Consonants

Question 1

/p/ and /b/ as in tip and bit, are examples. You close both of your lips and, as the air is released (comes up from the throat), it pushes the lips apart in an explosion.

Answer 1

Biliabial Plosives

Question 2

/t/ and /d/ as in ten and din are examples because the tongue is stuck to the alveolar ridge until the air pushes the tongue and the alveolar ridge part.

Answer 2

Alveolar Plosives

Question 3

/ʧ/ and /ʤ/ as in chair and joy are examples. They start as plosive (/t/ and /d/) but end with a fricative because friction is made in the alveolar ridge.

Answer 3

Affricatives

Question 4

/k/ and /g/ as in cap and gap are examples because the back part of the tongue is in contact with the soft palate or vellum until the air pushes them apart.

Answer 4

Velar Plosives

Question 5

/f/ and /v/ as in feed and vet are examples. The top teeth are in contact with the lower lip, and the air is pushed between them, but with no explosion; the sound is made by air friction between the teeth and the lip.

Answer 5

Labiodental Fricatives

Question 6

/θ/ and /ð/ as in moth and that are examples because the tongue is in contact with the top teeth. The air escapes with a little friction.

Answer 6

Dental Fricatives

Question 7

/s/ and /z/ as in sip and zip or as in books and teachers are examples. They are produced as hissing sounds because air escapes with difficulty.

Answer 7

Alveolar Fricatives

Question 8

/ʃ/ and /ʒ/ as in sugar and pleasure are examples. The sound is produced by air friction

Answer 8

Palato-Alveolar Fricatives

Question 9

/m/ as in mum is an example. It is produced when air flows through the nasal cavity.

Answer 9

Bilabial Nasal

Question 10

/n/ as in none is an example. It is produced when the air flows through the nasal cavity.

Answer 10

Alveolar Nasal

Question 11

/ŋ/ as in hangs, going, singer and longer is an exmaple. The sound is produced by lowering the vellum.

Answer 11

Velar Nasal

Question 12

/h/ as in how and high is an example. Air comes from the windpipe and through the vocal cords.

Answer 12

Voiceless Glottal Fricative

Question 13

/l/ as in lead and bill is an example. The tongue tip touches the alveolar ridge, but the sides of the tongue are lowered so the air can escape along the sides of the tongue.

Answer 13

Voiced Lateral or Lateral Approximant

Question 14

/r/ as in road and berry is an example. The tongue curls back into the mouth but does not touch the roof of the mouth.

Answer 14

Post-Alveolar

Question 15

/w/ as in weep, which is also called a semi-vowel.

Answer 15

Labio-Velar Approximant

Question 16

/j/ as in you, which is also called a semi-vowel.

Answer 16

Palatal Approximant