Match each word on the left with the word on the right that shares the identical consonant sound for the indicated letters.
- tomb (underlined sound: 'mb')hymn (underlined sound: 'mn')
- archangel (underlined sound: 'ch')echo (underlined sound: 'ch')
- laugh (underlined sound: 'gh')trophy (underlined sound: 'ph')
- wreath (underlined sound: 'th')path (underlined sound: 'th')
Answer
'tomb' pairs with 'hymn' (/m/), 'archangel' pairs with 'echo' (/k/), 'laugh' pairs with 'trophy' (/f/), and 'wreath' pairs with 'path' (/θ/).
Each left-side word correctly aligns with its right-side partner based on identical phonetic consonant sounds: 'tomb' and 'hymn' both produce the bilabial nasal /m/; 'archangel' and 'echo' both produce the voiceless velar plosive /k/; 'laugh' and 'trophy' both produce the voiceless labiodental fricative /f/; 'wreath' and 'path' both produce the voiceless dental fricative /θ/.
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Key Concept
English Consonant Sounds and Orthographic Variations