Question

The word part 'pit-pat' used in teaching phonetics is an example of:

• A. Homonyms
• B. homophones
• C. identical pairs
• D. minimal pairs

Answer 1

Answer:

D. minimal pairs

For example, “car, tar”, “light, white”, and “sip, ship” are all examples of minimal pairs. Minimal pairs are important because this single sound difference changes the meaning of the word.