Correct Response: C. Both syllables of the word someone contain irregular vowel sounds. The English silent e syllable pattern (–VCe) regularly indicates a long vowel sound for the first vowel. The student in this scenario is literate in a language that follows highly consistent letter-sound correspondence patterns, so the student, having learned basic phonics patterns in English, would expect the word someone to follow the silent e pattern and be pronounced as [sōm ōn]. A, B, and D are incorrect because these words all follow regular English phonics patterns.
