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In this lesson we'll practice the difference between /s/ and /sh/ sounds as in "sip" compared to "ship", and the final sounds /k/ and /g/ as in "luck" and "lug".

Part One:  /s/ vs. /sh/
1) see --she
2) seat -- sheet
3) sock--shock
4) save--shave
5) gas--gash
6) single--shingle
7) so--show
8) sore--shore
9) sort--short
10) fist--fished
11) plus--plush
12) rust--rushed
13) seed--she'd
14) seek--chic
15) so--show
16) sell--shell
17) son--shon
18) crass--crash
19) mess--mesh

Part Two:  final /k/ vs final /g/
1) back--bag
2) pick--pig
3) duck--dug
4) muck--mug
5) brick--brig
6) crack--crag
7) lack--lag
8) leak--league
9) luck--lug
10) pluck--plug
11) rack--rag
12) ruck--rug
13) sack--sag
14) snack--snag

Part Three: Some practice sentences
1)  Don't crash on the grass.
2) Put the sheet on the seat.
3) There was a gash in the gas line.
4) Put the rag on the rack.
5) Please pick a pig.
6) She put the bag on her back.

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If you'd like to look at a huge list of minimal pairs, here's one used in speech therapy. The pairs are not selected for use by students learning English as a second or foreign language, but there are certainly words on the list which might challenge you depending on your native tongue. (Or if you're having trouble falling asleep, read part of the list out loud and pretty soon you'll be in dreamland.)

If there are any groups on the list you'd like me to include in a future podcast, let me know. On tandem.net:  barry8660314 or email language[at]caravanbeads.com

Remember DeepL for translations.

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