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The key answer of exercise 16

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10 - Did you see the news? for the textbook Outcomes Beginner - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Listen to the sounds and the four words. Which word has a different sound?

Answer

(The different sound is shown in phonemic script following each word.)

  1. heart /a:/
  2. use /ju:/
  3. little /ɪ/
  4. score /ɔ:/
  5. about /ə/ (here ‘a’ is unstressed)
  6. close /əʊ/
  7. like /aɪ/