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April 24, 2016

"aisle-oil," "bike-book," "lock-luck": more pairs to practice!

April 24, 2016/ Amanda Lillet

Here's an update of even more minimal pairs that have been added to the site recently. (Minimal pairs are two words that are the same except for one sound.)

long i/oi sound (aisle/oil)
long i/short u (fine/fun)
long i/ow sound (cried/crowd)
long i/aw sound (dry/draw)
long i/other u (bike/book)
short o/short u (lock/luck)

April 24, 2016/ Amanda Lillet/
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