/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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