Consonant Sort

Sort the words according to initial and final phonemes.

Groups:

(a) initial /k/

,

(b) final /k/

,

(c) initial /g/

,

(d) final /g/

• bag

• lake

• cut

• green

• quit

• ghastly

• cough

• synagogue

• cage

• knock

• slack

• broke

• leg

• snag

• glow

• ghost

Sort the words according to whether they are typically pronounced with /n/, /ŋ/or both.

Groups:

(a) /n/

,

(b) /ŋ/

,

(c) both /n/ and /ŋ/

• stinky

• tone

• bank

• tongue

• nasal

• skinny

• enter

• gnawing

• linking

• larynx

• running

• noggin

• angel

• angle

• long

• nodding

• tangy

• sonnet

• now

• winning

Sort the names according to whether they are typically pronounced with /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /tʃ/, or /dʒ/.

Groups:

(a) /ʃ/

,

(b) /ʒ/

,

(c) /tʃ/

,

(d) /dʒ/

• Chase

• Jacque

• Joseph

• Shawn

• Chelsey

• Jill

• John

• Chester

• Zsa Zsa (Zha Zha)

• Angie

• Ashley

• Charlotte

• Channing

• Charlie

• Jack

• Asia

• Cheyenne

• Geraldine

• Michelle

• Sharon

Sort the words according to whether they contain /tʃ/, /dʒ/, /ʃ/, or /ʒ/ in the medial position.

Groups:

(a) /tʃ/

,

(b) /dʒ/

,

(c) /ʃ/

,

(d) /ʒ/

• major

• treasure

• mission

• anxious

• pressure

• soldier

• election

• seizure

• injury

• butcher

• righteous

• nature

• visual

• illusion

• danger

• tissue

• creature

• vulture

• teacher

• lotion

Sort the words according to whether they are typically pronounced with /s/, /z/, /t/, or /d/ as the final phoneme.

Groups:

(a) final /s/

,

(b) final /z/

,

(c) final /t/

,

(d) final /d/

• plays

• laughs

• cooks

• opened

• played

• opens

• loved

• glasses

• jumps

• helps

• lifted

• visited

• loves

• lifts

• visits

• helped

• laughed

• cooked

• jumped

• coughed

Sort the words according to whether they are typically produced with /θ/, /ð/, /s/, or /z/.

Groups:

(a) /θ/

,

(b) /ð/

,

(c) /s/

,

(d) /z/

• thorn

• easy

• gather

• peace

• thrifty

• breathing

• bathtub

• graceful

• fizzy

• both

• fist

• hazy

• thief

• cheese

• weather

• messy

• appease

• face

• whether

• that

Sort the words according to whether they contain the /ju/ sequence or just /u/.

Groups:

(a) /u/

,

(b) /ju/

• fuse

• cute

• beauty

• hoop

• tooth

• coop

• food

• feud

• spew

• flute

• chew

• huge

• bootie

• use

Sort the phonemes by place of articulation.

Groups:

(a) bilabial

,

(b) alveolar

,

(c) velar

,

(d) glottal

• /t/

• /m/

• /g/

• /p/

• /ŋ/

• /b/

• /n/

• /k/

• /s/

• /z/

• /d/

• /h/

• /l/

Sort the phonemes by place of articulation.

Groups:

(a) labiodental

,

(b) interdental

,

(c) palatal

,

(d) postalveolar

• /ð/

• /dʒ/

• /θ/

• /ʃ/

• /j/

• /tʃ/

• /v/

• /f/

• /ʒ/

Sort the phonemes by manner of articulation.

Groups:

(a) stop-plosive

,

(b) fricative

,

(c) affricate

,

(d) nasal

• /f/

• /h/

• /m/

• /ŋ/

• /d/

• /g/

• /k/

• /tʃ/

• /dʒ/

• /p/

• /t/

• /n/

• /ʃ/

• /θ/

• /ʒ/

• /z/

• /ð/

• /s/

• /v/

• /b/