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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.
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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