WAEC English 2024 Paper

Concept:The phonetic symbol represents the voiced palatal affricate sound $\text{/d\v{z}/}$.Explanation:Check each option for the $\text{/d\v{z}/}$ sound.A. regime is pronounced $\text{/rei'zhi:m/}$ and contains $\text{/zh/}$, not $\text{/d\v{z}/}$.B. gutter is pronounced $\text{/'gVt@/}$ and begins with $\text{/g/}$.C. gender is pronounced $\text{/'dzende/}$ and clearly begins with $\text{/d\v{z}/}$.D. design is pronounced $\text{/di'zain/}$ and contains $\text{/z/}$.Thus, the word that contains the given sound is gender.Answer:C. gender