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Pairs in context

Minimal pairs inside sentences

Hearing a pair in isolation is one thing — keeping the contrast in connected speech is harder.

Read these sentences aloud. Each puts a target-word next to its confusable twin. Don't drop the contrast.

  • Joe rowed the old boat slowly down the open coast.
  • The yellow roses grow close to the stone road below.
  • I hope you know the show won't go on without us.

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Joe rowed the old boat slowly down the open coast.
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Joe rowed the old boat slowly down the open coast.
The yellow roses grow close to the stone road below.
I hope you know the show won't go on without us.

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