Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

Pleasure?

  • A pliable
  • B pleat
  • C plenary
  • D jeopardy

The correct answer is D. jeopardy

pleasure is pronounced as [ˈplɛʒə], our area of emphasis is on the ''ea'' sound which goes thus ''ɛ''. As usual, i am going to give you the pronunciation of all the options above and the one with the same vowel sound as  depicted above, will be the correct answer.

pliable--- [ˈplʌɪəb(ə)l]

pleat----- [pliːt]

plenary-- [ˈpliːnəri]

jeopardy--- [ˈdʒɛpədi]. from the list of possible pronunciations above, you can see that only jeopardy [ˈdʒɛpədi] has the vowel sound ''ɛ'' and it is therefore the correct answer to the question.

 

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