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Zorluk: OrtaMonophthongs (Pure Vowels)

From the options lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters in the word s<u>ie</u>ve.

  1. A
    thief
  2. guiltCevap
  3. C
    height
  4. D
    friend

Cevap

The word 'guilt' contains the same monophthong sound /ɪ/ as in 'sieve'.
The underlined letters 'ie' in 'sieve' represent the short monophthong sound /ɪ/. Among the options, 'guilt' (/ɡɪlt/) is the only word that contains this exact pure vowel sound.

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1
Identify the phonetic sound of the underlined letters in the target word
The underlined letters 'ie' in s<u>ie</u>ve are pronounced as the short pure vowel (monophthong) /ɪ/.
Despite the 'ie' spelling often representing /iː/ (as in 'chief'), in 'sieve' it produces the short lax vowel /ɪ/.
2
Analyze the vowel sound produced by each option
'thief' has /iː/, 'guilt' has /ɪ/, 'height' has /aɪ/, and 'friend' has /e/.
Determining the accurate International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) representation for each option isolates the exact matching monophthong.
3
Match the target monophthong sound to the correct option
'guilt' (/ɡɪlt/) shares the exact same /ɪ/ monophthong as 'sieve' (/sɪv/).
Both words contain the short close-mid front unrounded vowel /ɪ/.

Anahtar Kavram

Identification of the short monophthong vowel /ɪ/ across irregular orthographic spelling patterns.
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Monophthongs (Pure Vowels)

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