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Difficulty: MediumRhymes and Sound Matching

Which of the following words has the same end rhyme sound as suite?

  1. A
    suit
  2. neatAnswer
  3. C
    shoot
  4. D
    slight

Answer

neat
The target word 'suite' is pronounced /swiːt/. The word 'neat' is pronounced /niːt/, sharing the exact same /-iːt/ phonetic rime, which makes them an exact rhyme.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Determine the phonetic transcription of the target word
The word 'suite' is pronounced phonetically as /swiːt/.
Rhyme in Oral English is determined strictly by the auditory match of the final vowel and consonant sound, regardless of visual spelling.
2
Analyze the phonetic transcriptions of the options
'suit' is /suːt/, 'neat' is /niːt/, 'shoot' is /ʃuːt/, and 'slight' is /slaɪt/.
Transcribing each word reveals its underlying pronunciation pattern.
3
Match the target word's end sound to the correct option
'neat' (/niːt/) shares the exact ending rime /-iːt/ with 'suite' (/swiːt/).
Both words end in the long monophthong /iː/ followed by the voiceless alveolar plosive /t/.

Key Concept

Phonetic End Rhyme vs Eye Rhymes
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Topics

Rhymes and Sound Matching

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