Read the sentence below. Using your reading strategies, determine which pairs of words best show how a single letter or pair of

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Read the sentence below. Using your reading strategies, determine which pairs of words best show how a single letter or pair of

letters can have more than one sound. The archaeologist came across her most amazing discoveries in the deserts of Chile and the plains of Zimbabwe. A. Discoveries/deserts (the letter d) c. Amazing/Zimbabwe (the letter z) b. Archaeologist/Chile (the pairing of ch) d. None of the above Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D

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Nata [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-10-01T05:06:03+03:00

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Determination of pairs of words that best show how a single letter or pair of letters can have more than one sound is:

b. Archaeologist/Chile (the pairing of ch)

Explanation:

Archaeologist - the "ch" has a "k" pronunciation unlike the "ch" in Chile. The "ch" in Chile has a pronunciation like the "sh + t "pronunciation. This makes option A with the letter "d" the wrong answer, as the letter "d" as the same pronunciation in the words Discoveries/Deserts. In the same way, option "c" with the letter "z" is a wrong answer, because the letter "z" has the same pronunciation in both Amazing/Zimbabwe. So, we are left with the best answer as "b" with the pairing of "ch," which have different pronunciations in Archaeologist/Chile.