Task 2 – Consonant sounds

Student

Mayra Angelica Correa Ordoñez

Group: 518014 _102

Tutor

Yohom Fredy Sánchez

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD)

Licenciatura en Lenguas Extranjeras con Énfasis en Inglés

English Phonetics

Cead-Florencia

March 14,2021
Link of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3F2fyFGxPE&t=3s
 Task 2_Practical Exercises
Consonant sounds

1. Name the manner and the place of articulation of each

consonant sound

a) /t/ Alveolar plosive sound

b) /d/ Alveolar plosive sound
c) /k/ Velar plosive sound
d) /z / Alveolar fricative sound
e) /b/ Bilabial plosive sound

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/ - /t/- /k/
transcription /t/ - /r/ - /n/ - /s/ -/k/ - /r/ - /p/- / ʃ / - /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

Bilabial Dent Labio- alveol velar Palatal Palate- glottal Retrofle

al dental ar alveolar x
Peak The Voice Deep Take Jam Horse Chirp
Border n Leap Cat Should
Boat Long er
ing
Buzz Chick
Enter Singer
Chirp

4. Pronounce: Which word is different? Focus on the final

consonant sound. Mark an X in front of the different word.

a) walks
b) visits
c) helps
d) watches X
5. Write a word that includes each symbol.
 The first one is done for you.

Symbol Word
a) /ʃ/ show
b) /ʒ/ Television
c) /ð/ Mother
d) /v/ Live
e) /ŋ/ Think

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/
 REFERENCES

Daniel, I. O. (2011). Chapter Three: Articulation of English Sounds. In Introductory

Phonetics and Phonology of English. (pp. 15-20). Cambridge Scholars

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