Minimal Pairs Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 6: Minimal pairs practice · Set 44 · 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: “Shops ___ fruit and vegetables.” (a) shell (b) sell
2. 2.Listen and choose the missing word: “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
3. 3.Choose the right word: “Sing the first ___ of the song.” (a) worse (b) verse
4. 4.Choose the right word: “The sun sets in the ___.” (a) west (b) vest
5. 5.Listen and choose the missing word: “This book is ___; it has 900 pages.” (a) thick (b) tick
6. 6.Listen and choose the missing word: “The ___ left the harbour.” (a) ship (b) sip
7. 7.Listen and choose the missing word: “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
8. 8.Listen and choose the missing word: “Always ___ people who help you.” (a) thank (b) tank
9. 9.Listen and choose the missing word: “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
10. 10.Listen and choose the missing word: “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) tree (b) three
11. 11.Choose the right word: “Take a ___, please.” (a) sheet (b) seat
12. 12.Listen and choose the missing word: “I am ___, thank you.” (a) pine (b) fine
13. 13.Listen and choose the missing word: “We ___ to school by bus.” (a) vent (b) went
14. 14.Listen and choose the missing word: “Please ___ the books by size.” (a) short (b) sort
15. 15.Choose the right word: “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
16. 16.Listen and choose the missing word: “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
17. 17.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ tree is tall and green.” (a) fine (b) pine
18. 18.Choose the right word: “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
19. 19.Listen and choose the missing word: “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
20. 20.Listen and choose the missing word: “Dad uses a razor to ___.” (a) shave (b) save
21. 21.Listen and choose the missing word: “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
22. 22.Listen and choose the missing word: “I lost one ___ in the wash.” (a) sock (b) shock
23. 23.Listen and choose the missing word: “Hold the papers with a ___.” (a) pin (b) fin
24. 24.Listen and choose the missing word: “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
25. 25.Listen and choose the missing word: “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
26. 26.Listen and choose the missing word: “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
27. 27.Choose the right word: “A ___ tree is tall and green.” (a) fine (b) pine
28. 28.Listen and choose the missing word: “Turn on the ___; it is hot.” (a) fan (b) pan
29. 29.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ it would rain, so I took an umbrella.” (a) thought (b) taught
30. 30.Listen and choose the missing word: “First we eat, ___ we play.” (a) den (b) then
31. 31.Listen and choose the missing word: “A lion sleeps in its ___.” (a) then (b) den
32. 32.Choose the right word: “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
33. 33.Choose the right word: “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) beat (b) bit
34. 34.Listen and choose the missing word: “Fill the water ___ on the roof.” (a) thank (b) tank
35. 35.Choose the right word: “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
36. 36.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
37. 37.Listen and choose the missing word: “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
38. 38.Choose the right word: “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
39. 39.Choose the right word: “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) three (b) tree
40. 40.Choose the right word: “Take a small ___ of hot tea.” (a) ship (b) sip

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