Name: ________________________________________________ Date: ___/

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PHONETICS

Manner of Articulation
A. This exercise provides you with different consonant sounds and a possible manner of
articulation. Try to determine whether the manner of articulation is correct for the
respective sounds. Choose (Y) for right and (N) for wrong.

/p/ /g/ /l/ /b/

plosive
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
/d/ /r/ /f/ /z/
fricative
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
/tʃ/ /t/ /s/ /ʒ/
affricative
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
/m/ /k/ /ŋ/ /ð/
nasal
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
/θ/ /j/ /l/ /r/
approximant
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
/z/ /h/ /f/ /ð/
slit fricative
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
/v/ /ʃ/ /s/ /dʒ/
groove fricative
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

B. Read the following poem from The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien.
 Focus on the initial sounds only. How many fricatives do you find? What are they?

Roads go ever on and on

Roads go ever ever on,

Over rock and under tree,
By caves where never sun has shone,
By streams that never find the sea;
Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,
Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains in the moon.

Answer:
C. Read the questions carefully. Then, underline the best choice.

(a) Which of the following words begin with a voiceless fricative?

hang dogs cut ship chip foot zip sit

(b) Which of the following words begin with a voiced sound?

nap jug knock lot pet jump fin

(c) Which of the following words ends with a stop sound?

nap hang jug nudge bet lamb lots

(d) Which of the following words ends with an alveolar sound?

Pot sad boss lamb lamp size hen call

(e) Which of the following words contain an approximant consonant?

Wash hall map sing sigh red yellow

(f) Which of the following words contain a bilabial consonant sound (when pronounced)?
mat gnat sat bat rat pat

(g) Which of the following words contain a velar consonant sound?

Knot got lot cot hot pot

(h) Which of the following words contain a labiodental consonant?

Fat cat that mat chat vat

D. Answer the questions below:

(a) What do the initial consonants of these words have in common?

Wash let right yet wish rough

(b) What do the final consonants of these words have in common?

Hop hot pass wish rough lock scratch

(c) What do the initial consonants of these words have in common?

Fish ship zip sigh house view