Consonants

Consonants

By Hien Hoa Nguyen

Multiple Choice

Look at the image and name the consonants based on the place of articulation

• alveolar sound
• velar sound

• labio-velar sound

• bilabial sound

Multiple Choice

Look at the image and name the consonants based on the place of articulation

• labiodental
• palatal

• post-alveolar

• glottal

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How many dental sounds are there in English?

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Look at the image and name the consonants based on the place of articulation :

sounds

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This sound is produced with the front of the tongue coming close to the hard palate.

Multiple Choice

The consonants /p/ and /m/ have the same place of articulation. True or false?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Do the following sounds have the same place of articulation? [m] vs [n]   

• YES

• NO

Multiple Choice

Do the following sounds have the same place of articulation? [s] vs [l]      

• YES

• NO

Multiple Choice

What do you call sounds with the same place of articulation? 

• homophone sound

• homorganic sounds

• homograph phone

Multiple Choice

Choose the sound which has a different place of articulation.    

• A./ʒ/

• A./tʃ/

• A./dʒ/

• A./z/

Multiple Choice

Choose the sound which has a different place of articulation.    

• A./k/

• B./f/

• C./ g/

• D./ŋ/

Multiple Choice

Choose the sound which has a different place of articulation.    

• A./t/

• B./h/

• C./ d/

• D./l/

Multiple Choice

What is the phonetic symbol of the initial sound in the word "giant"?

• /g/

• /z/

• /dʒ/

• /ʒ/

Multiple Choice

What is the phonetic symbol of the initial sound in the word "knife"?

• /k/

• /n/

• Both of the answers are incorrect.

Multiple Choice

What is the phonetic symbol of the initial sound in the word "write"?

• /r/

• /w/

• Neither answer is correct.