1. Match the words/phrases with their explanations.

Bilabial occur when you block/constrict airflow by curling your lower lip
back and raising it to touch your upper row of teeth.
consonants
Alveolar occur when you block/constrict airflow out of the mouth by
consonants bringing your lips together.
Dental consonants occur when you raise the back of your tongue to the velum
to block or restrict airflow.
post-alveolar occur when the tongue blocks or constricts airflow at the point
consonants just beyond the alveolar ridge.
Labio-dental occur when you raise the tongue to this point and
consonants constrict airflow.
Velar Consonants occur when you block/constrict airflow by placing your slimy
tongue against your upper teeth.
Palatal consonants occur when you raise your tongue to the alveolar ridge to block or
constrict airflow.

2. Which of the following words end with a velar consonant?

Lent, bang, creak, posh, tango, tank
3. Which of the following words begin with a bilabial consonant?
Bingo, psychology, pneumonia, mentor, soup
4. Identify the place of articulation of the following underlined sounds.
1. Cloves ............................................
2. Guy ............................................
3. Stop ............................................
4. Held ............................................
5. In this exercise, you are presented with sets of words. In each set, circle each word that
has a consonant with the place of articulation for that set.
Bilabial apple lamb knot yell bank
Velar knot break cast cent ghost
Alveolar tack scare quick dark knot
Dental thick bathe hitch rough mirth
Palatal craze push measure shape action
Labiodental phase thought vase rough life

6. In this exercise, you are presented with sets of words. In each set, circle each word that
has a consonant with the manner of articulation for that set.
Stop mass pass through flip lax
Fricative laugh zip rent pepper rift
Nasal soup mint king quack plot
Affricate rich rush action judge gym
7. Where is the red-marked consonant in each of these words articulated? You should say
each word out loud and try to feel where it is in the mouth. The first one is done for you.
WORD PLACE OF ARTICULATION
E.g. cat velar
thin
bottle
tap
mother
rope
fish
gate
sugar
paper
salt
plum
jug
bridge
laugh
teeth
sock
lip
fill
bad
which

8. Do the following pairs of consonants have the same or different place of articulation?
Expalin why?
[s] : [l] [b] : [f] [m] : [n] [k] : [ŋ] [v] : [ð] [p] : [g]
[s] : [v] [l] : [t] [l] : [r] [ð] : [t] [m] : [ŋ] [s] : [θ]
[w] : [y] [k] : [l [w] : [j] [f] : [h] [k] : [l]

Same Explain Different Explain

9. What do you mean by place of articulation?

10. Describe the production of bilabial/ labiodental/dental/ alveolar/
postalveolar/velar/glottal sounds in terms of the place of articulation
11. Place of articulation that is shown in the picture is called....
Bilabial alveolar palatal dental
12. Place of articulation that is shown in the picture is called....
Bilabial alveolar palatal dental

31. /θ/ – “thick” and “bath” – air is forced through the upper teeth and the tongue is called
…
Labiodental labial alveolar dental
13. /z/ – “zit” and “jazz” – air is forced through the tongue and the alveolar ridge is
called…
Dental alveolar labiodental bilabial
14. /tʃ/ – “chick” and “match” – air is blocked with the tongue just beyond the alveolar
ridge is called ...
Dental labiodental alveolar palatal

15. Which of the following words end with a velar consonant?

Lent, bang, creak, posh, tango, tank
16. Which of the following words begin with a bilabial consonant?
Bingo, psychology, pneumonia, mentor, soup
17. Identify the place of articulation of the following underlined sounds.
1. Cloves ............................................
2. Guy ............................................
3. Stop ............................................
4. Held ............................................

18. In this exercise, you are presented with sets of words. In each set, circle each word
that has a consonant with the place of articulation for that set.
Bilabial apple lamb knot yell bank
Velar knot break cast cent ghost
Alveolar tack scare quick dark knot
Dental thick bathe hitch rough mirth
Palatal craze push measure shape action
Labiodental phase thought vase rough life
Stop mass pass through flip lax
Fricative laugh zip rent pepper rift
Nasal soup mint king quack plot
Affricate rich rush action judge gym
19. Indicate whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.
1……………… Plosives are produced with complete closure in the vocal tract followed
by a gradual release.
2. ……………… The term ‘backness’ refers to the movement of the blade of the tongue.
3. ……………… The production of these sounds involves the movement of the tongue
blade in the direction of the palato-alveolar region.
4. ……………… [au] is the vowel sound in the word ‘country’.
5. ……………… Approximants are produced by two articulators coming close together,
but not close enough to cause friction.
6. ……………… [m, n, k] in the production of these sounds the velum is lowered.
7. ……………… The term ‘tense’ refers to the level the tongue is raised from the bottom
of the mouth
8. ……………… Raising the velum enables the air to flow through the nasal tract.
9. ……………… In the articulation of voiced sounds, the vocal cords are brought close
together.
10. ……………… Different sounds are created by changing the properties of the vocal
tract.
11. ……………… The tip/blade of the tongue is one of the passive articulators.
12. ……………… The velum is one of the passive articulators.
13. ……………… During normal breathing, the vocal cords are close together and
vibrate.
14. ……………… Most speech sounds are made by allowing air to flow through the
nose.
15. ……………… Both passive and active articulators are involved in the production of
speech sounds
16. ……………… The tip/blade of the tongue and the upper lip are the active
articulators.
17. ……………… Every vowel symbol represents one specific articulation.
18. ……………… A sound whose articulation involves movement from one vowel
position to another is called a diphthong.
20. ……………… The terms ‘high’ ‘low’ and ‘central’ refer to the distance between the
jaws.
21. ……………… Tense vowels are usually long in all languages.
22. ……………… A monophthong is described along five dimensions.
23. ……………… The concept of vowel height is relative.
24. ……………… All diphthongs are long, tense and central.
25. ……………… The right side of the vowel quadrilateral represents the back of the
oral cavity.

20. Consonants are created when you completely block air flow through your mouth and
let the air pass through your nose is called ...
plosive nasal approximant fricative
21. Sounds involve only a partial blockage of the vocal tract so that air has to be forced
through a narrow channel is called ….
nasal fricative affricate plosive
22. Which words end with a fricative?
graph, writhe, write, with, axe, ache,
cache, wince, bounce, blink.