WAEC English 2014 Paper

Concept:The underlined letters "ur" in "purse" produce the same vowel sound as the word "first".Explanation:The word "purse" is pronounced as $/\mathrm{p\varepsilon\text{:}s}/$.The letters "ur" here give the long vowel sound $\text{/3:/}$.Check each option:"currant" has the vowel sound $\vec{v}$ as in "cup"."leisure" has the vowel sound $/e/$ (British) or $\text{/i:/}$ (American)."first" is pronounced $\text{/f3:st/}$, with the same vowel sound $\text{/}\varepsilon\text{:/}$."sure" has the vowel sound $/ʊə/$ or $\text{/o:/}$.Therefore, the correct match is "first".Answer:C. first