English IPA

IPA Symbols

100

Which symbol would be used for th of myth?

[θ]

200

Which is voiced and unvoiced: [ ʃ ] [ ʒ ]

Voiced [ ʒ ]

Unvoiced [ ʃ ]

300

List a lateral consonant in English.

[ l ]

400

List the 6 forward vowels

[ i ] [ ɪ ] [ ɛ ] [æ] [a]

500

List two combination consonants.

[ tʃ ] [ dʒ ]

Diphthongs

100

How many diphthongs are there?

6

200

Transcribe the 6 Official Diphthongs in IPA (hint, one also functions as a glide)

[ eɪ ] [ oʊ ] [ aɪ ] [ aʊ ] [ ɔɪ ] [ju]

300

IPA the following words: Sour Flight Decoy Music

[ saʊr ] [ flaɪt ] ['di ,kɔɪ] [mju sɪk]

400

Which symbol represents Spangled?

[ æŋ ]

500

Transcribe the word larynx.

['læ rɪŋks]

Sentences to IPA

100

Transcribe the following to IPA: The cat in the hat.

[ðʌ kæt ɪn ðʌ hæt]

200

Transcribe: I love singing so so so much. 

[ ɑɪ lʌv 'siŋ iŋ soʊ soʊ soʊ mʌtʃ ]

300

Go, lovely rose, tell her, that wastes her time.

[goʊ 'lʌv li roʊz tɛl hɝ ðæt weɪsts hɝ taɪm]

400

Small is the worth of beauty from the light retir'd'

[smɔl ɪz ðʌ wɝθ ʌv 'bju ti frʌm ðʌ laɪt rɪ 'taɪ ɚd]

500

Thou must have uncommended died.

[ðaʊ mʌst hæv ,ʌn kə 'mɛn dɪd daɪd]

English Words to IPA

100

Voice

[vɔɪs]

200

Broom

[brum]

300

Caustic

['kaʊ stɪk]

400

Truce

[trus]

500

Universal

[ju nə 'vɜr səl]

Wild Card

100

What do we call the actual letters of words?

Orthographic Letter

200

What are the two Schwa symbols?

[ə] [ʌ]

300

What is a phoneme?

Perceptually distinct units of sound

400

List the voiced and unvoiced th IPA symbols. 

Voiced [ð] Unvoiced [θ]

500

List the 5 different manners of articulation for a consonant:

Stop-plosive, fricative, lateral, glides, and nasal.