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Question: State whether the following words are minimal pairs or not (a) loose and lose (b) prostate and protect (c) know and now (d) knock and knot (e) dirt and shirt (f) pudding and putting (g) speech and speak (h) lose and nose (i) Sports and spots (j)protect and protest
(a) loose and lose - YES, minimal pairs (only one different phoneme: /s/ vs. /z/) (b) prostate and protect - NO, not minimal pairs (different number of phonemes and different sounds) (c) know and now - YES, minimal pairs (only one different phoneme: /n/ vs. /'/) (d) knock and knot - YES, minimal pairs (only one different phoneme: /k/ vs. /t/) (e) dirt and shirt - YES, minimal pairs (only one different phoneme: /d/ vs. /ʃ/) (f) pudding and putting - YES, minimal pairs (only one different phoneme: /d/ vs. /t/) (g) speech and speak - NO, not minimal pairs (different number of phonemes and different sounds) (h) lose and nose - NO, not minimal pairs (more than one different phoneme) (i) sports and spots - YES, minimal pairs (only one different phoneme: /p/ vs. /r/) (j) protect and protest - NO, not minimal pairs (more than one different phoneme)
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