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VOWELS AND CONSONANTS

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Listen. They are....? (Audio SC-27-02)

a)

Thing - Think

b)

Thin - Thick

2.

Which sound is it?

a)

[a:]

b)

[ʊ]

3.

Name the single feature that distinguishes the sounds in this pairs: [θ] : [ð]

a)

Voicing

b)

Place of articulation

4.

Name the single feature that distinguishes the sounds in this pairs: [p] : [k]

a)

Manner of articulation

b)

Place of articulation

5.

Name the single feature that distinguishes the sounds in these pairs

[s] : [t] and [z] : [d]

a)

Manner of articulation

b)

Voicing

6.

Which English speech sounds are more sonorant?

Vowels or Consonant?

a)

Vowels

b)

Consonants

7.

How is the shape of lips in these vowels:

[i] : [e]

a)

rounded

b)

unrounded

8.

Which part of the tongue is [ə] ?

Front, central, back?

a)

front

b)

central

c)

back

9.

Rearrange these vowels in term of Tongue height from high to low:

[æ], [ʊ], [ɔ:]

a)

[ʊ]

[ɔ:]

[æ]

b)

[ʊ]

[æ]

[ɔ:]

10.

Which of these consonants are Fricative?

[p], [ ʃ ], [ŋ], [v], [ʒ] ?

a)

[ ʃ ], [ʒ], [v]

b)

[ ʃ ], [v], [p]

11.

According to sonority scale,

the sound [w] and [m],

which is more sonorant?

a)

[w]

b)

[m]

12.

Rearrange these sounds in term of sonority:

[ð], [æ], [s], [j], [l], [t], [ʌ] ?

a)

[æ], [ʌ], [j], [l], [ð], [s], [t]

b)

[ʌ], [æ], [j], [l], [ð], [s], [t]

13.

Examine consonants and vowel on the sonority scale of the word: BOOK /bʊk/

a)
b)
14.

Which chart show the sonority of the word SPEAK?

a)
b)
15.

what is the sound of the vowel in the word " coast"

a)

/ɒ/

b)

/əʊ/

c)

/ʌ/

16.

In the word "CULTURE", the sound [l] is a clear "l" or dark "ɫ "

a)

Clear "l"

b)

Dark "ɫ "

17.

What is the vowel of the word "ROUGH"?

a)

/ɒ/

b)

/ʌ/

18.

which of the following vowels are shortened as a result of a following fortis consonant?

a)

dark /dɑ:k/

b)

card /kɑ:d/

19.

where is the tongue part of the vowel [ɑ:] ?

a)

front

b)

central

c)

back

20.

what is the tongue height of the vowel [e]?

a)

high

b)

mid

c)

low

21.

which is a glide sound?

a)

[w]

b)

[r]

22.

which is a liquid sound?

a)

[ l ]

b)

[ j ]

23.

In the word "umbrella", is the [m] sound syllabic?

a)

Yes

b)

No

24.

The words 'human' and 'manager' both contain a syllable that is spelled with the letters ‘man’. In which word does that syllable contain a syllabic [n̩]?

a)

human

b)

manager

25.

Indicate the glides for the diphthongs in the word "home" ?

a)

/ʊ/

b)

/ə/