/v/ “vain” vs /r/ “rain” Comparison Words with both /v/ and /r/ rave, receptive, revolution, revive, virus, variety, vegetarian, drive, every, favourite, microwave, environment
Sentences (minimal pairs not necessarily in the order /v/ - /r/)
1 Vince rinsed the rest of his vests. 2 Vicky and Ricky ate vine leaves by the Rhine. 3 I hovered over the vat and saw, to my horror, a rat. 4 Is it ever an error to express derision at having to do division? 5 Cyril1 is never civil – in fact it riles me up knowing how vile he is. 6 At the rally in the valley they really vented about rent increases.