English Pronunciation Tip of the Day
Tip 12
Category:
Quizzes and Exercises
Author: JAM
Quiz
Here are some groups of words. In each group there is one odd one out from the pronunciation point of view. Try and identify this and explain why it is different.
1 poison season mason busy easy 2 method think tooth bother ether 3 chart ache touch richer chicken 4 tough cough trough enough through 5 grown crown throne bone known Answers
1 mason <s> = /s/ for the others it = /z/
2 bother <th>= /D/ for the others it = /T/
3 ache <ch> = /k/ for the others it = /tS/
4 through <gh> silent for the others it = /f/
5 crown because the vowel is /aU/ for the others it is /@U/