JAMB - English Language (2000 - No. 3)

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

Pleasure

pliable
pleat
plenary
jeopardy

Explanation

pleasure is pronounced as [ˈpleʒə], our area of emphasis is on the ''ea'' sound which goes thus ''e''. 

pliable--- [ˈplʌɪəb(ə)l]

pleat----- [pliːt]

plenary-- [ˈpliːnəri]

jeopardy--- [ˈdʒepədi]. from the list of possible pronunciations above, you can see that only jeopardy [ˈdʒepədi] has the vowel sound ''e'' and it is therefore the correct answer to the question.

 

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