Quiz 1: IPA chart (consonants and vowels)

A quick quiz to test your knowledge of the IPA chart

Quiz 1: IPA chart (consonants and vowels)

Note

1: Note

Choose the correct description for the symbol [ŋ]

2: Choose the correct description for the symbol [ŋ]

Voiceless velar nasal

Voiced velar nasal

Voiced alveolar nasal

Voiceless palatal nasal

Which manner of articulation has the biggest set of consonants?

3: Which manner of articulation has the biggest set of consonants?

Fricatives

Plosives

Nasals

Approximants

How many voiceless trill consonants are on the IPA chart?

4: How many voiceless trill consonants are on the IPA chart?

0

1

2

3

Choose the correct symbol for the following description: Voiceless postalveolar fricative

5: Choose the correct symbol for the following description: Voiceless postalveolar fricative

z

ʒ

ʃ

s

Which place of articulation has the biggest set of consonants?

6: Which place of articulation has the biggest set of consonants?

Palatal

Bilabial

Pharyngeal

Alveolar

Which features differ between the vowels [ɛ] and [ɤ] ?

7: Which features differ between the vowels [ɛ] and [ɤ] ?

Backness and roundness

Backness and height

Height and roundness

Height and tenseness

How many nasal consonants are on the IPA chart?

8: How many nasal consonants are on the IPA chart?

5

6

7

8

The vowel space is not symmetric (it’s a trapezoid)! Which part of this space (i.e. which side of the trapezoid) provides the fewest distinctions?

9: The vowel space is not symmetric (it’s a trapezoid)! Which part of this space (i.e. which side of the trapezoid) provides the fewest distinctions?

Front vowels

Back vowels

Low (open) vowels

High (close) vowels

Which nasal consonant is the farthest back in the vocal tract?

10: Which nasal consonant is the farthest back in the vocal tract?

Bilabial nasal (m)

Uvular nasal (ɴ)

Palatal nasal (ɲ)

Velar nasal (ŋ)

Which feature differs between the vowels [i] and [y] ?

11: Which feature differs between the vowels [i] and [y] ?

Backness (front–back)

Height (low–high/ open–closed)

Roundness (round vs. unround)

Tenseness (tense vs. lax)

Choose the correct description for the symbol [ɻ]

12: Choose the correct description for the symbol [ɻ]

Voiced retroflex approximant

Voiceless velar fricative

Voiceless retroflex approximant

Voiced retroflex Lateral-approximant

Which manners of articulation have voiceless consonants?

13: Which manners of articulation have voiceless consonants?

Fricatives and approximants

Plosives and Nasals

Fricatives and plosives

Nasals and trills

What is the super-class used to describe the consonants that regularly include voiceless consonants? (Note: this is NOT in the IPA chart!)

14: What is the super-class used to describe the consonants that regularly include voiceless consonants? (Note: this is NOT in the IPA chart!)

Sonorants

Radicals

Obstruents