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Difficulty: MediumDiphthongs

Complete the sentence below by providing the word that contains the target diphthong sound.

Answer:The health inspector confirmed that the spring water was clean and 【pure】, a word pronounced with the same /ʊə/ diphthong sound found in 'tour'.

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pure
The word 'pure' is transcribed phonetically as /pjʊə/. It contains the centring diphthong /ʊə/, which glides from the near-close back vowel /ʊ/ toward the mid-central schwa /ə/, matching the diphthong sound in 'tour' (/tʊə/).

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the target diphthong sound present in the reference word 'tour'.
The word 'tour' is pronounced /tʊə/, featuring the centring diphthong /ʊə/.
Determining the accurate phonetic transcription of the reference word establishes the required sound quality.
2
Find the contextually appropriate word describing water quality that contains the /ʊə/ sound.
The word 'pure' (/pjʊə/) completes the sentence logically and contains the identical diphthong sound /ʊə/.
The word must fulfill both the syntactic/semantic requirements of the sentence and the phonetic criteria.

Key Concept

Diphthong identification and sound matching (/ʊə/)
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