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Minimal pairs pronunciation practice

1.
i:
eat
neat
beat
seat
eel
heel
green
teen
reach
sheep

i
it
knit
bit
sit
ill
hill
grin
tin
rich
ship

5.
e
bet
met
set
Ben
Ken
den
bed
head
said
leg

2.
l
light
lice
lot
low
long
lead
led
lung
load
lock

r
right
rice
rot
row
wrong
read
red
rung
road
rock

6.
h
hall
honey
heat
hold
hollow
hear
hit
hill
hell
hat

3.
i
pit
knit
mitt
sit
ill
bill
fill
will
hill
did
4.
b
base
berry
boat
bolt
best
beer
bent
bat
ban
curb

e
pet
net
met
set
L
bell
fell
well
hell
deal

7.
ae
cat
hat
pat
rat
cap
map
mass
math
band
lack

v
vase
very
vote
volt
vest
veer
vent
vat
van
curve

8.
s
sink
sank
sing
some
sick
sin
use
mass
pass
worse

ae
bat
mat
sat
ban
can
Dan
bad
had
sad
lag

f
fall
funny
feet
fold
follow
fear
fit
fill
fell
fat

c/a
cot
hot
pot
rot
cop
mop
moss
moth
bond
lock

th
think
thank
thing
thumb
thick
thin
youth
math
path
worth

9.
ou
so
low
hole
bowl
coal
wrote
note
boat
coat
coast

au/a:
saw
law
hall
ball
call
rot
not
bought
caught
cost

10.
z/d
bays
sues
breeze
close
Z
den
dare
Dan
die

th
bathe
soothe
breathe
clothe
thee
then
there
than
thy

11.
o
cob
rob
sob
cop
pop
dock
lock
stock
not
won

u
cub
rub
sub
cup
pup
duck
luck
stuck
nut
one

12.
sh
s
ship
sip
sheet
seat
she
sea, see
shed
said
shelf
self
shell
sell
shingle single
shit
sit
show
sew
leash
lease
fished fist

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