This document contains an activity on phonetics for an Introduction to Linguistics course. It provides examples of different phonetic sounds in English including consonants like /t/, /s/, /z/, /h/, /dʒ/, /θ/, /ð/, /l/, /r/, /v/, /b/, /p/, /f/, /j/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/, /n/, and /ŋ/ and consonant clusters. For each sound, it lists words containing that sound to help students practice distinguishing the sounds. The activity aims to help students learn to transcribe and differentiate between English phonemes.
This document contains an activity on phonetics for an Introduction to Linguistics course. It provides examples of different phonetic sounds in English including consonants like /t/, /s/, /z/, /h/, /dʒ/, /θ/, /ð/, /l/, /r/, /v/, /b/, /p/, /f/, /j/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/, /n/, and /ŋ/ and consonant clusters. For each sound, it lists words containing that sound to help students practice distinguishing the sounds. The activity aims to help students learn to transcribe and differentiate between English phonemes.
This document contains an activity on phonetics for an Introduction to Linguistics course. It provides examples of different phonetic sounds in English including consonants like /t/, /s/, /z/, /h/, /dʒ/, /θ/, /ð/, /l/, /r/, /v/, /b/, /p/, /f/, /j/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/, /n/, and /ŋ/ and consonant clusters. For each sound, it lists words containing that sound to help students practice distinguishing the sounds. The activity aims to help students learn to transcribe and differentiate between English phonemes.
This document contains an activity on phonetics for an Introduction to Linguistics course. It provides examples of different phonetic sounds in English including consonants like /t/, /s/, /z/, /h/, /dʒ/, /θ/, /ð/, /l/, /r/, /v/, /b/, /p/, /f/, /j/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/, /n/, and /ŋ/ and consonant clusters. For each sound, it lists words containing that sound to help students practice distinguishing the sounds. The activity aims to help students learn to transcribe and differentiate between English phonemes.
1. sit and zit 2. seal and zeal 3. see and zee 4. sink and zinc 5. sen and zen
C. /h/ (horse, hot, etc)
1. hurt 2. halt 3. hurry 4. heal 5. heathen
D. /dʒ/ (education, schedule, etc)
1. duty 2. duke 3. dues 4. mediocre 5. cardiology
E. /dʒ/ (job) and /tʃ/ (chop)
1. jap and chap 2. jar and char 3. jest and chest 4. jeer and cheer 5. joke and choke
F. /θ/ (think, thank, etc)
1. thirst 2. thought 3. thumb 4. thief 5. throw G. /θ/ (thin) and /s/ (sin) 1. thought and sought 2. thick and sick 3. thwart and swart 4. thumb and sum 5. thill and sill
H. /θ/ (they) and /d/ (day)
1. those and dose 2. then and den 3. there and dare 4. thy and die 5. this and dis
I. /l/ (light) and /r/ (right)
1. leap and reap 2. lip and rip 3. lust and rust 4. lump and rump 5. load and road
J. /l/ and /n/
1. lap and nap 2. lore and nor 3. lip and nip 4. let and net 5. lit and nit
K. /v/ (van) and /b/ (ban)
1. vote and boat 2. vile and bile 3. vat and bat 4. vent and bent 5. void and boid
L. /b/ (bee) and /p/ (pee)
1. bit and pit 2. bar and par 3. bat and pat 4. bole and pole 5. bot and pot
M. /p/ (pan) and /f/ (fan)
1. peel and feel 2. pill and fill 3. pin and fin 4. pun and fun 5. pan and fan N. /v/ (verse) and /w/ (worse) 1. vow and wow 2. vest and west 3. vile and while 4. vat and watt 5. vent and went
O. /j/ (jet) and /y/ (yet)
1. joke and yoke 2. jam and yam 3. jeer and year 4. jell and yell 5. jap and yap
P. /j/ (budge) and /z/ (buzz)
1. jest and zest 2. fridge and frizz 3. jealous and zealous 4. jar and zar 5. jean and zean
Q. /ʃ/ (ship) and /tʃ/ (chip)
1. sheer and cheer 2. shop and chop 3. share and chair 4. shin and chin 5. shore and chore
R. /n/ (thin) and /ŋ/ (thing)
1. sin and sing 2. ran and rang 3. tan and tang 4. kin and king 5. sun and sung