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The key answer of exercise 14

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11 - Ancient history 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. queen /i:/
  2. put /u/
  3. sure /ɔ:/
  4. history /ə/ (here ‘o’ is unstressed)
  5. rock /ɒ/
  6. May /eɪ/
  7. born /ɔ:/
  8. July /aɪ/