Akademia Pedagogiczna Kraków Phonetics

Department of English Studies year I

Reference practice

CLASSIFICATION OF CONSONANTS - manner of articulation

1. Fill in the gaps:

1. A sound produced with a series of intermittent closures is called .……

2. A sound produced with a complete closure which is slowly released is called

3. A sound produced with the articulating organs forming a narrowing causing friction is called ................................ .

4. A sound produced with a complete closure which is released explosively is called

5. A sound produced with a partial closure at some point in the mouth is called

6. A sound produced with a complete closure in the mouth with the lowered soft palate is called ............................. .

7. A sound produced by a single tap of a flexible organ on a firmer surface is called

8. A sound produced with a narrowing but without friction is called ............................. .

9. A sound produced with the tongue moving rapidly in a gliding fashion toward or away from a neighbouring vowel is called ...........................

10. The following groups of sounds are produced with a complete closure: ........................

2. In the words given below indicate plosives:

castle, ringing, thumbnail, Christmas, blackboard, psalm.

3. In the words given below indicate fricatives:

sin, examination, honorary, draught, pharaoh, thousand, philosophy.

4. In the words given below indicate nasals:

most, darling, column, pneumatic, handkerchief, commemorate, asthma.

5. In the words given below indicate semi-vowels:

with, acquaint, soliloquy, answer, Yorkshire, wrinkle, yesterday.

6. In the words given below indicate affricates:

gin, cello, succession, Chicago, badge, adjust, duchess.

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