Minimal Pairs Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 6: Minimal pairs practice · Set 366 · 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: “___ are playing cricket outside.” (a) they (b) day
2. 2.Listen and choose the missing word: “Please ___ the books by size.” (a) sort (b) short
3. 3.Listen and choose the missing word: “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
4. 4.Listen and choose the missing word: “I am ___ happy today.” (a) very (b) berry
5. 5.Listen and choose the missing word: “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
6. 6.Listen and choose the missing word: “Hold the papers with a ___.” (a) pin (b) fin
7. 7.Listen and choose the missing word: “Put a ___ next to the right answer.” (a) tick (b) thick
8. 8.Listen and choose the missing word: “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
9. 9.Listen and choose the missing word: “Take a small ___ of hot tea.” (a) ship (b) sip
10. 10.Choose the right word: “In the ___, people wrote letters by hand.” (a) past (b) fast
11. 11.Listen and choose the missing word: “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
12. 12.Choose the right word: “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
13. 13.Choose the right word: “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
14. 14.Listen and choose the missing word: “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) reach (b) rich
15. 15.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) wiper (b) viper
16. 16.Listen and choose the missing word: “Cheetahs run very ___.” (a) past (b) fast
17. 17.Choose the right word: “A lion sleeps in its ___.” (a) den (b) then
18. 18.Listen and choose the missing word: “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
19. 19.Listen and choose the missing word: “Please ___ me your new watch.” (a) show (b) so
20. 20.Listen and choose the missing word: “I wear a warm ___ in winter.” (a) west (b) vest
21. 21.Choose the right word: “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) sick (b) seek
22. 22.Listen and choose the missing word: “The school will ___ phones in class.” (a) ban (b) van
23. 23.Listen and choose the missing word: “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
24. 24.Listen and choose the missing word: “We moved house in a big ___.” (a) van (b) ban
25. 25.Choose the right word: “We ___ to school by bus.” (a) vent (b) went
26. 26.Choose the right word: “Always ___ people who help you.” (a) tank (b) thank
27. 27.Listen and choose the missing word: “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
28. 28.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ it would rain, so I took an umbrella.” (a) thought (b) taught
29. 29.Listen and choose the missing word: “Take a ___, please.” (a) seat (b) sheet
30. 30.Listen and choose the missing word: “He wore a ___ under his shirt.” (a) best (b) vest
31. 31.Listen and choose the missing word: “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
32. 32.Listen and choose the missing word: “I was ___ tired that I slept early.” (a) show (b) so
33. 33.Listen and choose the missing word: “This book is ___; it has 900 pages.” (a) tick (b) thick
34. 34.Listen and choose the missing word: “He is too ___ to reach the shelf.” (a) sort (b) short
35. 35.Listen and choose the missing word: “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) beat (b) bit
36. 36.Choose the right word: “Please ___ me your new watch.” (a) so (b) show
37. 37.Choose the right word: “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
38. 38.Listen and choose the missing word: “Shops ___ fruit and vegetables.” (a) sell (b) shell
39. 39.Listen and choose the missing word: “Our teacher ___ us a new song.” (a) taught (b) thought
40. 40.Listen and choose the missing word: “I went out, even ___ it was raining.” (a) dough (b) though

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