PISMP TESL C

SITI AISHAH BINTI ABDUL MUTALIB

NURUL NAJIHAH BINTI MOHD NAIM

Section 1
A. Listen to Track 1.1 at

http://higheredbcs.wiley.com/legacy/college/carr/1119533740/sounds/Track.1.1.MP3

Which of the words on the recording begin with a fricative? The words are listed below.

ship psychology veer round plot philosophy think late

B. Listen to Track 1.2. at

http://higheredbcs.wiley.com/legacy/college/carr/1119533740/sounds/Track.1.2.MP3

Which of the words on the recording end with a fricative? The words are listed below.
stack whale swim epitaph half halve hash haze

C. Listen to Track 1.3.

http://higheredbcs.wiley.com/legacy/college/carr/1119533740/sounds/Track.1.3.MP3

Which of the words on the recording begin with a stop? The words are listed below.

philanderer plasterer parsimonious ptarmigan psyche charismatic ghoulish gruelling

guardian thick tickle bin dreary

D. Listen to Track 2.1 at

http://higheredbcs.wiley.com/legacy/college/carr/1119533740/sounds/Track.2.1.MP3

Section 2
For each of the words on the recording, identify (a) any oral stops, (b) any fricatives, (c) any
approximants, (d) any affricates and (e) any nasals. For each sound that you identify, say
whether it is voiced or voiceless and what its place of articulation is (e.g. the word stop:
voiceless alveolar stop [t] and voiceless bilabial stop [p]; voiceless alveolar fricative [s]; no
approximants, affricates or nasals).

The words are:

bring : voiced bilabial plosives /b/, velar nasal /ŋ/
licking : lateral alveolar /ɭ/, voiceless velar plosives /k/, velar nasal /ŋ/
fever : voiceless labiodental fricative /f/, voiced labiodental fricative /v/
thinking : voiceless interdental fricative /θ/, velar nasal /ŋ/, voiceless velar plosives /k/
assure : voiceless alveolar fricative /ʃɔ/
measure : bilabial nasal /m/, voiced alveolar fricative /ʒ/
heated : glottal fricative /h/, voiceless alveolar plosive /t/, voiced alveolar plosive /d/

A. Give the appropriate three-term description for each of the following sounds
e.g. [k]: voiceless velar stop

[θ] : voiceless interdental fricative (air-breathe)

[b] : voiced bilabial plosive
[f] : voiceless labiodental fricative
[ʃ] : voiceless alveolar fricative
[j] : voiced palatal semivowel
[t] : voiceless alveolar plosive

B. Give the appropriate phonetic symbol for each of the following sounds:
(a) a voiced palato-alveolar fricative : /ʒ/
(b) a voiced alveolar stop : /d/
(c) a voiced velar stop : /g/, /k/
(d) a voiced dental fricative : /ð/
(e) a voiced labio-dental fricative : /v/

C. What phonetic property distinguishes each of the following pairs of sounds

e.g. [p] and [b]: voicing; [s] and [ʃ]: place of articulation; [t] and [s]: manner of articulation)?

(1) [k] and [g]: voicing

(2) [b] and [d]: place of articulation
(3) [d] and [z]: manner of articulation
(4) [z] and [ʒ]: manner of articulation
(5) [ʃ] and [ʒ]: voicing
(6) [d] and [g]: place of articulation