Minimal Pairs Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 6: Minimal pairs practice · Set 548 · 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: “A mango ___ grows in our garden.” (a) three (b) tree
2. 2.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) reach (b) rich
3. 3.Listen and choose the missing word: “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
4. 4.Listen and choose the missing word: “Sunday is my favourite ___.” (a) they (b) day
5. 5.Choose the right word: “Take your sick cat to the ___.” (a) wet (b) vet
6. 6.Choose the right word: “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
7. 7.Choose the right word: “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
8. 8.Listen and choose the missing word: “Take a small ___ of hot tea.” (a) sip (b) ship
9. 9.Listen and choose the missing word: “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
10. 10.Listen and choose the missing word: “Shops ___ fruit and vegetables.” (a) shell (b) sell
11. 11.Choose the right word: “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
12. 12.Choose the right word: “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
13. 13.Listen and choose the missing word: “In the ___, people wrote letters by hand.” (a) past (b) fast
14. 14.Choose the right word: “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
15. 15.Listen and choose the missing word: “First we eat, ___ we play.” (a) then (b) den
16. 16.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ water; do not waste it.” (a) save (b) shave
17. 17.Listen and choose the missing word: “A mango ___ grows in our garden.” (a) three (b) tree
18. 18.Choose the right word: “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
19. 19.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) wiper (b) viper
20. 20.Listen and choose the missing word: “We crossed the river by ___.” (a) vote (b) boat
21. 21.Listen and choose the missing word: “Smoke came out of the ___.” (a) went (b) vent
22. 22.Choose the right word: “Our teacher ___ us a new song.” (a) taught (b) thought
23. 23.Choose the right word: “Fry the egg in a ___.” (a) pan (b) fan
24. 24.Choose the right word: “The boy is tall and ___.” (a) tin (b) thin
25. 25.Listen and choose the missing word: “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) steal (b) still
26. 26.Listen and choose the missing word: “I lost one ___ in the wash.” (a) sock (b) shock
27. 27.Choose the right word: “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
28. 28.Choose the right word: “The ___ looked after my sick dog.” (a) bet (b) vet
29. 29.Listen and choose the missing word: “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) each (b) itch
30. 30.Listen and choose the missing word: “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
31. 31.Listen and choose the missing word: “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
32. 32.Choose the right word: “The car’s ___ cleans the glass.” (a) wiper (b) viper
33. 33.Choose the right word: “First we eat, ___ we play.” (a) den (b) then
34. 34.Listen and choose the missing word: “You are my ___ friend.” (a) best (b) vest
35. 35.Listen and choose the missing word: “Take a ___, please.” (a) sheet (b) seat
36. 36.Choose the right word: “I ___ it would rain, so I took an umbrella.” (a) thought (b) taught
37. 37.Listen and choose the missing word: “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
38. 38.Listen and choose the missing word: “I went out, even ___ it was raining.” (a) though (b) dough
39. 39.Choose the right word: “My cold is ___ today than yesterday.” (a) verse (b) worse
40. 40.Listen and choose the missing word: “We won prizes at the village ___.” (a) fair (b) pair

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