MTTC 103 Elementary Practice

The word "chick" consists of three distinct phonemes. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound in a language that can distinguish meaning. In "chick," we can break it down as follows: 1. The initial sound /ch/ represents the ch digraph, which is a single phoneme. 2. The vowel sound /ɪ/ represents the short "i" sound. 3. The final sound /k/ represents the "ck," which is also a single phoneme. Putting these sounds together, we have /ch/ - /ɪ/ - /k/, resulting in three phonemes overall. This breakdown clearly illustrates why the total counts as three, making it the correct choice.