From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the phonetic symbol.
/z/
Answer Details
The word that contains the sound represented by the phonetic symbol /z/ is "exist". The sound /z/ is a voiced alveolar fricative, which is heard at the end of the word "exist". The other words contain different sounds: "lice" has the sound /s/, which is voiceless, "leave" has the sound /v/, which is also voiced but is a labiodental fricative, and "measure" has the sound /ʒ/, which is a voiced postalveolar fricative.