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Difficulty: MediumDiphthongs

Which of the following words has the same vowel sound as the underlined part of the word *great*?

  1. A
    bread
  2. breakAnswer
  3. C
    receive
  4. D
    height

Answer

The word 'break' has the same diphthong sound /eɪ/ as found in 'great'.
The word 'great' is pronounced /ɡreɪt/, which features the closing diphthong /eɪ/. The word 'break' is pronounced /breɪk/ and contains the exact same /eɪ/ diphthong sound.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Determine the phonetic sound of the target word.
The underlined vowel combination in 'great' is pronounced as the diphthong /eɪ/ (/ɡreɪt/).
A diphthong is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable where the sound glides from one vowel to another.
2
Analyze the vowel sound present in each option.
'bread' is pronounced /bred/ (monophthong /e/), 'break' is pronounced /breɪk/ (diphthong /eɪ/), 'receive' is pronounced /rɪˈsiːv/ (monophthong /iː/), and 'height' is pronounced /haɪt/ (diphthong /aɪ/).
Identifying the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions reveals true sound values regardless of spelling variations.
3
Select the option with the matching sound.
'break' (/breɪk/) matches the sound /eɪ/ in 'great' (/ɡreɪt/).
Both words share the identical /eɪ/ diphthong sound despite potential spelling traps in similar words.

Key Concept

Identification of English diphthong sounds (/eɪ/) across varying orthographic spellings
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