Exercise 1:

1. Give a complete description of the consonant sound

represented by the symbol and then supply an English word
containing the sound.
Example: /tʃ/
Answer: voiceless alveolopalatal affricate
Word: Cherry
a. /θ/
voiceless dental fricative Word: think
b. /ŋ/
voiced velar nasal Word: ring
c. /ʒ/
voiced postalveolar fricative Word: pleasure
d. [ɫ]
voiceless alveolar plosive Word: tall
e. /r/
voiced retroflex approximant Word: right
f. /j/
voiced palatal approximant Word: you
g. /g/
voiced velar plosive Word: good
2. Give the phonetic symbol representing the consonant sound
described and then
supply an English word containing the sound.

a. voiced alveolopalatal affricate

/tʃ/ Word: Cherry
b. aspirated voiceless bilabial stop
/p/ Word: pair
c. alveolar flap
[ɾ] Word: free
d. dentalized alveolar nasal
/n/ Word: nail
e. voiceless labiovelar fricative
/ʍ/ Word: whine
f. voiceless labiodental fricative
/f/ word: fine
g. voiceless glottal fricative or voiceless vowel
/h/ Word: her

3. Give the phonetic symbol for the initial consonant sound(s) in

each of the following words.
a. rhetoric /r/
b. one /w/
c. know /n/
d. Thomas /t/
e. sure /ʃ/
f. cereal /s/
g. jaguar /dʒ/
h. unity /j/
i. pheasant /f/
j. theme /θ/
k. psalm /s/
l. chorus /k/
m. chaste /tʃ/
n. charade /ʃ/
o. shave /ʃ/
p. gnat /n/
q. wrong /r/
r. zero /z/
s. ghost /ɡ/
t. science /s/

4.0
a.toughen /f/
b.visage /z/
c.alloy /l/
d.descent /s/
e.azure /ʒ/
f.away /w/
g.errand /r/
h.ocean /ʃ/
i.adjourn /dʒ/
j.aghast /ɡ/
k.listen /s/
l.plumber /m/
m.cupboard /b/
n.soften /f/
o.measure /ʒ/
p.author /θ/
q.lather /ð/
r.psyche /k/
s.future /tʃ/
t.lawyer /j/

5.0
Answer: -er is part of the root of the word, er is a derivational
suffix, ng is word final.

6.0
a. right leap accent scepter
b. madness maudlin sideline madly
c. carl pal kill