Question

read the words. circle the word that has a different vowel sound. write the word on the line and circle the letters that spell the vowel sound. 1. cloud, you, group 2)blue, round, fruit 3)slow,throw,cow

Answer 1

1. cloud

2. round

3. cow

Step-by-step explanation:

This question deals with phonetics (a subcategory or branch of linguistics that analyzes and studies the sounds of human speech). The English lexicon has approximately 44 unique sounds, also referred to as phonemes: that is 24 consonant sounds & 20 vowel sounds

1. cloud, you, group - cloud (pronounced /aw/)

2. blue, round, fruit - round (pronounced /aw/)

3. slow, throw, cow - cow (pronounced /aw/)

Answer 2

1. cloud, you, group 2) blue, round, fruit 3) slow, throw, cow

The words are: cloud round cow

These three words have the sound /aw/ while the other words above contain the vowel sound 1. /uw/ 2. /U/ 3. /ow/