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WorksheetsEnglish Consonants
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 13mins
1. The sound [p] represents which manner of articulation?
Nasal
Fricative
Stop
Glide
2. The sound [m] is classified as a _______________.
Voiced fricative
Voiceless stop
Voiced nasal
Voiced 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]
5. Which manner of articulation is associated with the sound /s/ in the word "sip"?
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
8. Which of the following is NOT a place of articulation for English consonants?
Alveolar
Labiodental
Velar
Glottal
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
13. Which of the following consonant pairs share the same place of articulation but differ in voicing?
/t/ and /d/
/s/ and /z/
/ʃ/ and /ʒ/
Neither
All of them
14. Consonants that involve a continuous airflow with a narrow constriction, creating friction, are called:
Stops
Fricatives
Nasals
Approximants
15. The English consonant sound represented by the symbol /ʃ/ (as in "shoe") is a:
Voiceless postalveolar fricative
Voiced postalveolar fricative
Voiceless alveolar fricative
Voiced alveolar fricative
16. Transcribe the following words into phonetic symbols:
"shoe" Transcription: _______________
"butter" Transcription: _______________
"jump" Transcription: _______________
"voice" Transcription: _______________
"thin" Transcription: _______________
