Define the consonant sounds in the middle of each of the following words as

indicated in the example. Again, be careful not to be confused by spelling.

Place of articulation Place of articulation Pitch Symbol

(Voiced or
voiceless)

lladder Plosive Alveolar ridge Voiced /d/

passion Fricative Post-Alveolar Voiceless /ʃ/

Nasal Alveolar ridge Voiced /n/

Example Fricative Velar Voiceless /ks/

Coffee Plosive Velar Voiceless /k/

Fricative Labio-dental Voiceless /f/

vision Fricative Post-Alveolar Voiced /ʒ/

that Fricative Dental or Interdental Voiced /ð/

social Fricative Alveolar ridge Voiceless /s/

Fricative Post-Alveolar Voiceless /ʃ/

Chest Affricate Palato-Alveolar Voiceless /͡ tʃ/

Kelly Plosive Velar Voiceless /k/

Lateral Approximant Alveolar ridge Voiced /l/

Ringing Approximant Aleveolar ridge Voiced /ɹ/

Nasal Velar Voiced /ŋ/

Potion Plosive Bilabial Voiceless /p/

Fricative Post-Aleveolar Voiceless /ʃ/

leisure Fricative Post-Alveolar Voiced /ʒ/

Mother Nasal Bilabial Voiced /m/

Fricative Dental or Interdental Voiced /ð/

Think Fricative Dental or Interdental Voiceless /θ/

Nasal Velar Voiced /ŋ/

Plosive Velar Voiceless /k/

exit Fricative Alveolar ridge Voiceless /s/

Begging Plosive Bilabial Voiced /b/

Plosive Velar Voiced /g/

edge Plosive Alveolar ridge Voiced /d/

Fricative Post-Alveolar Voiced /ʒ/