In the sentence 'They were buying some *papers* and *pens*', which underlined word has a vowel sound similar to 'test'?

MCQmediumListening to and reading comparative word pairs (e.g., shed/shade)

In the sentence ' $They were buying some \times papers \times and \times pens \times$ ', which underlined word has a vowel sound similar to 'test'?

apapers

bpenscheck_circle

cbuying

dsome

From Section A, 'test' has an 'e' sound. 'Pens' also has an 'e' sound, similar to 'test' and 'pepper'.

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