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Phonological awareness is crucial for avoiding...

Phonological awareness is crucial for avoiding communication breakdowns, especially when dealing with minimal pairs, which are words that differ by only one phoneme but have distinct meanings. A teacher is planning a pronunciation class to help students distinguish between voiced and voiceless interdental fricatives /ð/ and / θ/. Select the alternative that presents a minimal pair distinguished solely by this specific phonological contrast.


A

Breathe − Breath


B

Tree − Three


C

Dare − There


D

Thy − Thigh


E

Sink − Think