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IN THE FOLLOWING LISTS: English spelling is used The feature contrasts reflect Australian English pronunciation SIWI = s

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IN THE FOLLOWING LISTS: English spelling is used The feature contrasts reflect Australian English pronunciation SIWI = syllable initial word initial SFWF = syllable final word final (explanation) MINIMAL CONTRASTS (singletons) Stops vs Affricates SIWI tear - chair tease - cheese tin - chin top - chop talk - chalk ticks - chicks tiled - child tip - chip tips - chips tore - chore two – chew Voiced vs Voiceless Alveolar Stops SIWI /d/vs /t/ deer tear die tie din tin doll toll door tore doze toes dent tent dead Ted dim Tim Voiced vs Voiceless /l/ vs /j/ SIWI lawn yawn Lou you lap yap less yes lucky yucky luck yuck

Fricatives vs Affricates SWI sore - chore sum - chum sip - chip sick - chick sat - chat Sue - chew silly - chilly soak - choke suck - chuck sill - chill search – church Affricates SIWI jeer cheer joke choke jeep cheap Jane chain jaw chore jump chump jest chest gin chin Jess chess 'th' vs /f/ SIWI thin fin thaw four thought fort thread Fred thorn fawn three free thirst first

Stops vs Fricatives and Affricates SFWF rat - rash out - ouch write - rice cat - catch late - lace hut - hush mat - match road - rose head - hedge hit - hiss coat – coach Voiceless Velars vs Alveolars SIWI: /k/ vs /t/ car tar core tore cape tape cub tub cool tool cap tap key tea call tall corn torn

Voiceled Velars vs veolars SIWI: /g/ vs /d/ gaze daze (days) gig dig go doe (dough) game dame gust dust gum dumb gash dash grip drip grab drab groan drone gate date got dot Guy die (dye) guide died Final Consonant Inclusion tea team tie tide hoe hope play plane car calf pea peep shoe shoot low load Final Consonant Inclusion high hide see seat shoe shoot she sheep cow couch sore sort sea seed say save Final Consonant Inclusion buy bike sew soap ow! out bee beach pie pile row road

moo move car card Initial Glottal Inclusion: /h/ "A" hay "E" he "I" high "O" hoe "U" who eye high air hair old hold eel heel art heart edge hedge Initial Fricative Inclusion: /f/ arm farm eel feel in fin air fair oar four ace face eat feet ill fill oh foe ox fox ale fail

sour hour Fricative Contrasts sort fort short sore four shore sign fine shine sell fell shell seat feet sheet Glottal vs Labiodental Fricative SIWI: /h/ vs /f/ hat fat hit fit hold fold hive five hall fall horse force hall fall heel feel hole foal hairy fairy

Init Consonant Inclusion 'sh' shower hour share air shy eye shake ache shape ape shawl all shell "L shout out

Glottal vs Palatoalveolar Fricative SIWI hall shawl head shed horn Sean horn Shawn harp sharp hop shop hook shook high shy hut shut heap sheep hoe show hair share heat sheet hip ship

Initial Consonant Inclusion /s/ seal eel sell "L" seat eat sad add soak oak sold old saw oar soil oil

Fricatives vs Glides SIWI /v/ vs /w/ vest west veil whale vine wine vet wet volley Wally veal wheel Vic wick

Glottal vs alveolarFricative SIWI: /h/ vs /s/ sauce horse soup hoop sold hold side hide sit hit sand hand suit hoot sole hole soap hope seat heat sip hip seal heel Liquids vs Glides SIWI /r/ vs /w/ one run wig rig wing ring wok rock whale rail wake rake weed read witch rich wave rave west rest Fricatives vs Glides SIWI /f/ vs /w/ feel wheel fig wig fight white fork walk fall wall fish wish feel wheel full wool fail whale fade wade

Palato-alveolar Fricative vs Affricates SFWF mash match dish ditch wish witch wash watch cash catch hush hutch crush crutch marsh march Palato-alveolar Fricative vs Affricates SIWI shops chops shoes choose ships chips share chair Shane chain shin chin sheep cheep shock chock Nasals vs Liquids SIWI /n/ vs /l/ knead lead nip lip night light name lame knock lock neigh lay no low nine line knot lot nap lap Labio-dental Fricatives vs Stops SIWI: /f/ vs /d/ file dial fish dish fan Dan four door five dive foam dome Alveolar vs Palato-alveolar

Fricatives SIWI suit shoot sock shock sore shore sip ship sack shack sour shower seat sheet Sue shoe Alveolar vs Labio-dental Fricatives SIWI: /s/ vs /f/ sold fold sauce force sort fort six fix sit fit sole foal cell fell sole foal sore four Alveolar vs Palato-alveolar Fricatives SIWI sign shine sew show sip ship saw shore sock shock /n/ vs 'ng' SFWF Ron wrong pin Ping win wing thin thing /v/ vs /b/ SIWI vase boss vest best vat bat V B (Vee-Bee) vote boat van ban vow bow very berry

MINIMAL CONTRASTS (singletons vs clusters) /p/ vs /sp/ pie spy peach speech pot spot pit spit pin spin pill spill /s/ vs /sl/ leap sleep lip slip low slow /s/ vs /sk/ sails scales sip skip see ski sore score /s/ vs /st/ sick stick sack stack seal steal soup stoop / t/ vs /st/ SIWI take stake talk stork tar star tack stack top stop tool stool tick stick /t/ vs /st/ SFWF beat Beast Bert burst wet west coat coast goat ghost wait waist net nest pet pest feet feast vet vest

/w/ vs /sw/ wing swing weep sweep well swell wheat sweet witch switch /k/ vs /sk/ key ski cat scat car scar core score cool school /n/ vs /sn/ nail snail knees sneeze no snow nought Snort nap snap /m/ vs /sm/ Mog smog mash smash mall small mile smile Mac smack /r/ vs /tr/ rash trash ray tray rim trim rain train rack track Rick trick /r/ Clusters root fruit rat brat red bread rip drip rain train row throw

/sk/ vs /st/ scoop stoop school stool scout stout score store sky sty skate state skill still scamp stamp

MINIMAL CONTRASTS (voicing and "devoicing") /k/ vs /g/ SIWI cap gap gate Kate game came gum come coat goat coast ghost cot got d/ vs /t/ SFWF cord court bird Bert wade wait wed wet bad bat pod pot feed feet road wrote weed wheat hid hit ride write sad at sword sort bead beat

/k/ vs /g/ SFWF peck peg buck bug pick pig lock log back bag stack stag tack tag -/p/ vs /b/ SFWF cup cub nip nib cap cab lap lab rope robe

Voicing SFWF peach beach town down fan van pole bowl peas bees buy pie bear pear sip zip pig big tore door

CLUSTERS SIWI /skr/ SIWI scream screen scratch scrub screw /str/ SIWI stream string strawberries strum streetlight street strong straight struggle stretch strict strain stripes /kr/ SIWI crash crawl crutches crab cry crayon crane crack crumb cross crew crow crowd crown /gr/ SIWI green grass greet grapes grouch grow Grover great grin grill /tr/ SIWI triangle track trash tractor train treasure trick trumpet tree trolley truck trap trio tray trim trophy /dr/ SIWI dream draw drive drum dragon dress drop drill drip drink /br/ SIWI Bradley Bruce Brett Brendan Brian bricks brown bronco branch bright bread broken broom bride branches break breaking Bryony Brenda Briane Bronnie Brianna

/sp/ SIWI speech spill spit space spade spark Spice Girls spot sponge spud spoon spider Spiderman spine spire spy /st/ SIWI steam stick stay stairs steps stag star stop stamp stone stork stoop sty stir stool /sm/ SIWI smell small smart smash smog smudge smoke smile /sn/ SIWI snail sneeze snip Sneeches snake snap snooze snow snore snort VOWELS AND VOWEL CONTRASTS 'er' vs 'or' bored bird / cord curd / Paul pearl / bought Bert / short shirt / torn turn /call curl / lawn learn / walk work / warm worm / fawn fern / born burn / a bored bird / a warm worm / a short shirt / a coarse curse/pearl shirt purse purr bird burn burst term turn dirt curve girl fern fur third thirst search serve sir shirt chirp church nurse nerd learn worm squirm search hurt earth surf Vowel Contrasts cub cab / rush rash / cub cab /rush rash / truck track / bud bad / cut cat / hut hat / mud mad / bug bag / cup cap / fun fan Vowel Contrasts duck - deck / bunch - bench / bug - beg / nut - net / money - many / bud - bed SINGLETON CONSONANTS SIWI /p/ SIWI pea peach peel peep pig pick pill Po pink paint paste pay peck peg pen pest pet pan park poor pool post purr pie pile Piglet Pooh Percy /b/ SIWI bee beach bead bean beat big beak bin bear Barbie Barney Barney bell 'baby bird's balloon' 'baby bird' bed best back bus boot book ball bowl bone bore bored Bobo bird bike buy bite Big Bird Babar but butt bad bud beard bead bird bed /t/ SIWI teach tease team tent tick tin tip tail Ted tell tack tap top tape toe tie toll talk torch tear tore tall town tight Tinky Winky Thomas Terence /d/ SIWI dig dip dish ditch Dipsy die deck duck doll dark dot desk door dome dirt dial dice dive /k/SIWI key king kiss cage Ken cake Kate case cab calf cow cash cap car card corn comb come cool cook coach coast coat /h/ SIWI he heap 'Rat in a Hat' Henry heat heel hill hip hit hiss hair head hen hand hat heart hop hot hug hut hoop hush hook hoe hold high hole hose horse hawk hope horn hide hive Happy

/v/ SIWI vase vest vet van vat vote voice vine Vegemite 'Vera Violet Vinn' /s/ SIWI seal sit seat sock seed sum sick sun sing suit sail sew same soap sell soak sack sold sad salt sip sauce sink saw sea sort sword side Sam-I-Am Celeste /z/ SIWI zip zoo zoom Zac zed zebra 'sh' SIWI she sheep sheet shin ship shake shape shave shed shell shack shut sharp shock shop shoot shoe shine shawl shore shirt short shout shy Shawn 'th' SIWI thief thick thin thing think thank thatch thong thud thumb thud thump thaw thought third thirst thigh 'ch' SIWI cheep cheek cheese cheer chick chin chip chase chair chest chimp chat chop chew choose chalk chore child Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang 'J' SIWI jeans jeep Jack jar jam jet jug jump juice jelly joke Jeff /j/ SIWI year yell yes yak yap yacht yard young yuk yum you yolk yawn Yolanda /r/ SIWI read rich rig rim Robin Rattie Rat ring rip wrist race rage rail rain rake ray red rack rock Ron run roof room rope robe rose row Ronald wrong round rice ride write Rin-Tin-Tin The Teddies in Bananas in Pyjamas are Amy, Morgan and Lulu. The Bananas are B1 and B2, and the other main character is The Rat in a Hat. /b/ V /t/ and /b/ V /d/ CVCs boat beat bite boot beet beat bat Bert bit bought bait pea pay Pooh paw purr pie pow poi Pa bee bay boo bore burr buy bow boy bar bow tea two tore tie toy ta toe BACKWARD CHAINING: "KING-WORDS" (Verbs) e.g., walking-king-talking-king-making-king- etc walking talking making looking working taking baking hiking soaking licking wrecking stacking breaking lurking BACKWARD CHAINING: "KEY" e.g., monkey-key-donkey-key-Mickey-key-etc monkey donkey Mickey lucky duckie hanky Blinkey wonky ks/ SFWF: Third Person Regular Present Tense licks walks picks wakes looks breaks soaks talks shakes works

/b/ and /v/ SIWI bass vase bail veil balance valance ballet valet bally valley bane vain banish vanish bat vat BC VC beard veered becks vex beer veer belt veld bend vend bent vent best vest bet vet bib Viv bicker vicar bide vied bigger vigour biking Viking bile vile binary vinery bine vine boated voted boater voter bole vole bolt volt bow vow bowel vowel box vox Bulgarian vulgarian burble verbal burst versed bury very buy vie Aveley ably cupboard covered curb curve dub dove dribble drivel fibre fiver gabble gavel gibe jive grebe grieve hobble hovel Job Jove

knobble novel lobes loaves lubber lover lubbers lovers marble marvel rebel revel robe rove sabre savour verb verve