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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.
- Mark parked his dark car in the large parking lot.
- The farmer's yard is far from the market in the park.
- Carla's heart was hardly guarded after the argument.
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Mark parked his dark car in the large parking lot.
The farmer's yard is far from the market in the park.
Carla's heart was hardly guarded after the argument.
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