Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others?

  • A rough
  • B dog
  • C cough
  • D rot

The correct answer is A. rough

as usual, we will consider a list of possible pronunciations of all the options above and the one with different sound from the rest will be picked. 

rough----[rʌf]

dog----/dɒɡ/

cough---/kɒf/

rot----/rɒt/. From the outlined pronunciations, we can see that only ''rough'' has a different sound ''ʌ'' from the other options with ''ɒ''. 

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