Task 2 – Consonants Sounds
English Phonetics
Juan Esteban Zea Tirado
Cód. 518014A_764Group 14
Teacher
Yennifer Vanessa Murcia
Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación
CEAD-MEDELLÍN
Septiembre 2020
Task 2_Practical Exercises
Consonant sounds
1. Name the manner and the place of articulation of each
consonant sound
a) /t/ Plosive Alveolar
b) /d/ Plosive Alveolar
c) /k/ Plosive Velar
d) /z / Fricatives Alveolar
e) /b/ Plosive Bilabial
2. Write only the symbols of the consonant sounds contained in
the following words, remember to write each symbol in slashes
(//).
The first one is done for you.
Word Symbols of the consonant sounds
English /ŋ/ - /g/ - /l/ - /ʃ/
Alphabet /l/ - /f/ - /b/-/t/
Phonetic /f/ - /n/ - /t̬ /-/k/
transcriptio /t/ - /r/ - /n/-/s/-/k/-/r/-/p/-/ʃ/-/n/
n
Think /θ/-/ŋ/ - /k/
3. Classify the following words according to the place of articulation
of the underlined letter in the box below
The first one is done for you.
peak, deep, leap, cat, boat, enter, border, shoulder, singer,
longing, chick, take, chirp, buzz, then, horse, voice, jam
Bilabia Dent Labio alveola velar Palat Palate- glott Retrofle
l al - r al alveolar al x
dent
al
Peak then voic deep cat jam shoulde hors
borde e leap longin r e
r boat g chick
enter take
singer
chirp
buzz
4. Pronounce: Which word is different? Focus on the final
consonant sound.
a) walks
b) visits
c) helps
d) watches This is the word different
5. Write a word that includes each symbol.
The first one is done for you.
Symbol Word
a) /ʃ/ show
b) /ʒ/ treasure
c) /ð/ another
d) /v/ activity
e) /ŋ/ tank
6. Circle the right phonetic transcription (IPA) of each word.
The first one is done for you.
One /ˈwʌn/ /’wʌŋ/ /’gon/
Crock /crɒk/ /krɒk/ /krɒc/
Those /ðəʊz/ /θəʊz/ /ðəʊs/
Horse /ˈhɔːrs/ /ˈjɔːrs/ /ˈhɔːrz/
Training /treɪnɪn/ /treɪnɪŋ/ /treɪŋɪn/
Church /tʃɜːtʃ/ / ʃɜːtʃ/ /tʃɜːʃ/
Worship /ˈgɜːʃɪp/ /ˈwɜːtʃɪp/ /ˈwɜːʃɪp/
Shrine /ˈtʃraɪn/ /ˈʃraɪn/ /ˈʃraɪŋ/
LINK VIDEO CONSONANTS SOUNDS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCtBmeNOZbM&feature=youtu.be