The highlighted words are all minimal pairs. These are words that sound the same apart from one sound. The only difference between chore /ʧɔː/ and jaw /ʤɔː/ is the consonant sound.
Words (minimal pairs in the order /ʧ/ - /ʤ/) 1 chore – jaw 3 chunk – junk 5 charred – jarred 7 etch – edge 9 2 chew – Jew 4 cheese – jeez 6 chives – jives Phrases (with minimal pairs not necessarily in the order /ʧ/ - /ʤ/) 1 Jill felt the chill 3 spilt gin on my chin 5 Reg retched
2 the jester in Chester 4 I chugged a jug of water 6 a surge in online searches
7 I boughtmargarine in March 8 they hadmatchingmagic sets. lecher – ledger 8 rich – ridge 10 perching - purging
Sentences (with minimal pairs not necessarily in the order /ʧ/ - /ʤ/)
1 The latest batch of badges has a picture of a large larch. 2 The jazz joke was so funny that Chaz choked on his food. 3 Joyce and Gerrymade the choice to have cherry pie for dessert. 4 Gillian was Chilean and always did her lunge1 exercises before lunch2. 5 HMRC3 asked the age of Jane’s company which owns a chain of stores. 6 At the chess competition Jess was cheered on by supporters and jeered by the others.
Notes: 1 This can be pronounced /lʌnʤ/ or /lʌnʒ/ 2 This can be pronounced /lʌnʧ/ or /lʌnʃ/
