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
Förklaring
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.