Phonetic games

On this page, you can practice various aspects of English phonetics and phonology.

Speech organs

Which cavity? – place speech organs into the correct cavity
Which organ? – choose the correct label for speech organs
Labelling – write down names of articulators

Speech sounds & Transcription

Spot the trascription problem – find the wrong symbol
Transcription choices – choose the correct transcription of a sentence

Obstruent or sonorant? – dividing consonants into major classes
Voiceless or voiced? – divide obstruents according to their voicing
Voiceless or voiced? – divide all consonants according to their voicing

Phoneme definitions – find mistakes in phoneme definitions
Phoenix – a tool for practicing the parameters of English phonemes
Which sound? (1) – match vocal tract shapes with sounds
Which sound? (2) – match vocal tract shapes with sounds

Aspiration Millionaire – check your knowledge of aspiration rules
Allophone matching (1) – match allophonic transcription with description
Allophone matching (2) – match allophonic transcription with description
Complete allophones – place allophonic labels
Allophonic choices – identify correct allophones

-s and -ed endings

-s endings – choose the correct pronunciation of the -s endings
-ed endings – choose the correct pronunciation of the -ed endings
Morphemic ending quiz – check your understanding of morphemic ending rules
Suffix or not? – choose the correct pronunciation and identify the reason

Linking

Linking or intrusive R? – divide phrases according to linking type
Transient J or W? – divide phrases according to linking type
Linking types – divide phrases according to linking type
Linking count – order sentences according to the number of linking instances
Linking in newsreading – listen to phrases and determine the number of linking instances
Linking in conversational speech – listen to phrases and determine the number of linking instances

Stress patterns

Stress matching – match words with the same stress pattern
Stress Millionaire – identify the stressed syllable and become a millionaire
Stress comparison – compare stress patterns in two words
Words and phrases – compare stress patterns in words and phrases
Strong or weak form? – decide whether the grammatical words appear in their strong or weak form

Intonation

Accentual function (1) – match questions and answers according to focus
Accentual function (2) – match questions and answers according to focus

Chunking – match explanations to the correct sentences

Basic tones (1) – identify the tone in the word question
Basic tones (2) – identify the tone in the word pronunciation
Melody matching (1) – match the sound with the melodic notation
Melody matching (2) – match the sound with the melodic notation
Listen for the tone – identify the tone in phrases taken from conversational speech

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