JAMB - English Language (2007 - No. 21)
Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the underlined letter(s).
pear?
pear?
dear
year
there
near
Explanation
pear is pronounced as /pɛər/ and these are different pronunciations of all the options listed above. with this, you can easily pinpoint the word with the same vowel sound as ea
dear----/dɪə/
year----/jɪə/
there---/ðɛə/
near---/nɪə/
from the explanation above, you can see that, ''there'' (ðɛə) has the same vowel sound as the underlined letters in pear (pɛər).