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Question
Read the highlighted words in the following sentence from the text.
... but it becomes a possession that can be treasured and re-read over the years, with great, abiding pleasure.
| treasure [treh-Zhuh] | pleasure [pleh-Zhuh] |
In the highlighted words, -sure has a ‘Zhuh’ sound.
There are some words which end in -sure, but have a ‘shuh’ sound as in pressure [preh-shuh].
| measure | leisure | reassure | enclosure | exposure |
| ensure | seizure | fissure | composure | unsure |
Grammar/Language
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Solution
| ‘Zhuh’ sound | ‘Shuh’ sound |
|---|---|
| measure | reassure |
| leisure | ensure |
| enclosure | fissure |
| exposure | unsure |
| seizure | |
| composure |
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