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Minimal Pairs – /eə/ and /ʊə/

/eə/ as in "pair"   ·   /ʊə/ as in "poor"

Listen to the two examples:

/eə/   pair     /ʊə/   poor
Question 1 of 10
Listen to the word. Which word do you hear?
Minimal pairs listening discrimination – British English vowel contrast
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