Choose the word that contains the consonant sound /ʒ/.
Achurch
BmeasureCORRECT
Cjudge
Dsure
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The 's' in 'measure' is pronounced as the voiced fricative /ʒ/, the sound also heard in 'vision' and 'leisure'. 'Sure' contains its voiceless counterpart /ʃ/, 'church' contains the affricate /tʃ/ and 'judge' contains the affricate /dʒ/.
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