əʊ/
C) /ɜː/
D) /aɪ/
Answer: C
37. The word here contains which
type of diphthong?
A) Closing
B) Centering
C) Opening
D) Rising
Answer: B (/ɪə/)
38. Which word has the monophthong
/ɒ/ in RP?
A) lot
B) law
C) low
D) loud
Answer: A
39. How many monophthongs are tense
vowels?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
Answer: A (/iː, ɜː, uː, ɔː, ɑː/)
40. The diphthong /əʊ/ in go changes
to which sound in American English?
A) /oʊ/
B) /ɔː/
C) /ʌʊ/
D) /aʊ/
Answer: A
41. Which word contains a rising
diphthong?
A) boy (/ɔɪ/ — closing)
B) ear (/ɪə/ — centering)
C) Both A and B
D) Neither
Answer: D
42. The vowel in but is:
A) /ʊ/
B) /ʌ/
C) /ə/
D) /æ/
Answer: B
43. Which word has /eə/?
A) ear
B) air
C) or
D) our
Answer: B
44. The word sure in old-fashioned
RP contains:
A) /ʃɔː/
B) /ʃʊə/
C) /ʃuː/
D) /ʃə/
Answer: B
45. Which is a back monophthong?
A) /iː/
B) /uː/
C) /æ/
D) /e/
Answer: B
46. The diphthong /aɪ/ is made of:
A) /a/ to /ɪ/
B) /æ/ to /iː/
C) /ɑː/ to /ɪ/
D) /ʌ/ to /i/
Answer: A
47. Which word has no diphthong?
A) say
B) so
C) saw
D) sigh
Answer: C (/sɔː/ — monophthong)
48. The monophthong /ɪ/ contrasts
with /iː/ in:
A) ship vs sheep
B) bit vs beat
C) live (verb) vs leave
D) All of the above
Answer: D
49. Which is a centering diphthong?
A) /eɪ/
B) /ɪə/
C) /aʊ/
D) /ɔɪ/
Answer: B
50. Total number of pure vowels +
gliding vowels in English (RP) is:
A) 16
B) 18
C) 20
D) 22
Answer: C (12 monophthongs + 8
diphthongs = 20)
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