Minimal Pairs Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 6: Minimal pairs practice · Set 441 · 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: “___ the rope as hard as you can.” (a) full (b) pull
2. 2.Choose the right word: “My cold is ___ today than yesterday.” (a) worse (b) verse
3. 3.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ is a soft, silver metal.” (a) thin (b) tin
4. 4.Choose the right word: “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) feet (b) fit
5. 5.Choose the right word: “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) slip (b) sleep
6. 6.Choose the right word: “Please ___ the books by size.” (a) sort (b) short
7. 7.Choose the right word: “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
8. 8.Listen and choose the missing word: “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
9. 9.Listen and choose the missing word: “We ___ to school by bus.” (a) vent (b) went
10. 10.Choose the right word: “You are my ___ friend.” (a) vest (b) best
11. 11.Listen and choose the missing word: “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) sick (b) seek
12. 12.Choose the right word: “He wore a ___ under his shirt.” (a) best (b) vest
13. 13.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) reach (b) rich
14. 14.Choose the right word: “Hold the papers with a ___.” (a) pin (b) fin
15. 15.Listen and choose the missing word: “I am ___ happy today.” (a) very (b) berry
16. 16.Listen and choose the missing word: “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
17. 17.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ you cannot finish it in a minute!” (a) vet (b) bet
18. 18.Listen and choose the missing word: “You are my ___ friend.” (a) vest (b) best
19. 19.Listen and choose the missing word: “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
20. 20.Listen and choose the missing word: “Fish live in the ___.” (a) sea (b) she
21. 21.Listen and choose the missing word: “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
22. 22.Choose the right word: “I ___ it would rain, so I took an umbrella.” (a) taught (b) thought
23. 23.Listen and choose the missing word: “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
24. 24.Choose the right word: “I am ___ happy today.” (a) very (b) berry
25. 25.Listen and choose the missing word: “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
26. 26.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) viper (b) wiper
27. 27.Listen and choose the missing word: “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) still (b) steal
28. 28.Choose the right word: “The sun sets in the ___.” (a) vest (b) west
29. 29.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ it would rain, so I took an umbrella.” (a) taught (b) thought
30. 30.Listen and choose the missing word: “He is too ___ to reach the shelf.” (a) short (b) sort
31. 31.Listen and choose the missing word: “We won prizes at the village ___.” (a) pair (b) fair
32. 32.Listen and choose the missing word: “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
33. 33.Choose the right word: “In the ___, people wrote letters by hand.” (a) past (b) fast
34. 34.Listen and choose the missing word: “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
35. 35.Choose the right word: “___ the rope as hard as you can.” (a) pull (b) full
36. 36.Listen and choose the missing word: “Shops ___ fruit and vegetables.” (a) shell (b) sell
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: “Hold the papers with a ___.” (a) pin (b) fin
39. 39.Choose the right word: “___ is a soft, silver metal.” (a) thin (b) tin
40. 40.Listen and choose the missing word: “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) fit (b) feet

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