Minimal pairs

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1

a) bite (verb)

b) already


2

a) dare (verb)

b) measure (verb)


3

a) spread (verb)

b) sulfur

c) pain


4

a) article

b) cigarette stub


5

a) factory

b) summer


6

a) bed

b) carpenter


7

a) wrote

b) exterminate


8

a) fly (animal)

b) air


9

a) case

b) squash (vegetable)


10

a) misfortune

  1. b)charm, grace

  2. c)butter


11

a) fish (noun)

b) sleep (verb)


12

a) get used to

b) escape


13

a) find

b) serve


14

a) walk (noun)

b) stud


15

a) red

b) beating

c) bloody


16

a) mistaken

b) with a camel

c) working for the television


17

a) compliment

b) stab


18

a) row

b) beer


19

a) witch

b) mine (e.g. borax mine)


20

a) dig

b) suffer


21

a) pierce, prick

b) strain


22

a) turd

b) stalk, stem


23

a) with hair

b) fat


24

a) with fish

b) grateful


25

a) soot

b) fingernail


26

a) tree bark

b) chase


27

a) wide

b) windy


28

a) zinc

b) pink


29

a) pocket

b) injury


30

a) stalk, stem

b) mud


31

a) chicken

b) hole


32

a) one

b) dog


33

a) summer

b) already

  1. c)saliva