Question

What is a releasing consonant?

• A. It is a syllable without consonant sounds
• B. The vowel that begins a syllable
• C. The consonant that begins a syllable
• D. The consonant that comes at the end of a syllable

Answer 1

Answer:

C. The consonant that begins a syllable

Releasing consonant
➡ A releasing consonant is the consonant sound that occurs at the beginning of a syllable and helps to release or initiate that syllable.
➡ It’s also called the onset consonant.