CLASSIFICATION OF RP

Consonant Sounds

PLACE OF ARTICULATION

MANNER OF Labio- Post-

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
ARTICULATION dental alveolar

Plosive

Fricative

Affricate

Nasal

Approximant

*/w/ is a bilabial approximant with secondary velar articulation

voiceless sound
voiced sound
cat badge
cap
hat
jag
pan
sang
flood funny
hug
must
puddle
tongue
 bard

farm
ark
bath
cart
guard
heart
park
part
star
bird burn
birth
curt
gird
heard
purse
quirk
bread
end
bed
kettle
head
mend
pet
spend
vet
 big
green disk
hid
hicks
lift
list
miss
mist
sit
doctor bond
cop
god
jock
non
smock
want
salt
bored
chalk
door
drawn
law
more
stork
taught
quart
book put
book
woman
goodness
could
look
should
cook
 Plosives

pet
pool
map
apply
 Plosives

bet
bath
absent
ability
 Plosives

ten
pet
tired
worked
 Plosives

dad
doll
lived
adore
 Plosives

can
kitchen
square
architect
 Plosives

goat
give
angry
together
 Nasals

man
woman
amazing
important
 Nasals

nine
man
intelligent
unique
 Fricatives

hug
hat
hotel
alcohol
 Fricatives

four
tough
information
photograph
 Fricatives

vote
five
hereof
favourite
 Fricatives

bath
thing
authority
enthusiasm
 Fricatives

with
this
rather
although
 Fricatives

song
gets
books
resource
 Fricatives

zoo
lives
reason
resource
 Fricatives

shop
ocean
insurance
information
 Fricatives

usual
beige
measure
television
 Affricates

child
beach
teacher
question
 Affricates

job
juice
gentle
orange
 Approximants

one
work
between
question
 Approximants

yes
yellow
young
opinion
 Approximants

love
plan
mall
beautiful
 Approximants

red
write
carrot
giraffe