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    This document provides examples of minimal pairs in English that contrast the sounds /i/ and /ɪ/ or /j/ and /h/. There are 40 pairs for /i/ and /ɪ/ contrasting words like "bit" and "beat" and 10 pairs for /j/ and /h/ contrasting words like "jeep" and "heap". The minimal pairs are used to demonstrate the phonetic differences between the presented sounds.

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    This document provides examples of minimal pairs in English that contrast the sounds /i/ and /ɪ/ or /j/ and /h/. There are 40 pairs for /i/ and /ɪ/ contrasting words like "bit" and "beat" and 10 pairs for /j/ and /h/ contrasting words like "jeep" and "heap". The minimal pairs are used to demonstrate the phonetic differences between the presented sounds.

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    Minimal Pair 2018

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    This document provides examples of minimal pairs in English that contrast the sounds /i/ and /ɪ/ or /j/ and /h/. There are 40 pairs for /i/ and /ɪ/ contrasting words like "bit" and "beat" and 10 pairs for /j/ and /h/ contrasting words like "jeep" and "heap". The minimal pairs are used to demonstrate the phonetic differences between the presented sounds.

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    MINIMAL PAIR

    /I/ /i/

    1. Bin bean
    2. Chip cheap
    3. His he´s
    4. It eat
    5. Sit seat
    6. Did deed
    7. Fill feel
    8. Fit feet
    9. Grin green
    10. Hit heat
    11. Mitt meet
    12. Slip sleep
    13. Still steal
    14. Bit beat
    15. Bitch beach
    16. Itch each
    17. Grid greed
    18. Hid heed
    19. Hill he´ll
    20. Ill eel
    21. Kip keep
    22. Knit neat
    23. Lick leak
    24. Lip leap
    25. Mill meal
    26. Pick peek
    27. Piss piece
    28. Risen reason
    29. Sin scene
    30. Tin teen
    31. Biz bees
    32. Dip deep
    33. Fist feast
    34. Fizz fees
    35. Hip heap
    36. Kid keyed
    37. Pip peep
    38. Skim skied
    39. Skim scheme
    40. Shin sheen
    /J/ /H/
    1. Jeep heap
    2. Jen hen
    3. Jug hug
    4. Jill hill
    5. Jay hay
    6. Joe hoe
    7. Jail hail
    8. Joist hoist
    9. Jut hut
    10. Jam ham

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