Minimal Pairs Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 6: Minimal pairs practice · Set 594 · 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: “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
2. 2.Choose the right word: “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
3. 3.Choose the right word: “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
4. 4.Listen and choose the missing word: “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
5. 5.Listen and choose the missing word: “Do not touch the wire; you may get a ___.” (a) shock (b) sock
6. 6.Listen and choose the missing word: “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
7. 7.Listen and choose the missing word: “You are my ___ friend.” (a) vest (b) best
8. 8.Listen and choose the missing word: “Adults ___ in elections.” (a) vote (b) boat
9. 9.Listen and choose the missing word: “The car’s ___ cleans the glass.” (a) wiper (b) viper
10. 10.Listen and choose the missing word: “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) reach (b) rich
11. 11.Listen and choose the missing word: “The bus is ___; there are no seats.” (a) pull (b) full
12. 12.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ is my best friend.” (a) sea (b) she
13. 13.Choose the right word: “Shops ___ fruit and vegetables.” (a) sell (b) shell
14. 14.Listen and choose the missing word: “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
15. 15.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ are playing cricket outside.” (a) day (b) they
16. 16.Choose the right word: “A fish swims with its ___.” (a) pin (b) fin
17. 17.Listen and choose the missing word: “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) tree (b) three
18. 18.Choose the right word: “You are my ___ friend.” (a) best (b) vest
19. 19.Choose the right word: “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
20. 20.Listen and choose the missing word: “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) itch (b) each
21. 21.Listen and choose the missing word: “In the ___, people wrote letters by hand.” (a) fast (b) past
22. 22.Choose the right word: “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
23. 23.Listen and choose the missing word: “Shops ___ fruit and vegetables.” (a) shell (b) sell
24. 24.Choose the right word: “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
25. 25.Listen and choose the missing word: “We crossed the river by ___.” (a) vote (b) boat
26. 26.Choose the right word: “A ___ is a small, juicy fruit.” (a) berry (b) very
27. 27.Listen and choose the missing word: “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
28. 28.Choose the right word: “In the ___, people wrote letters by hand.” (a) past (b) fast
29. 29.Choose the right word: “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) reach (b) rich
30. 30.Listen and choose the missing word: “I am ___, thank you.” (a) pine (b) fine
31. 31.Listen and choose the missing word: “The boy is tall and ___.” (a) tin (b) thin
32. 32.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ you cannot finish it in a minute!” (a) vet (b) bet
33. 33.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ is a soft, silver metal.” (a) tin (b) thin
34. 34.Choose the right word: “I went out, even ___ it was raining.” (a) dough (b) though
35. 35.Listen and choose the missing word: “The school will ___ phones in class.” (a) ban (b) van
36. 36.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ tree is tall and green.” (a) fine (b) pine
37. 37.Listen and choose the missing word: “I was ___ tired that I slept early.” (a) so (b) show
38. 38.Choose the right word: “The school will ___ phones in class.” (a) van (b) ban
39. 39.Choose the right word: “Put a ___ next to the right answer.” (a) tick (b) thick
40. 40.Choose the right word: “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each

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