In the following series of words, three words rhyme (i.e. have the same sound); in each series select the one word that does not sound like the others; for example, in the first series: ghost lost most post you should select the word lost because it sounds like Tom, whereas the 3 others sound like Joan. If you click on the words, you will hear the name for the pronunciation of the vowel sound of that word. 

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ghost lost most post
(1) 
 
chalk fork talk work
(2) 
 
due though through who
(3) 
 
come crumb home some
(4) 
 
barn born dawn warn
(5) 
 
done phone son won
(6) 
 
drowned owned pound round
(7) 
 
flower lower power tower
Note: in three of the words above, there is a combination of not two but THREE vowel sounds
(8) 
 
build child wild mild
(9) 
 
down own sewn thrown
(10) 
 
above glove love prove
(11) 
 
course horse force worse
(12) 
 
boot foot shoot suit
(13) 
 
ache break shake weak
(14) 
 
eight freight height weight
(15) 
 
aren't aunt can't want
(16) 
 
earth birth north worth
(17) 
 
rough sew though throw
(18) 
 
bone groan own shone
(19) 
 
curry hurry sorry worry
(20) 
 
blood flood mud hood
(21) 
 
cows knows owes rose
(22) 
 
paid said maid weighed
(23) 
 
doll goal roll stole
(24) 
 
sung tongue wrong young
(25) 
 
fear near pear rear
(26) 

 
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