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