Minimal Pairs Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 6: Minimal pairs practice · Set 523 · 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: “You are my ___ friend.” (a) vest (b) best
2. 2.Choose the right word: “Sunday is my favourite ___.” (a) day (b) they
3. 3.Listen and choose the missing word: “I am ___, thank you.” (a) fine (b) pine
4. 4.Listen and choose the missing word: “Shops ___ fruit and vegetables.” (a) shell (b) sell
5. 5.Listen and choose the missing word: “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
6. 6.Listen and choose the missing word: “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
7. 7.Listen and choose the missing word: “We ___ to school by bus.” (a) vent (b) went
8. 8.Choose the right word: “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
9. 9.Choose the right word: “In the ___, people wrote letters by hand.” (a) fast (b) past
10. 10.Choose the right word: “Fish live in the ___.” (a) she (b) sea
11. 11.Listen and choose the missing word: “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
12. 12.Choose the right word: “Shops ___ fruit and vegetables.” (a) shell (b) sell
13. 13.Listen and choose the missing word: “A lion sleeps in its ___.” (a) then (b) den
14. 14.Listen and choose the missing word: “I found a pretty ___ on the beach.” (a) sell (b) shell
15. 15.Listen and choose the missing word: “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
16. 16.Listen and choose the missing word: “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
17. 17.Listen and choose the missing word: “Put a ___ next to the right answer.” (a) thick (b) tick
18. 18.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
19. 19.Listen and choose the missing word: “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
20. 20.Listen and choose the missing word: “You are my ___ friend.” (a) vest (b) best
21. 21.Listen and choose the missing word: “I am ___ happy today.” (a) very (b) berry
22. 22.Choose the right word: “I went out, even ___ it was raining.” (a) dough (b) though
23. 23.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) wiper (b) viper
24. 24.Choose the right word: “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
25. 25.Listen and choose the missing word: “My cold is ___ today than yesterday.” (a) verse (b) worse
26. 26.Listen and choose the missing word: “The ___ looked after my sick dog.” (a) bet (b) vet
27. 27.Choose the right word: “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
28. 28.Listen and choose the missing word: “Take a small ___ of hot tea.” (a) ship (b) sip
29. 29.Listen and choose the missing word: “Fish live in the ___.” (a) sea (b) she
30. 30.Choose the right word: “The bus is ___; there are no seats.” (a) full (b) pull
31. 31.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
32. 32.Choose the right word: “Smoke came out of the ___.” (a) vent (b) went
33. 33.Choose the right word: “I am ___, thank you.” (a) pine (b) fine
34. 34.Choose the right word: “I ___ you cannot finish it in a minute!” (a) bet (b) vet
35. 35.Choose the right word: “Hold the papers with a ___.” (a) pin (b) fin
36. 36.Choose the right word: “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
37. 37.Choose the right word: “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
38. 38.Listen and choose the missing word: “A mango ___ grows in our garden.” (a) tree (b) three
39. 39.Choose the right word: “Take a ___, please.” (a) seat (b) sheet
40. 40.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ it would rain, so I took an umbrella.” (a) taught (b) thought

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