Fricatives and Affricates
1. Identify the consonant sounds in the middle of each of the following words and then characterise the sound:
Word	Sound	Voicing	Place of articulation	Manner of articulation	Intensity of friction	
Father
etching
ether
pleasure
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2. Which of the following sound pairs have the same manner of articulation? Mark the Y or the N
/ k /   / θ /    Y     N 		/ t /    / b /   Y     N 		/ ð /   / v /  Y     N		/ s /  / ɡ /    Y    N
/ f /   / h /     Y    N		/ ʃ /    / tʃ /    Y    N		/ p /   /	k /   Y    N 		/ ʒ /  / z /    Y   N
3. Examine the following transcriptions. If the transcription is erroneous, correct it:
Word	Transcription	Correction	Word	Transcription	Correction	
injured
topical
Try	/ ɪ n ʒ ə d /
[ ˈt ɒ p ɪ k l̩ ]
 / tʃ r aɪ /	………………………………………….
……………………	gelatin
inches
measure	/ ɡ e l ə t ɪ n /
/ ˈɪ n ʃ ɪ s /
/ ˈm e z ə /	………………………
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 4. State whether the place of articulation is the same (S) or different (D) in the initial consonant in each pair:
- Goose	Geranium 	……….       		 -These               Thorough        ………        
-Simple 	Shackle	………         		-Scissors             Zipper               ………        
-Curious	Cereal		………	    		-Temperate       Chestnut          ………        
-Phonetics	fictional	………        		-Character	  Chief                 ………        
-Painting	Broccoli 	………        		-Gender              Genre	   ………        	
5. 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 voiceless consonant has the same active articulator as /b/ and the same passive articulator as /θ/?
6. In each line underline the word(s) that start(s) with a consonant that meets the characteristics of the description on the left
Post-alveolar  	Jabot        		Character  		Triangle       		Shift 		Dry
Velar		   Knuckles		Cheddar		Collar 			Gnu		Cholera
Alveolar	   Pterygoid		Judge		  Pseudo		Dare		   Night	
Labio-dental   Starve		Phage		  	Leaf		Vivid		   Leave