WAEC English 2018 Paper

Concept:This question tests the ability to recognise and match English vowel sounds.Explanation:The vowel sound that must be matched is $/əʊ/$. "Brown" is pronounced $\text{/braun/}$, so it contains the diphthong $/aʊ/$. "Blew" is pronounced $\text{/blu:/}$, so it contains the long vowel sound $\text{/u:/}$. "Road" is pronounced $\text{/r@Ud/}$, so it contains the same vowel sound $/əʊ/$. "Now" is pronounced $\text{/nau/}$, so it contains $/a\upsilon/$, not $\text{/@U/}$. Therefore, the word with the same vowel sound is "road".Answer:C. road