Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the underlined letter(s).

pear?

  • A dear
  • B year
  • C there
  • D near
jamb 2007english-language

The correct answer is C. there

pear is pronounced as /pɛər/ and these are different pronunciations of all the options listed above. with this, you can easily pinpoint the word with the same vowel sound as ea

dear----/dɪə/

year----/jɪə/ 

there---/ðɛə/

near---/nɪə/

from the explanation above, you can see that, ''there'' (ðɛə) has the same vowel sound as the underlined letters in pear (pɛər). 

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