Six Sound Shifts
| Solution: The first thing to notice is that the words in the title all start with "S" and each of the words in the list on the left can have an "S" added at the beginning to form new words (ex. "camper" to "scamper", "quad" to "squad"). In six of these words, adding an "S" changes the first vowel sound (ex. the "AA" in "laughter" becomes an "AW" in "slaughter", the "AA" in "have" becomes an "AY" in "shave", the "UH" in "aver" becomes an "AY" in "saver"). Each of the six sounds shifts corresponds to an arrow in the diagram, and the circles contain the vowel sounds. When completed, the digram should look like this: |
Finally, using the numbers on the arrows to put the
six shifted words in order, take the letter pairs in parenthesis after
each one, which gives you ... |