Choose from the options lettered A - E the one that rhymes with the word given sought

Analyze the question: You are asked to find the word that rhymes with "sought." Rhyming words have the same ending sound (vowel plus the sounds after it).

Concept: "Sought" is pronounced /sɔːt/ (like "sort"). In Standard Nigerian and British English, the "ought" spelling here gives the long vowel /ɔː/ followed by /t/. So we need a word ending in /ɔːt/.

Step-by-step:

• A. cloth /klɒθ/: short vowel and ends in "th," so no.
• B. court /kɔːt/: long /ɔː/ plus /t/. This matches /sɔːt/. Yes.
• C. cut /kʌt/: vowel is /ʌ/, so no.
• D. hut /hʌt/: vowel is /ʌ/, so no.
• E. pot /pɒt/: short /ɒ/, so no. This is the tempting one because it ends in "t," but the vowel is different.

Answer: B. court

Tip: For rhyme questions, ignore spelling and listen to the vowel sound plus the ending. Words like sought, court, sort, caught, taught, short all share /ɔːt/. Note that "ought" words (bought, thought, fought, sought) usually have the /ɔː/ sound, not the /ɒ/ of "pot."