IPA symbols

Question 1

/ɪ/

Answer 1

Hid, limp, did, cyst, swim

High-mid, front, lax, unrounded

Question 2

/e/

Answer 2

Eight, chaos, stay, may, locate, obey

Mid, front, tense, unrounded

Question 3

/ɛ/

Answer 3

Bet, friend, send, any, expect

Low-mid, front, lax, unrounded

Question 4

/æ/

Answer 4

Bad, car, answer, hand, alcohol

Low, front, lax, unrounded

Question 5

/ɝ/

Answer 5

Sir, learn, work, return

Occurs in stressed syllables

Mid-central, tense, rounded

Question 6

/ɚ/

Answer 6

Northern, upper, ruler, number

Used in unstressed syllables

Mid-central, lax, rounded

Question 7

/ʌ/

Answer 7

Rough, but, someone, bucket

Occurs in stressed syllables

Low-mid, back-central, lax, unrounded

Question 8

/ə/

Answer 8

Assert, purpose

Occurs in unstressed syllables

AKA schwa

Mid-central, lax, unrounded

Question 9

/u/

Answer 9

Boot, ooze, noodle, dilute, cruise

High, back, tense, rounded

Question 10

/ʊ/

Answer 10

Book, wood, hoof, should, sugar

High-mid, back, lax, rounded

Question 11

/o/

Answer 11

Rotate, emotion, shoulder, elbow

Mid, back, tense, rounded

When stressed, usually the diphthong /oʊ/

Question 12

/ɔ/

Answer 12

Caught, ought, law, cough, quarrel

Low-mid, back, tense, rounded

Question 13

/ɑ/

Answer 13

Father, calm, hot, pot, opera, common

Low, back, tense, unrounded

Question 14

/ɑɪ/

Answer 14

Bike, height, tricycle, fight, lighter

Question 15

/ɔɪ/

Answer 15

Boy, toy, oil, foiled, toiling

Question 16

/ɑʊ/

Answer 16

How, owl, nowadays

Question 17

/eɪ/

Answer 17

Bay, stay, pay, pail, play

Question 18

/oʊ/

Answer 18

Hoe, pole, motor

Question 19

/p/

Answer 19

Pie, tap, pop, wrap

Stop

Voiceless bilabial

Question 20

/b/

Answer 20

Bear, buy, boo, mob

Stop

Voiced, bilabial

Question 21

/t/

Answer 21

Tip, tack, cut

Stop

Voiceless, lingua-alveolar

Question 22

/d/

Answer 22

Dentist, dog, do, body

Stop

Voiced, lingua-alveolar

Question 23

/k/

Answer 23

Cat, car, can

Stop

voiceless velar

Question 24

/g/

Answer 24

Go, gun, guy, pig, hog, log

Stop

Voiced velar

Question 25

/ʔ/

Answer 25

Anna Adams

Glottal stop

Question 26

/i/

Answer 26

He, beet, seed, people, leap

High-front, tense, unrounded

Question 27

/f/

Answer 27

Fish, friend, golf, suffer

Fricative

Voiceless, labiodental

Question 28

/v/

Answer 28

Voice, very, crave

Fricative

Voiced, labiodental

Question 29

/θ/

Answer 29

Bath, thin, thank

Fricative

Voiceless, lingua dental

Question 30

/ð/

Answer 30

Bathe, these

Fricative

Voiced, lingua dental

Question 31

/s/

Answer 31

Sip, sorry, class

Fricative

Voiceless, lingua alveolar

Question 32

/z/

Answer 32

zip, buzz, glaze

Fricative

Voiced, lingua alveolar

Question 33

/ʃ/

Answer 33

Sham, wash, sharp

Fricative

Lingua palatal

Question 34

/ʒ/

Answer 34

Azure, usually

Fricative

Voiced, lingua-palatal

Question 35

/h/

Answer 35

Hair

Fricative

Voiced, glottal

Question 36

/tʃ/

Answer 36

Chair, church, itch, kitchen

Affricate

Voiceless, lingua palatal

Question 37

/dʒ/

Answer 37

Judge, major

Affricate

Voiceless, lingua palatal

Question 38

/m/

Answer 38

Mare, mother, comb

Nasal

Voiced, bilabial

Question 39

/n/

Answer 39

Nanny, man, mine

Nasal

Voiced, lingua alveolar

Question 40

/ŋ/

Answer 40

King, singing, bring

Nasal

Voiced, velar

Question 41

/r/

Answer 41

Rare, sure, retaliate, hard

Liquid

Voiced, alveolar

Question 42

/l/

Answer 42

Hail, lamb, liquid

Liquid

Voiced, lingua-alveolar

Question 43

/j/

Answer 43

Year, curious

Glide

Voiced, lingua palatal

Question 44

/w/

Answer 44

Witch

Glide

Voiced, labial-lingua-velar

Question 45

/ʍ/

Answer 45

Which, what

Glide

Voiceless, labial lingua velar