TEST 1

MINIMAL PAIRS

1./k/(class)My class which is my favorite thing is amazing.

- /g/ (glass) My glass which is my favorite thing is amazing.

2. /i:/(tea) I would like to drink tea in the morning.

- /ɪə/(tear) I would like to drink tear in the morning.

3./e/(pen) My father really hates that awful pen.

- /eɪ/(pain) My father really hates that awful pain.

4. /ɒ/(box) Put it on the box, please, Mr. Bean.

- /ʊ/ (book) Put it on the book, please, Mr. Bean.

5. /ɪə/( ear) Doing that will be good for our ears.

- /eə/ (air) Doing that will be good for our air.

INTONATION

1. Would you like apples, oranges or bananas?

2. The stall sells ribbons, plastic bags and buttons.
3. Where do you live?
4. I live in the house on the corner.
5. Is this the blue one? Yes, it is.
6. Get out of my life.
7. Those students were hungry, weren't they? (agreement)
8. You like fish, don't you? (not sure)
9. What a beautiful voice!
10. If you have any problems, just contact us.
TEST 2

MINIMAL PAIRS

Sheep /i:/ Look at a sheep behind those green trees.

Ship /i/ Look at a ship behind those green trees.

2.
Pen /e/ The brown pen you lent me yesterday is very
beautiful.
Pan /æ/ The brown pan you lent me yesterday is very
beautiful.

3.
Walker /ɔː/ That walker looks very beautiful in a white
dress.
Worker /ɜː/ That worker looks very beautiful in a white
dress.

4.
Car /ɑː/ Where did you buy that white car?
Cow /aʊ/ Where did you buy that white cow?

5.
Ball /ɔː/ This black ball is the best one that I have ever seen.
Bowl /əʊ/ This black bowl is the best one that I have ever
seen.

INTONATION

1. You don’t support any football team, do you? (agreement)

2. It rained every day in the first week.
3. I think we are completely lost.
4. Are you thirsty?
5. What country do you come from?
6. He thinks he’s so clever, doesn’t he? (not sure)
7. Does he speak German or French?
8. If he calls, ask him to leave a message.
9. Where does the shop open?
10. How nice of you!
TEST 3

Minimal pairs

1. /e/ head - /ae/ hand

- I have my head injured.
- I have my hand injured
2. /u/ foot - /u:/ food
- My friend told me to put my food on the table.
- My friend told me to put my foot on the table.
3. /^/ come - /a:/ calm
- Can you please come down for a second?
- Can you please calm down for a second?
4. /t/ hat - /d/ hand
- I wish I had such a beautiful hat.
- I wish I had such a beautiful hand.
5. /k/ keep - /g/ give
- I promise I will keep this pen.
- I promise I will give this pen.

Intonation

1. I need a pen, a pencil and some paper.

2. What time are we meeting? At 10 or 12?
3. Let’s go to the concert, shall we?
4. We’re going to that new Chinese restaurant near the station.
5. I think we will stay there until next weekend.
6. It’s the food they eat over there.
7. Will you help me with my math homework?
8. Are you afraid to walk through the cemetery?
9. Those nurses were hungry, weren’t they? (agreement)
10. You watched lessons 1 and 2, didn’t you? (not sure)
TEST 4

Minimal pairs

+) /I/ and /e/

- Receiving the bill made him so mad.
-Receiving the bell made him so mad.

,+) /æ/ and /D/

-My father's back seemed so big when I was small.
-My father's box seemed so big when I was small.

+) /c:/ and /3:/

-He is famously known as a walker.
-He is famously known as a worker.

+) /i:/ and /Iə/

-Seeing a bee makes me happy every time.
-Seeing a beer makes me happy every time.

+) /t/ and /d/

-A train is very scary to him.
-A drain is very scary to him.

Intonation

-The water BILL this month is CRAZY!

-DOES this RING a bell to you ?
-My father CARRIED me on his BACK long time ago.
-Who do YOU think this box BELONGS to?
-THAT man is a FAMOUS sleep walker.
-Everyone LOVES a HARD worker, DON'T they? (not sure)
-Getting CLOSE to a bee hive is SCARY!
-WON'T you stop drinking BEER?
-It was my FIRST time on a TRAIN!
-DRIVING a CAR is so TOUGH!