THE

VOWELS AND
MINIMAL PAIRS
VOWEL SOUNDS IN ENGLISH
VOWEL SOUNDS IN ENGLISH
VOWEL SOUNDS IN ENGLISH
 WHAT ARE THEY?

Minimal pairs are two

words that are very
similar in pronunciation,
but have a very small
difference in how they
sound. This difference is in
a phoneme.

There are three trees in the park.

 MINIMAL PAIRS WITH VOWELS SOUNDS
/i:/ and /I/ sound: /æ/ and /e/ sound:
Seat à sit Bag à beg
Beach à bitch Man à men
Eat à it Bat à bet
Feet à fit Bad à bed
Peel à pill Had à head
Sad à said
Deed à did
Land à lend
Marry à merry
/ɔ/ & /3/sound:
Form à firm
Course à curse
Warm à worm
Hoard à heard
Walk à work
Four à fur
short à shirt