Choose the word that has the SAME consonant sound as the underlined letter(s):
vision
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. pleasure
- Step 1: In 'vision', the 'si' represents the voiced postalveolar fricative /ʒ/ (/ˈvɪʒ.ən/).
- Step 2: 'Pleasure' contains the identical voiced postalveolar fricative /ʒ/ (/ˈpleʒ.ə/).
Answer
pleasure.
Why not the others: 'Mission', 'pressure', and 'nation' contain the voiceless postalveolar fricative /ʃ/.
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