Wednesday, 2 January 2019

Minimal pairs: /ɑː/, /aɪ/ and /eɪ/

Ex. 1 Look at the following words containing the vowel /ɑː/ and find their counterparts containing the diphthong /aɪ/.

arm, bar, bard, bark, Carl, cart, darn, mar, mart, par, scar, star, tar

Ex. 2 Look at the following words containing the diphthong /eɪ/ and find their counterparts containing the diphthong /aɪ/.

bake, brain, day, hate, hay, lane, lay, mane/main, may/May, neigh, pay, praise, pray, raise, ray, say, stay

Ex. 3 In each group of words choose the word which does not have /aɪ/ or /eɪ/.

/aɪ/ a. incline, pine, blinder, consider   b. achieve, blight, apply, drive
/eɪ/ c. Maine, Spain, train, said   d. afraid, Norway, quay, laid

KEY
1. I'm, buy, bide, bike, Kyle, kite, dine, my, mite, pie, sky, sty, Thai
2. bike, brine, die, height, hi/high, line, lie, mine, my, nigh, pie, prize, pry, rise, rye, sigh, sty
3. /aɪ/ a. consider, b. achieve
/eɪ/ c. said, d. quay

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