Minimal Pairs Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 6: Minimal pairs practice · Set 45 · 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: “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
2. 2.Choose the right word: “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
3. 3.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ tree is tall and green.” (a) pine (b) fine
4. 4.Choose the right word: “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
5. 5.Listen and choose the missing word: “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
6. 6.Choose the right word: “Sunday is my favourite ___.” (a) day (b) they
7. 7.Listen and choose the missing word: “The sun sets in the ___.” (a) west (b) vest
8. 8.Listen and choose the missing word: “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
9. 9.Listen and choose the missing word: “The boy is tall and ___.” (a) thin (b) tin
10. 10.Choose the right word: “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) tree (b) three
11. 11.Choose the right word: “I ___ you cannot finish it in a minute!” (a) vet (b) bet
12. 12.Listen and choose the missing word: “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
13. 13.Listen and choose the missing word: “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
14. 14.Listen and choose the missing word: “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
15. 15.Listen and choose the missing word: “I found a pretty ___ on the beach.” (a) shell (b) sell
16. 16.Listen and choose the missing word: “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
17. 17.Listen and choose the missing word: “This book is ___; it has 900 pages.” (a) thick (b) tick
18. 18.Listen and choose the missing word: “We moved house in a big ___.” (a) ban (b) van
19. 19.Choose the right word: “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
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: “We ___ to school by bus.” (a) went (b) vent
22. 22.Listen and choose the missing word: “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
23. 23.Choose the right word: “The boy is tall and ___.” (a) tin (b) thin
24. 24.Choose the right word: “Adults ___ in elections.” (a) vote (b) boat
25. 25.Choose the right word: “The bus is ___; there are no seats.” (a) full (b) pull
26. 26.Listen and choose the missing word: “He wore a ___ under his shirt.” (a) vest (b) best
27. 27.Choose the right word: “Take a ___, please.” (a) seat (b) sheet
28. 28.Listen and choose the missing word: “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
29. 29.Listen and choose the missing word: “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
30. 30.Choose the right word: “The car’s ___ cleans the glass.” (a) viper (b) wiper
31. 31.Choose the right word: “I ___ it would rain, so I took an umbrella.” (a) thought (b) taught
32. 32.Listen and choose the missing word: “We won prizes at the village ___.” (a) fair (b) pair
33. 33.Listen and choose the missing word: “In the ___, people wrote letters by hand.” (a) fast (b) past
34. 34.Listen and choose the missing word: “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
35. 35.Choose the right word: “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
36. 36.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull
37. 37.Choose the right word: “We ___ to school by bus.” (a) vent (b) went
38. 38.Listen and choose the missing word: “Fill the water ___ on the roof.” (a) thank (b) tank
39. 39.Listen and choose the missing word: “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
40. 40.Listen and choose the missing word: “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) cheap (b) chip

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