Minimal Pairs
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/air/ initial
/or/ initial
/er/ initial
100

What word do you get when you replace the /w/ sound with /r/ sound in wing?

ring

100

The subject in school that includes activities such as drawing, painting, and coloring.

Art

100

The item you launch with a bow

arrow

100

A citrus fruit that is orange in color.

orange

100

The planet we live on

earth

200

What word do you get when you replace the /w/ sound with /r/ sound in wed?

red

200

A body part that allows you to raise your hand in the air.

arm

200

The 3 digit number at the beginning of a phone number.

area code


200

When you clean or arrange things in a systematic order.

organize

200

These, along with spices, are used to flavor food.

herbs

300

What word do you get when you replace the /w/ with /r/ sound in won?

run

300

A place where you can go to play lots of video games like pinball, Tetris, and other games

Arcade

300

A mattress filled with air.

air bed

300

Name for internal parts of the body that perform specific jobs.

organs

300

Another word for very important or must be done immediately.

urgent

400

What word do you get when you replace the /w/ sound with /r/ sound in weed?

read

400

A small mammal with an "amour" shell used for protection.

Armadillo 

400

The form of transportation that flies in the sky

airplane

400

An instrument similar to a piano, but has rows of tuned pipes.

organ

400

When plates in the earth shake causing things to move around.

earthquake

500

What word do you get when you replace the /w/ sound with /r/ sound in white?

right

500

A fleet of warships

Armada 

500

A type of hockey you can play at an arcade.

air hockey 

500

Another name for a Killer Whale

orca 

500

Worms from the ground that often come out when it rains.

earthworms

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