Page 39 - لغة اجنبية اولى 1_Neatاولى سياحه

English for Tourism & Hospitality by Prof. Adel AlSheikh 2021/2022

There are about 44 phonemes, or sound

units, in English, thanks to the many ways

that the 26 letters of the alphabet can be

used and arranged. For instance, the

phoneme or sound /f/ can be spelled using

the letters f, ff, or ph. Counting phonemes

can actually be challenging in English

because there are so many ways to make

different sounds.

MCQ: Circle the letter of the correct answer:

1. There are……………. sounds in the English
language:
a. exactly 26
b. more than 60
c. more than 40
d. exactly 52
2. The smallest unit of a sound is
called…………
a. root
b. phoneme
c. grapheme
d. phonogram
3. A phoneme is, "The smallest part of
……...language."
a. spoken
b. written

39