Phonetic | MCQs

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"Uncle" starts with a vowel sound /ʌ/, which is a true vowel sound.

Though "Uniform" and "Usual" start with vowel letters, they begin with a /juː/ sound (a consonant sound).

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"Book" has a short vowel sound /ʊ/ as in "good" or "foot."

"Ball" has a long /ɔː/ sound and "Read" (present tense) has a long /iː/ sound.

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A digraph is when two letters are used together to represent one sound (e.g., sh, ch, th).

It's common in English spelling patterns and phonics.

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"Umbrella" begins with a vowel sound /ʌ/ (uh).

"Unit" and "University" start with a consonant 'y' sound (/j/).

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Shirt has the short vowel sound /ɜːr/ (as in "hurt" or "bird").

"Ball" and "Read" have long or different vowel sounds.

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Eagle starts with the vowel sound /iː/ (a true vowel sound).

Europe and Eulogy start with a consonant 'y' sound (/j/).

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The word "Read" (when pronounced like "reed") contains a long vowel sound 'ee'.

The Bus, Hat, Big have short vowel sounds.

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The word "Bus" contains the short vowel sound /ʌ/ as in “cup”.

The other words have long vowel sounds:

Shoe (/uː/),

Car (/ɑː/),

Read (can be /riːd/ – long vowel).

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"Sky" has only one vowel sound, represented by "y" acting as a vowel.

In this case, "y" sounds like "i" and functions as a vowel.

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The letter "b" in "doubt" is silent and not pronounced.

Silent letters are common in English and can affect spelling but not pronunciation.