Ali Paşa Mosque in Tokat

A photograph thanks to
Dick Osseman
of Holland.

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An actual Turkish school test about wide and narrow vowels plus questions on hard and soft consonants.

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1 . Which word below contains both narrow and wide vowels?
    (A) Öğretim     (B) Makineler     (C) Gazete     (D) Kuraklık

2. Which word below contains only narrow vowels?
    (A) Vali     (B) Kahraman     (C) Geziyor     (D) Çevremiz

3. Which word below contains only wide vowels?
    (A) Sabahleyin     (B) Merdiven     (C) Şarkılar     (D) Kitap

4. How many vowels are there in the Turkish Alphabet?
    (A) 8     (B) 29     (C) 10     (D) 21

5. How many consonants are there in the Turkish Alphabet?
    (A) 8     (B) 29     (C) 10     (D) 21

6. How many wide vowels are there in the Turkish Alphabet?
    (A) 3     (B) 4     (C) 5     (D) 6

7.Which group of vowels below contains only wide vowels?
    (A) a, ı , o, u     (B) e, i, ö, u     (C) a, i, o, ö     (D) e, i, ö, ü

8.Which group of vowels below contanis only narrow vowels?
    (A) a, ı , o, u     (B) e, i, ö, u     (C) a, i, o, ö     (D) e, i, ö, ü

9.Which word below below contains both wide and narrow vowels?
    (A) Kulak     (B) Sandalye     (C) Millet     (D) Sokak

10. Which letter below is a hard consonant?
    (A) a     (B) ç     (C) e     (D) o

11. Which letter below is a soft consonant?
    (A) f     (B) ç     (C) ğ     (D) t

12. Which word below was originally Arabic
    (A) Okul     (B) Pencere     (C) Anne     (D) Saat
(the ending -at is an Arabic Feminine Plural form. But is very often singular in meaning in Turkish)

13. Which letter never starts a word in Turkish?
    (A) f     (B) ç     (C) ğ     (D) t

14. Which group of lettere are never found as a last letter in Turkish words?
    (A) p, ç, t, k     (B) a, b, c, ç     (C) b, c, d, g     (D) s, ş, h, f

15. How many hard consonants are the in the Turkish alphabet?
    (A) 21     (B) 8     (C) 13     (D) 4

16. Which group of letters shows all the vowels used in the Turkish Alphabet?
    (A) e, ı, i, ö, ü     (B) p, ç, t, k     (C) a, e, ı, i, ö, o, u, ü     (D) a, e, ı, i

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