BCECE LE Phonetics & Speech Sounds – Set 1

Step 1: Determine the phonetic sound of 's' in each word.
Step 2: 'Pleasure' (/ˈpleʒər/), 'Vision' (/ˈvɪʒən/), and 'Lesion' (/ˈliːʒən/) all feature the sound /ʒ/. In 'Busy' (/ˈbɪzi/), 'S' is pronounced as /z/.
Step 3: Option D ('Busy') is correct.

Step 1: In 'cage', 'gem', and 'gene', the letter 'g' represents the affricate sound /dʒ/.
Step 2: In 'glue', 'g' represents the voiced velar plosive /ɡ/.
Step 3: Therefore, option D, 'Glue', is correct. The sound in the first three words is /dʒ/, not /ʒ/.

Step 1: Check the pronunciation of 'Muscle' (/ˈmʌsəl/).
Step 2: The letter 'c' following 's' is silent.
Step 3: Option B ('c') is the silent letter.

Step 1: Pronounce 'Cocoa' (/ˈkəʊkəʊ/).
Step 2: The final letter 'a' is unpronounced.
Step 3: Option A ('a') is the correct answer.

Step 1: Analyze the consonant cluster 'sc' in 'Transcend' (/trænˈsend/).
Step 2: The letter 'c' is silent as the sound /s/ is produced by 's'.
Step 3: Option C ('c') is the correct answer.