Minimal pairs with /m/, /n/, and /ŋ/

 

/m/, /n/ minimal pairs

am an

cam can

comb cone

foam phone

home hone

mam man

meme mean

sum son

term turn

time tine

came cane

dime dine

game gain

gnome known

gum gun

seam scene (or seen)

sum sun

team teen

spam span

trams trans

boom boon

clam clan

fame feign

gram gran

same sane

scam scan

skim skin

tome tone

beam bean

blame blain

deem dean

dumb dun

gleam glean

grim grin

teem teen

tomb tune

thyme tine

/n/, /ŋ/ minimal pairs

Both /n/ and /ŋ/ are pronounced with air coming through the nose. Block the air in your mouth with the front of your tongue for /n/ and the back of your tongue for /ŋ/.

thin thing

band banged

hand hanged

sin sing

sun sung

win wing

wind winged

done dung

fan fang

gone gong

kin king

ran rang

ton tongue

ban bang

banned banged

pan pang

pin ping

clan clang

stun stung

tan tang


/m/, /n/ and /ŋ/ sentences

These sentences include words with /m/, /n/ and /ŋ/ sounds. 

I’m coming home by train on Monday.

The comb costs a dime in the flying plane.

Please give me some ham and ice cream cone in the morning.

There were ten plain looking men running on the plain.

He’s swimming and playing baseball today.

Someone was running the wrong way.

The suit is hanging on the hanger.


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