Introduction to short vowels > Pronounce short a > Pronounce short i
short a /æ/ — short i /ɪ/ minimal pairs
1. began — begin
began
begin
2. clap — clip
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clap
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clip
3. dad — did
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dad
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did
4. fat — fit
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fat
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fit
5. fraction — friction
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fraction
friction
6. grand — grinned
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grand
grinned
7. hat — hit
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hat
hit
8. lapse — lips
lapse
lips
9. mass — miss
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mass
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miss
10. math — myth
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math
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myth
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