English 2023 Q33: Choose the word that does not have the same vowel sound as the others

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Source: JAMB · 2023

Choose the word that does not have the same vowel sound as the others

  1. sun
  2. shun
  3. son
  4. short ✓
Explanation

sun, shun and son all have the short vowel /ʌ/. They sound alike apart from the first consonant.

short has the long vowel /ɔː/, as in “door”. So it is the odd one out.

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