Minimal Pairs

Minimal pairs

/ɔː/  for /ɑː/ far

Listen and decide which of the words you hear in the following sentences. Write the word in the space provided.

 

Choose the correct minimal pair

01 

We travelled to a distant . store/star

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02 

We got to the . core/car

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03 

He smashed his . jaw/jar

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04 

We don’t like the local . lord/lard

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05 

He manipulated the . court/cart

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06

That’s a surprise. dawn/darn

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07 

The was very tough. board/bard

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