JAMB - English Language (2015 - No. 11)
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.
Pass
Pass
earth
clerk
lass
man
Spiegazione
as usual, we will consider the pronunciations for all the given options above and choose the one with a differnt sound.
pass goes thus: [pɑːs]
clerk [klɑːk]
earth [əːθ]
lass [las]
man [man]
The answer is B because the word ‘pass’ is transcribes /pa:s/ and is a longer form of /ae/. In the options above the word ‘earth’ /Ʒ:o/ or /Ʒ or o/, ‘lass’ /wes/ but the word ‘clerk’/kla:k/ has the same long vowel sound as pass /pa:s/