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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.

  • Ted left his red pen on the desk next to Jenny.
  • Get the best dressed guest to the wedding by ten.
  • Seven men met in the tent at the edge of the lake.

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Ted left his red pen on the desk next to Jenny.
Get the best dressed guest to the wedding by ten.
Seven men met in the tent at the edge of the lake.

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