Which word is formed by blending the phonemes /k/ /æ/ /t/?

Which word is formed by blending the phonemes /k/ /æ/ /t/?

• A. cat
• B. cut
• C. cot
• D. kat

Answer: (A)

Blending phonemes means putting individual sounds together in order to hear the whole word. When you blend /k/ + /æ/ + /t/, you hear the sequence k-a-t, which corresponds to the spoken word "cat." The vowel here is the short a sound, /æ/, as in the word cat itself. The letters C-A-T represent those sounds, forming the familiar word cat. If you used a different vowel sound, like /ʌ/ as in "cut" or /ɒ/ as in "cot," you’d get different words. And while /k/ + /æ/ + /t/ could be heard as "kat" in some contexts, the standard English word formed by this exact blend is cat.

Blending phonemes means putting individual sounds together in order to hear the whole word. When you blend /k/ + /æ/ + /t/, you hear the sequence k-a-t, which corresponds to the spoken word "cat." The vowel here is the short a sound, /æ/, as in the word cat itself. The letters C-A-T represent those sounds, forming the familiar word cat. If you used a different vowel sound, like /ʌ/ as in "cut" or /ɒ/ as in "cot," you’d get different words. And while /k/ + /æ/ + /t/ could be heard as "kat" in some contexts, the standard English word formed by this exact blend is cat.