Ship Or Sheep - Unit 38: v (van)
Native speakers of English only sometimes use statements as questions Listen to the minimal pair sentences again and notice how the speaker voice begins to go up on the most important word for the speaker's meaning. This word is spoken with the strongest stress. Bold this word and any other strongly stressed words you hear in each sentence.
EXAMPLE This room has a view
Pair 1: Safe here? / Save here?
Pair 2: Fine in the garden? / Vine in the garden?
Pair 3: It’s a fail? / It’s a veil?
Pair 4: This room has a few? / This room has a view?
Pair 5: They need a fast ship? / They need a vast ship?
Pair 6: Ferry late? / Very late?