English Consonant Sounds

1. The sound [p] represents which manner of articulation?

• Nasal

• Fricative

• Stop

• Glide

2. The sound [m] is classified as a _______________.

• Voiced bilabial fricative

• Voiceless bilabial stop

• Voiced bilabial nasal

• Voiced bilabial affricate

3. Which of the following sounds is a voiceless alveolar fricative?

• [s]

• [z]

• [ʒ]

• [ʃ]

4. An example of an affricate sound in English is _______________.

• [k]

• [θ]

• [ŋ]

• [ʧ]

6. What is the classification of the sound /tʃ/ as in the word "church"?

• Affricate

• Fricative

• Plosive

• Nasal

7. What manner of articulation does the sound /ʒ/ have in the word "measure"?

• Affricate

• Fricative

• Plosive

• Nasal

9. Consonants that are produced by stopping the airflow completely and then releasing it suddenly are called:

• Approximants

• Plosives

• Fricatives

• Nasals

10. The English consonant sound represented by the symbol /θ/ (as in "thin") is a:

• Voiced dental fricative

• Voiceless dental fricative

• Voiced alveolar fricative

• Voiceless alveolar fricative

11. Which of the following sounds is a voiced labio-dental fricative?

• /f/

• /v/

• /ʃ/

• /s/

12. The sound represented by the symbol /ŋ/ (as in "sing") is classified as a:

• Voiced palatal fricative

• Voiceless velar plosive

• Voiced velar nasal

• Voiceless glottal fricative