English Consonants

Bilabial Labio-
Labio- Dental Alveolar Post-
Post- Palatal Velar Glottal
dental alveolar

Plosive
Fricative
Affricate
Nasal
Lateral
Approximant

Approximant

Put the English consonant phonemes in

the appropriate box in the phoneme
chart:
/h/, /m/, /g/, /w/, /l/, /k/, /p/, /r/, /b/,
/N/, /s/, /j/, /n/, /tS/, /f/, /Z/, /v/, /dZ/,
/d/, /T/, /S/, /z/, /D/, /t/.
 Bilabial Labio-
Labio- Dental Alveolar Post-
Post- Palatal Velar Glottal
dental alveolar

Plosive p/b t/d k/g

Fricative f/v T/D s/z S/Z h

Affricate tSS / dZ
Z

Nasal m n N

Lateral l
Approximant

Approximant w r j
Tips:

If there are two phonemes in one box, the first one

is voiceless and the second one is voiced.

All nasals and approximants (and all vowels too!)

are voiced.
I will produce one English consonant sound.
Raise your hand if you know how to describe
it.
Remember that the description of consonant
phonemes follows this order:
Voicing
Place of articulation
Manner of articulation

Example: /f/ = voiceless labio-dental fricative

/v/
/t/
/Z/
/w/
/h/
/tS/
Now, the other way around: I will describe an
English consonant phoneme. Raise your hand
if you know which sound it is and, when
asked, produce it.
(Voiced) alveolar nasal
Voiceless bilabial
plosive
Voiceless alveolar fricative
(Voiced) palatal approximant
Voiced dental fricative
Look for a partner outside your group. In
pairs, student A produces one sound and
student B has to describe it. Then, student B
produces another sound and student A has to
describe it, and so on.
Look for a different partner now. In pairs,
student A describes one phoneme to student
B, who has to produce the sound. Then,
student B describes another phoneme to
student A, and so on.