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JAMB 2022 - Question 54

English 2022 JAMB Past Questions - Question 54: Choose the word that contains the sound represented by this phonetic symbol: /u/

Choose the word that contains the sound represented by this phonetic symbol: /u/

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Correct Answer

B

Explanation

The word Took’ contains the vowel sound /u/. Note that letters ‘oo’ in ‘Pool’, ‘flood; and ‘crude’ produce different vowels other than /u/ as shown in the transcriptions: pool - /pu:l/; look- /luk/; flood - I fl Ad/; crude - /kru:d/.