WORKSHEET 2

A. Minimal pairs:

Form minimal pairs by changing the sound of the underlined part in each of the given
words. The first ones have been done for you as an example.

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1. Shut/ʃʌt/ Shoot, shot,sheet, 21. boast Roast,Toast,
shit host, coast, most
2. gem Gym, jam,Jim 22. drop trop, prop,crop
3. guest Gust, ghost. 23. caught Course,coin
4. horse Hiss,Hass 24. break Brace, brain,
braze, brave
5. bear Bar, 25. hope Home,
bee,boo,bow,bay, hone,hos,hold
6. point Paint, pant, pent, 26. line Fine, shine,
punt sign,vine, mine
7. Climb Claim, clam 27. Jane Vane, main,
klaɪm mane, chain
8. mole Mail, male, 28. peach Peek, peel, peep,
mill,mull, moll,mell piece, peace
9. cow Car, key, cay,coy, 29. ghost Most, host,
care coast,roast, boast
10 tub Tab 30. train Main, lane, vain,
. lain, sane
11 short Shirt, shut, sheet, 31. beam Team, meme,
. shot, shoot deem,seem
12 shark Shook, shake,shack. 32. plot Clot,slot
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13 rail Roll, role, rile, real, 33. fall For, fought,
. rule,rel fore,force,fork
 14 lift Loft, laughed, left. 34. wash Wan,
. what,watch
15 mood Mud, mid, 35. where Care, rare,chair,
. med,mode,mod,mad fare
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16 dart Dot, debt, date 36. cough Tough, lough
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17 middle Muddle,model 37. knight Fight, kite,
. light,right
18 knock Neck, nick, nook 38. booth Boot,boob, boom
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19 fire Fee, far, fur, foe 39. mouth South
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20 gosh Gush, gash. 40. slide Slight,slime,slice
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B. Multiple choice:

Pick out the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from the rest.

1. A. skull/ʌ/ B. tusk/ʌ/ C. illustrate/ˈɪləstreɪt/ D. study/ʌ/

2. A. each B. fit C. knit D. pretty
3. A. owner B. evolve/ɪˈvɒlv/ C. toll/əʊ/ D.colonialism/əʊ/
4. A. laughed B. sacred C. naked D. beloved
5. A. thrill B. thus C. synthetic D. growth
6. A. primitive B. primacy C. gist D. prick
7. A. pressure B. treasure C. pleasure D. measure
8. A. faithful B. fairly C. failure D. faint
9. A. course B. coursing C. court D. courage
10. A. brother B. breathing C. either D. death
11. A. should B. could C. mood/muːd/ D. wood
12. A. grew B. threw C. knew/njuː/ D. flew
13. A. absent B. absorb C. nib D. debt
14. A. eight B. weight C. freight D. heighten
15. A. whistle B. little C. gentle D. battle
16. A. mechanic B. dichotomy C. archaeology D. archway/ˈɑːtʃweɪ/
17. A. awful B. awesome C. awkward D. awry//əˈraɪ/
18. A.theatre B. length C. with D. tenth
19. A. town B. low C. sow D. drowse
20. A. favour B. flavour C. devour D. savour
21. A. injure B. injurious C. injury D. injured
22. A. cello/ˈtʃeləʊ/ B. ceiling C. cinder D. celebrate
23. A. laugh B. plough/plaʊ/ C. enough D. cough/f/
24. A. foot B. pool C. moon D. food
25. A. choice B. noise C. choir D. toilet
26. A. south B. truth C. smooth D. both
27. A. houses B. faces C. horses D. sources
28. A. ticked B. checked C. booked D. naked
29. A. chorus B. cherish C. chaos D. scholar
30. A. leaf B. knife C. café D. of
31. A. bread B. dream C. spread D. dead
32. A. spoon B. food C. flood D. choose
33. A. fast B. phrase C. blame D. sunbathe
34. A. cousin B. wound(n.) C. rough D. trouble
35. A. virus B. pilot C. diet D. since
36. A. hyphen B. symptom C. type D. psychology
37. A. massage B. carriage C. voyage D. dosage
38. A. bury B. hurt C. turn D. excursion
39. A. reject B. regard C. represent D. religion
40. A. get B. pretty C. preparation D. send
41. A. dim B. limp C. limb D. climb
42. A. transform B. transformation/ə/C. inform/ɪnˈfɔːm/ D. informal
43. A. logician//ləˈdʒɪʃn/ B. conception/kənˈsepʃn/C. logical/ˈlɒdʒɪkl/ D. modernity/məˈdɜːnəti/
44. A. exchange B. scholastic C. unsatisfactory D. spectacular
45. A. evolve B. sonic C. pneumonia/njuːˈməʊniə/D. molecule/ˈmɒlɪkjuːl/
46. A. drunkard/ˈdrʌŋkəd/ B. safeguard C. compartment D. garland ˈɡɑːrlənd
47. A. call B. curtain C. contain D. cell
48. A. your B. four C. pour//pɔː(r)/ D. hour
49. A. poor/pʊə(r/ B. mood C. shoot/ʃuːt/ D. hood/hʊd/
50. A. sun B. sure C. success D. saw
51. A. thief B. the C. that D. then