Language analysis course: consonants

Multiple-choice exercise

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Choose the correct answer for each question.

  1. How do you make a consonant sound?
    1.   By allowing air to flow freely
    2.   By using your lips and teeth
    3.   By constricting or interrupting the air flow
  2. How many consonants are there in this word: trouble?
    1.   four
    2.   two
    3.   five
    4.   three
  3. Which of these is unvoiced: 's' in sick, 'th' in then, 's' in choose?
    1.   's' in choose
    2.   's' in sick
    3.   'th' in then
  4. How many consonant sounds are there in English?
    1.   24
    2.   21
    3.   20
    4.   26
  5. Is the 'th' sound in the word this voiced or unvoiced?
    1.   Unvoiced
    2.   Voiced
    3.   Neither
  6. How many consonants are there in this word: shuttering?
    1.   five
    2.   four
    3.   two
    4.   three