Cover of the textbook Outcomes Beginner - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 08 - Here and there (Part 3) for the textbook Outcomes Beginner - Workbook with authors Kelly Phillips from National Geographic Learning

Question

Listen to these words. Do the letters in bold sound the same or different? Or do they have no sound (silent letters)? Write the words in the table.

Answer

They are different. The sound of ‘g’ in designer is silent.

  • /g/: good
  • /ʤ/: manager
  • silent g: designer