Plosives /p l əʊ s ɪ v z/
1. Among the following words, underline the ones which start with a plosive
a. Kangaroo		Chocolate 		Knife 				Character	
b. Physics		Pneumonia		Pearl				Lamp
c. Gender  		Gift			Garbage			Ache
2. Put a tick next to each word into the right column according to whether the plosive consonant is Aspirated or Unaspirated
Word	Aspirated	Unaspirated	
/ eɪ t / 	…………	…………….	
/ s p uː n /  	…………	…………….	
/ t aɪ / 	…………	…………….	
/ p iː /	…………	……………..	
/ k l ɪə /	…………	……………..	
Word	Aspirated	Unaspirated	Spelling 	Spelling	
 / eɪ p /	…………	…………….	…………….	………….	
/k ʌ l ə/ 	…………	…………….	…………….	………	
/ t iː /	…………	…………….	…………….	………	
/ k ɪ ŋ/ 	…………	……………..	…………….	………	
/ s t eɪ /	…………	……………..	…………….	…………	

3. Put a tick next to each word into the right the column according to whether the consonant is Voiced or Voiceless
Word	Voiced	Voiceless	Devoiced	
/ eɪ t / 	…………	…………		
/ d uː /  	…………	…………		
 / æ d /	…………	…………		
/ p iː /	…………	…………		
Word	Voiced	Voiceless	Devoiced	
/ iː ɡ ə /	…………	…………		
/ b eɪ /	…………	…………		
/ t iː /	…………	…………		
/ ə d uː /	…………	…………		

4. Write down the phonetic symbols representing the following descriptions, and illustrate each of the sounds with an English word: 
Phoneme Description	Phonetic symbol	Word	
A voiced bilabial plosive	[ ………. ]	……………………………	
A voiceless aspirated velar plosive	[ ………. ]	……………………………	
A devoiced velar plosive	[ ………. ]	……………………………	

5. Define the consonant sounds in the middle of each of the following words
                    Voicing       Aspiration       place of articulation          manner of articulation	
adder       	
Hopper	
Hispanic	
Middle	
Particular	
Robber	
Absent	

6. Describe the initial plosives in each word 
Tea         [ ….. ]………………………………………………………………………………………………
Good     [ ….. ] …………………………………………………………………………………………………
Pen       [ …..  ] …………………………………………………………………………………………………
Graph   [ ….. ] …………………………………………………………………………………………………
Door    [  ….. ] …………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. Give me the sounds that correspond to the following descriptions and then provide an example:
Descriptions	IPA symbol	Example	
Aspirated velar sound
Voiceless alveolar plosive
Unaspirated alveolar voiceless plosive (final) 
Bilabial voiced plosive
Unaspirated bilabial voiceless plosive (initial)
A glottal plosive
A devoiced velar sound