WORDS
The Consonant Chart
T/F
VOCAB
Multiple Choice
100

T/F The word “queen” contains two adjacent homorganic phonemes in its transcription.

TRUE!!

100

Name a pair of cognates


p/b, f/v, th/th, t/d, s/z, sh/3, ch/d3, k/g

100

/ʔ/ and /h/ are cognate pairs

False

100

4. Term used when two sounds share a place of articulation



Homorganic!!!!!!!!!!

100

The light /l/ is found in the 

A. Prevocalic position

B. Postvocalic position

C. Intervocalic position

D. Medial position 

A. Prevocalic 

200

Which word contains a light  /l/?

A. Elephant

B. Industrial

C. Lollipop

D. Basketball

C. Lollipop!!!

200

2. I have a voiced bilabial stop in word-initial position.

I am a bull.

I am USU’s mascot.

Who am I? 

Big Blue!!!!!!! 

200

Bilabials are considered a manner of articulation

WRONGGGGGGG

200

Cognates are phonemes that differ only by

A. Place

B. Voicing

C. Manner

D. Aspiration

B. Voicing 

200

Which phoneme has a voiced cognate?

A. /b/

B. /s/

C. /g/

D. /ð/

/s/

300

Which of the following words does not contain an aspirated /p/?

A. Pen 

B. Pork

C. Stop

D. Portable

C. STOPPPPPPPPP

300

3. I have a voiceless palatal affricate in word-final position

I am a long piece of furniture.

Potatoes sit on me.

What am I?

Couch:)

300

T/F /l/, /r/, and /j/ are all liquids


FALSEEEEEE!!!!

300

3. /l, m, n, r/  are considered ______ when they make up the nucleus of a syllable.  


Syllabic Consonants 

300

 [t] and [d] become a ___when there is a vowel in front and an [n] in the back.  

A. Tap

B. Glottal stop

C. Plosive 

D. Cognate 

B. Glottal Stop 

400

Which of the following words contains a tap

A. Butter

B. Kitten

C. Rotten

D. Thomas

A. I can't believe it's not BUTTER (except it is)

400

Overarching name for nasals, liquids, and glides

Sonorants

400

T/F Affricates are sonorants



WRONG WRONG WRONG

400

“Tall”, “elephant”, and “Eiffel Tower” contain this type of /l/

Dark (velarized) /l/

400


Which of the following phonemes are produced laterally?

A. /l/

B. /l/, /v/

C. /l/, /v/, /s/

D. /l/, / t/, /j/, /b/



A. /l/

500

T/F The phrase “you’ve got this” contains ONE labiodental



TRUEEEEEE

500

5. The cognate for /θ/



/ð/

500

T/F  /f,v,z,s,ʃ,ʒ,t͡ʃ,d͡ʒ,θ,ð,h/ can be referred to as “stridents” because they are high-pitched, strong, voiced fricatives.



ITS THE TRUTH!!!!

500

A term for glides and liquids


Approximates

500


Which of the following has more acoustic energy than other consonants?

A. Obstruents

B. Sonorants

C. Approximates

D. Who cares??



B. Sonorants