Minimal Pairs: fat/fate, rat/rate, hat/hate, mate/mate, …
fat / fate
rat / rate
hat / hate
mat / mate
spat / spate
Same / same
cam / came
dam / dame
… and more
When you have finished practicing with this video, try the Flash quiz game Minimal Pairs -- Lesson 13: made-mad, … (www.manythings.org/mp/m20.htm).
Short A & Long A