ASSIGNMENT 1

UNIT 3

Exercise 1:
Write down the phonetic symbols representing the following descriptions and illustrate each of
the sounds with two English words.

a) A voiced labiodental fricative

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b) A voiceless alveolar fricative

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c) A voiced palatal affricate

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d) A voiceless glottal fricative

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e) A voiceless bilabial stop

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f) A voiceless dental fricative _________________________________________________

Exercise 2:
Answer the following questions.

a) What voiced consonant has the same place of articulation as [t] and the same manner of articulation as [f]?

b) What voiced consonant has the same place of articulation as [b] and the same manner of articulation as [n]?

c) What voiceless consonant has the same place of articulation as [d] and the same manner of articulation as [b]?

Exercise 3:
Do the following pairs of consonants have the same or different place of articulation?

[s]: [l] [b] : [f] [m] : [n] [k] : [ŋ] [v] : [ð] [p] : [g] [s] : [v]

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Exercise 4:

Write the phonetic symbol for the initial sound in each of the following words

a. giant

b. psycho

c. central

d. knife

e. carol

f. thinker

g. philosophy

h. justice

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Exercise 5:

Write the phonetic symbol for the last sound in each word

a. wires b. following c. baked d. language

e. catch h. mash
f. Mac g. moth
i. mix
j. pass k. filth

Exercise 6:

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

Exercise 7:

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

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Exercise 8:
Write down the phonetic symbols representing the following descriptions and
illustrate each of the sounds with two English words.

A high front unrounded vowel ____________________________________

A high back rounded vowel

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A low central unrounded vowel
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A mid central unrounded
vowel__________________________________
A mid front unrounded vowel

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A mid back rounded vowel

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Exercise 9:
Write the following words in phonetic transcription, according to your
pronunciation.

a. eats b. shoes c. mast

d. cut e. finger f. look

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g. bush h. health i. said
j. helped k. sign l. night
m. joyful n. mine o. clown
p. around q. issue r. itchy
s. dry t. clue u. stayed
v. measure w. finger x. maid
y. breathe z. breath

Exercise 10:
Fill in the blanks with suitable examples from the box:
Shame
1. [ð]
That
2. [ʒ]
3. [j] Chair

4. [ŋ] Liking

5. [dʒ] Thank
6. [ʃ] Pleasure
7. [tʃ]
Jogger
8. [θ]
Yasmin

Exercise 11:
Describe each of the following phonetic symbols in words.
1. [i]
2. [θ]

Exercise 12:
In the space provided, write the PHONETIC SYMBOL for the underlined boldface letters in each
word.

1. well 2. know 3. mouth

4. sing 5. pile 6. brand

7. fleet 8. rough

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Exercise 13:
Fill in the blanks with the correct word/phrase.
1. The underlined sounds in spoil, brown, and hide are examples of three in
English.

Exercise 14:
Decide whether each of the following words has an open syllable or a closed one:
1. Cat 3. He
2. Blue 4. Flip

Exercise 15:
Identify the place of articulation of the following underlined sounds.
1. Cloves ............................................
2. Guy ............................................
3. Stop ............................................
4. Held ............................................

Exercise 16:
Use a check mark ( ) to indicate whether the following sets of words are minimal pairs,
minimal sets, or neither.
Examples minimal pair minimal set neither
a. roof, rough
b hip, trip, hit, sip, dip, nip
c. knife, wife, life, rife
d. zoo, two

Exercise 17:
Identify the co-articulation effect in each of the following words/utterances.
1. that boy [ðæt bɔj] → [ðæp bɔj]
2. ten plains [tɛn plenz] → [tɛm plenz]
3. Would you? [wʊd ju] → [wʊdʒ ju]
4. next day [nɛkst de] → [nɛks de]
5. acts [ækts] → [æks]

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