Minimal Pairs Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 6: Minimal pairs practice · Set 218 · 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: “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
2. 2.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) viper (b) wiper
3. 3.Listen and choose the missing word: “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) tree (b) three
4. 4.Choose the right word: “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
5. 5.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
6. 6.Listen and choose the missing word: “My shoes are ___ from the rain.” (a) vet (b) wet
7. 7.Listen and choose the missing word: “Sunday is my favourite ___.” (a) they (b) day
8. 8.Listen and choose the missing word: “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
9. 9.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ you cannot finish it in a minute!” (a) vet (b) bet
10. 10.Listen and choose the missing word: “Please ___ me your new watch.” (a) so (b) show
11. 11.Listen and choose the missing word: “Take a small ___ of hot tea.” (a) ship (b) sip
12. 12.Listen and choose the missing word: “Take your sick cat to the ___.” (a) wet (b) vet
13. 13.Choose the right word: “I was ___ tired that I slept early.” (a) so (b) show
14. 14.Choose the right word: “The bus is ___; there are no seats.” (a) pull (b) full
15. 15.Listen and choose the missing word: “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
16. 16.Listen and choose the missing word: “I wear a warm ___ in winter.” (a) vest (b) west
17. 17.Choose the right word: “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
18. 18.Choose the right word: “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
19. 19.Listen and choose the missing word: “Shops ___ fruit and vegetables.” (a) shell (b) sell
20. 20.Choose the right word: “In the ___, people wrote letters by hand.” (a) past (b) fast
21. 21.Listen and choose the missing word: “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) itch (b) each
22. 22.Listen and choose the missing word: “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
23. 23.Choose the right word: “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) viper (b) wiper
24. 24.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ water; do not waste it.” (a) save (b) shave
25. 25.Listen and choose the missing word: “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
26. 26.Listen and choose the missing word: “Our teacher ___ us a new song.” (a) thought (b) taught
27. 27.Choose the right word: “Hold the papers with a ___.” (a) pin (b) fin
28. 28.Listen and choose the missing word: “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
29. 29.Choose the right word: “We won prizes at the village ___.” (a) fair (b) pair
30. 30.Listen and choose the missing word: “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
31. 31.Choose the right word: “You are my ___ friend.” (a) vest (b) best
32. 32.Listen and choose the missing word: “Do not touch the wire; you may get a ___.” (a) shock (b) sock
33. 33.Choose the right word: “The school will ___ phones in class.” (a) van (b) ban
34. 34.Choose the right word: “We moved house in a big ___.” (a) van (b) ban
35. 35.Listen and choose the missing word: “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
36. 36.Choose the right word: “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
37. 37.Choose the right word: “We ___ to school by bus.” (a) went (b) vent
38. 38.Choose the right word: “The ___ left the harbour.” (a) ship (b) sip
39. 39.Choose the right word: “Smoke came out of the ___.” (a) vent (b) went
40. 40.Choose the right word: “Sing the first ___ of the song.” (a) worse (b) verse

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