Hello,friends.
First of all,I am not only your friend,but also your well-wisher.If you become rich in English,I will be on cloud nine.
You will be very happy to know about a seed.About a seed! Is it strange? It may be,but it will encourage you more and more.
It is true that a strange thing will teach you a lesson.
Well,what is the strange thing? It has a good impact.Friends,the sprout of a seed is tender which we do know.It can be broken easily.But,it has an immense power.The strange thing is,the tender sprout wades through the hard soil without being broken.It continues its life-journey growing and growing and becomes a mighty tree.
How do you feel it,friends?
As a begginer,you are also like the tender sprout.But,have you ever feel that you have also an immense power to be gifted by God?You will be able to struggle like the sprout and become like a mighty tree.
Pave the way,you will succeed.You will be a star,please accept it.
To-day,I have taken a topic which will lead you a bright line of pronunciation as well as grammar.
Let's discuss-
It is-MINIMAL PAIR. We will discuss that learn What is a Minimal Pair, Minimal Pair list and Minimal Pairs List.
We will also show some minimal pair examples.
So, let's start it.
What is a Minimal Pair?
A MINIMAL PAIR is a pair which has the only one difference of sound.But,it makes different meanings.
May be,you have found it
difficult.Do not worry.Let's take such a pair.It is,MAN--VAN.Here,(in these two words,the sounds of 'a' and 'n' are same.But,the sounds of--'m' and 'v' are different,viz in this pair,
this is the only difference of sounds.
Let's see more Minimal Pairs list (Minimal Pair Examples)
log-fog dog-hog
van-ban red-bed
hat-bat sat-bat
cat-rat net-set
light-fight right-sight
height-light right-sight
might-fight kite-bite
ride-side go-so
low-bow no-so
reed-seed pen-den
hen-den den-men
den-then cane-mane
rain-pain main-rain
pain-cane keep-keen
high-sigh keen-seen
deep-leap reap-leap
read-bead read-bead
game-same game-same
dame-lame cane-mane
hand-band hand-band
pan-man mend-send
moon-soon man-ban
find-kind shine-fine
mine-pine nine-mine
dove-love dose-rose
nose-dose vet-set
year-fear dear-near
gear-near fat-sat
date-rate date-rate
mate-date make-sake
hop-top mob-sob
rod-sod not-pot
hot-dot root-soot
coat-boat kill-bill
pill-fill mill-pill
seen-keen pin-sin
book-look took-cook
shook-look pin-tin
pin-kin pin-sin
DISCOVERING A NEW LINE-
WHY?
1.You will be able to make different types of sentences.
2. It will help you to speak faster.
3. You will be rich in Vocabulary. 😁
4. You will be clear in Pronunciation.👁
5. Your brain🤔will need less time to make sentences.
WHAT ABOUT THE NEW LINE?
1. Make 4 sentences with two MINIMAL PAIRS such as----
HOP--TOP
Hop--The bird is hopping. 🐥
Top--He is at the top of the stairs.
2. Make sentences every day.
3. Use sentences in conversation.
4. Try to find the PARTS OF SPEECH of the words of MINIMAL PAIR.
ACTIVITIES MAKE US ACTIVE.Isn't it,friends?
NOW START ACTIVITIES
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1. Listen to/watch conversation.
2. Pick up 2/3 MINIMAL PAIRS from conversation.
3. Learn the sentence pattern from conversation which contains MINIMAL PAIRS.
KEEP IT UP.
Thank you.
