Consonant

Affricates begin as fricatives and end as plosives

• True
• False

Fricatives are characterized by a hissing sound.

• True
• False

Post-alveolar consonants involve the tip of the tongue and the hard palate

• True
• False

Answer explanation

sounds which are produced with the tongue tip or blade coming close to the area between the back of the alveolar ridge and the front of the hard palate.

Plosives are continuants.

• True
• False

The soft palate is raised in all consonants except nasals.

• True
• False

The final consonant sound in ‘laugh’ is a

• labio-dental
• Glottal
• Velar
• Bilabial

Which has a post alveolar

• Book
• Sound
• Measure
• Listen

The different between /p/ and /t/ is 

• Voicing
• place of articulation
• Position of soft palate
• Manner of articulation

Which word contains an affricate? 

• Tip
• Job
• Back
• Teeth

Which word does not have a fricative?

• Should
• Map
• Flower
• Teeth