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WAEC Consonant Sound questions
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Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.
WAEC English 2010 (16)
1. tea
A. secret
B. depot
C. ballet
D. match
SEE EXPLANATION ✅
The “t-” in “tea” produces the consonant /t/ sound and only the “-t” in “secret” is pronounced. The rest are silent.
WAEC English 2010 (22)
2. hang
A. singlet
B. danger
C. twinge
D. fringe
SEE EXPLANATION ✅
The “-ng” in “hang” produce the /ŋ/ sound and only the “-ng-” in “singlet” gives the same sound. Other options have the /dʒ/ sound instead.
WAEC English 2010 (24)
3. throat
A. writhe
B. Thomas
C. smith
D. thyme
SEE EXPLANATION ✅
The “th-” in “throat” has the voiceless /θ/ sound and only the “-th” in “smith” gives the same sound. Options B and D are pronounced as /t/, while A is /ð/.
WAEC English 2010 (26)
4. fan
A. nerve
B. vandal
C. of
D. phrase
SEE EXPLANATION ✅
The “f-” in “fan” produce the /f/ sound and only the “ph-” in “phrase” gives the same /f/ sound. Other options have the /v/ sound, including “of”.
WAEC English 2011 (19)
5. mate
A. stand
B. damn
C. punt
D. pawn
SEE EXPLANATION ✅
The “m-” in “mate” produce the /m/ sound that only the “-mn” in “damn” has. Other options all have the /n/ sound instead.
WAEC English 2011 (27)
6. guitar
A. gem
B. gnarl
C. nought
D. get
SEE EXPLANATION ✅
The “g-” in “guitar” produce the /g/ sound, like “guh” and only the “g-” in “get” gives the same sound. The “g” in options B and C are silent, while option A has the /dʒ/ sound instead, like “gee”.
WAEC English 2011 (29)
7. whom
A. when
B. ahoy
C. dawn
D. war
SEE EXPLANATION ✅
The “wh-” in “whom” produce the /h/ sound that only the “-h-” in “ahoy” has. Options A and D have the /w/ sound instead, while the “w” in option C is silent.
WAEC English 2012 (3)
8. young
A. blood
B. bound
C. found
D. loud
SEE EXPLANATION ✅
The “-ou-” in “young” produce the vowel /ʌ/ sound and only the “-oo-” in “blood” gives the same sound. Other options all have the diphthong /ɑʊ/ sound instead.
WAEC English 2012 (18)
9. sword
A. keys
B. star
C. poise
D. boys
SEE EXPLANATION ✅
The “sw-” in “sword” produce the /s/ sound and only the “s-” in “star” gives same sound. The “s” in other options give the /z/ sound instead.
WAEC English 2012 (22)
10. chocolate
A. shock
B. champagne
C. choir
D. latch
SEE EXPLANATION ✅
The “ch-” in “chocolate” produce the /tʃ/ sound and the only the “-ch” in “latch” gives the same sound. The “ch” in A and B has the /ʃ/ instead, while that of B gives the cluster /kw/.
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