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WAEC Vowel Sound questions
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Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.
WAEC English 2010 (1)
1. teeth
A. tilt
B. mission
C. peace
D. forfeit
See Explanation ✅
The “-ee-” in “teeth” has the long vowel /ɪ:/ sound and only the “-ea-” in “peace” has the same sound. Other options have the short /ɪ/ sound instead.
WAEC English 2010 (6)
2. could
A. bully
B. brush
C. rude
D. poultry
See Explanation ✅
The “-oul-” produce the short vowel /ʊ/ sound and only “-u-” in “bully” gives the same short sound. Option C has the long /u:/ instead, while B has /ʌ/ and D has diphthong /әʊ/.
WAEC English 2010 (10)
3. beer
A. wear
B. bear
C. pear
D. rear
See Explanation ✅
The “-eer” produce the diphthong /ıә/ and only the “-ear-” in “rear” gives the same sound. Other options all have the /eә/ diphthong instead.
WAEC English 2011 (2)
4. awe
A. bale
B. bore
C. low
D. bough
See Explanation ✅
“awe” has the long /ɔ:/ sound (as in, awesome) and only the “-ore” in “bore” gives the same sound. Option A has the /ei/ sound, option C has /әu/ and D the /au/ sound.
WAEC English 2011 (15)
5. queue
A. quit
B. chew
C. quest
D. church
See Explanation ✅
The “-ueue” in “queue” has the long /u:/ sound and only the “-ew” in “chew” gives the same sound. Option A has the /ɪ/, option C has the /e/ and D has the /ɜː/ sound.
WAEC English 2011 (12)
6. mirth
A. much
B. word
C. myth
D. weird
See Explanation ✅
The “-ir-” in “mirth” has the /ɜː/ sound, as in “err” and only the “-or-” in “word” gives the same sound.
WAEC English 2011 (9)
7. class
A. chat
B. curse
C. last
D. claims
See Explanation ✅
The “-a-” in “class” has the long /a:/ sound, as in “ahhh” and only the “-a-” in “last” gives the same /a:/ sound.
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 (9)
9. sew
A. dew
B. go
C. sane
D. seer
See Explanation ✅
The “-ew” in “sew” has the diphthong /әu/ sound and only the “-o” in “go” gives the same sound. Option A has the /u:/ sound, C the /ei/ sound and option D the /ɪ:/ sound.
WAEC English 2012 (12)
10. heir
A. here
B. air
C. ear
D. hear
See Explanation ✅
The entire “heir” produce the diphthong /eә/ sound, as in “air”. The other options all have the diphthong /iә/ (ear) sound instead.
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