Minimal Pairs Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 6: Minimal pairs practice · Set 2 · 40 questions

How to say it (One sound changes the word): Say both words of the pair and find the one sound that changes. Use the meaning of the sentence to choose. Say the whole sentence aloud with the right sound.

1. 1.Listen and choose the missing word: “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
2. 2.Choose the right word: “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
3. 3.Listen and choose the missing word: “You are my ___ friend.” (a) best (b) vest
4. 4.Choose the right word: “Take a ___, please.” (a) sheet (b) seat
5. 5.Choose the right word: “Sunday is my favourite ___.” (a) they (b) day
6. 6.Choose the right word: “We moved house in a big ___.” (a) ban (b) van
7. 7.Listen and choose the missing word: “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
8. 8.Choose the right word: “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) wiper (b) viper
9. 9.Listen and choose the missing word: “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) reach (b) rich
10. 10.Choose the right word: “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) hit (b) heat
11. 11.Choose the right word: “First we eat, ___ we play.” (a) den (b) then
12. 12.Choose the right word: “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
13. 13.Listen and choose the missing word: “Please ___ the books by size.” (a) sort (b) short
14. 14.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ is my best friend.” (a) she (b) sea
15. 15.Listen and choose the missing word: “This book is ___; it has 900 pages.” (a) tick (b) thick
16. 16.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ tree is tall and green.” (a) fine (b) pine
17. 17.Listen and choose the missing word: “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) three (b) tree
18. 18.Listen and choose the missing word: “Our teacher ___ us a new song.” (a) taught (b) thought
19. 19.Choose the right word: “Fry the egg in a ___.” (a) fan (b) pan
20. 20.Choose the right word: “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
21. 21.Listen and choose the missing word: “We won prizes at the village ___.” (a) fair (b) pair
22. 22.Listen and choose the missing word: “My cold is ___ today than yesterday.” (a) verse (b) worse
23. 23.Listen and choose the missing word: “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
24. 24.Choose the right word: “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) each (b) itch
25. 25.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
26. 26.Listen and choose the missing word: “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
27. 27.Choose the right word: “A ___ is a small, juicy fruit.” (a) berry (b) very
28. 28.Listen and choose the missing word: “Mum rolls the ___ to make rotis.” (a) dough (b) though
29. 29.Choose the right word: “___ are playing cricket outside.” (a) they (b) day
30. 30.Choose the right word: “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
31. 31.Choose the right word: “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) tree (b) three
32. 32.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ the rope as hard as you can.” (a) pull (b) full
33. 33.Listen and choose the missing word: “Hold the papers with a ___.” (a) fin (b) pin
34. 34.Listen and choose the missing word: “I bought a new ___ of shoes.” (a) fair (b) pair
35. 35.Listen and choose the missing word: “I found a pretty ___ on the beach.” (a) shell (b) sell
36. 36.Choose the right word: “In the ___, people wrote letters by hand.” (a) past (b) fast
37. 37.Choose the right word: “Please ___ me your new watch.” (a) so (b) show
38. 38.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ it would rain, so I took an umbrella.” (a) taught (b) thought
39. 39.Listen and choose the missing word: “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
40. 40.Choose the right word: “Take your sick cat to the ___.” (a) vet (b) wet

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