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MINIMAL PAIRS
WHAT IS THE MINIMAL PAIRS?
 A minimal pair is a pair of words that differ in a single
phoneme (James Alasdair McGilvray, The Cambridge
Companion to Chomsky. Cambridge University Press,
2005).
Vowel Sounds
 Minimal Pairs /ɪ/ and /i:/ sit seat

 Minimal Pairs /e/ and /ɪ/ desk disk

 Minimal Pairs /e/ and /eɪ/ wet wait

 Minimal Pairs /æ/ and /ʌ/ bat but

Consonant Sounds
 Minimal Pairs /b/ and /v/ berry very

 Minimal Pairs /b/ and /p/ buy pie

 Minimal Pairs /n/ and /ŋ/ thin thing

 Minimal Pairs /l/ and /r/ alive arrive

 Minimal Pairs /ʧ/ and /t/ catch cat

 Minimal Pairs /s/ and /ʃ/ sea she

Initial Consonant Sounds
 Minimal Pairs initial /f/ and /p/ fast past

 Minimal Pairs initial /k/ and /g/ came game

 Minimal Pairs initial /t/ and /d/ two do

Final Consonant Sounds
 Minimal Pairs final /k/ and /g/ back bag

 Minimal Pairs final /m/ and /n/ am an

 Minimal Pairs final /t/ and /d/ hat had

Example
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