Minimal Pairs Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 6: Minimal pairs practice · Set 208 · 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.Choose the right word: “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
2. 2.Listen and choose the missing word: “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
3. 3.Listen and choose the missing word: “Take a small ___ of hot tea.” (a) ship (b) sip
4. 4.Choose the right word: “A fish swims with its ___.” (a) fin (b) pin
5. 5.Choose the right word: “The bus is ___; there are no seats.” (a) pull (b) full
6. 6.Listen and choose the missing word: “Put a ___ next to the right answer.” (a) thick (b) tick
7. 7.Choose the right word: “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) steal (b) still
8. 8.Choose the right word: “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
9. 9.Choose the right word: “I lost one ___ in the wash.” (a) shock (b) sock
10. 10.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) wiper (b) viper
11. 11.Listen and choose the missing word: “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
12. 12.Listen and choose the missing word: “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) reach (b) rich
13. 13.Listen and choose the missing word: “I am ___, thank you.” (a) fine (b) pine
14. 14.Listen and choose the missing word: “Sunday is my favourite ___.” (a) day (b) they
15. 15.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
16. 16.Listen and choose the missing word: “I bought a new ___ of shoes.” (a) fair (b) pair
17. 17.Listen and choose the missing word: “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
18. 18.Listen and choose the missing word: “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
19. 19.Listen and choose the missing word: “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
20. 20.Choose the right word: “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
21. 21.Listen and choose the missing word: “We crossed the river by ___.” (a) vote (b) boat
22. 22.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) rich (b) reach
23. 23.Choose the right word: “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
24. 24.Listen and choose the missing word: “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
25. 25.Listen and choose the missing word: “I wear a warm ___ in winter.” (a) west (b) vest
26. 26.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ it would rain, so I took an umbrella.” (a) taught (b) thought
27. 27.Listen and choose the missing word: “Always ___ people who help you.” (a) thank (b) tank
28. 28.Choose the right word: “Fill the water ___ on the roof.” (a) tank (b) thank
29. 29.Choose the right word: “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
30. 30.Choose the right word: “I am ___, thank you.” (a) pine (b) fine
31. 31.Listen and choose the missing word: “This book is ___; it has 900 pages.” (a) thick (b) tick
32. 32.Listen and choose the missing word: “The bus is ___; there are no seats.” (a) full (b) pull
33. 33.Listen and choose the missing word: “Cheetahs run very ___.” (a) fast (b) past
34. 34.Listen and choose the missing word: “Please ___ the books by size.” (a) short (b) sort
35. 35.Choose the right word: “We crossed the river by ___.” (a) boat (b) vote
36. 36.Listen and choose the missing word: “In the ___, people wrote letters by hand.” (a) past (b) fast
37. 37.Choose the right word: “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) reach (b) rich
38. 38.Listen and choose the missing word: “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
39. 39.Choose the right word: “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
40. 40.Listen and choose the missing word: “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) sick (b) seek

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