Minimal Pairs Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 6: Minimal pairs practice · Set 769 · 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: “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
2. 2.Choose the right word: “___ are playing cricket outside.” (a) they (b) day
3. 3.Listen and choose the missing word: “I found a pretty ___ on the beach.” (a) shell (b) sell
4. 4.Listen and choose the missing word: “We won prizes at the village ___.” (a) fair (b) pair
5. 5.Choose the right word: “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
6. 6.Listen and choose the missing word: “Shops ___ fruit and vegetables.” (a) sell (b) shell
7. 7.Choose the right word: “Take your sick cat to the ___.” (a) vet (b) wet
8. 8.Choose the right word: “The boy is tall and ___.” (a) tin (b) thin
9. 9.Listen and choose the missing word: “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) itch (b) each
10. 10.Choose the right word: “A fish swims with its ___.” (a) pin (b) fin
11. 11.Choose the right word: “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
12. 12.Choose the right word: “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
13. 13.Choose the right word: “I ___ it would rain, so I took an umbrella.” (a) thought (b) taught
14. 14.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ tree is tall and green.” (a) pine (b) fine
15. 15.Listen and choose the missing word: “The sun sets in the ___.” (a) vest (b) west
16. 16.Listen and choose the missing word: “Take a small ___ of hot tea.” (a) ship (b) sip
17. 17.Choose the right word: “In the ___, people wrote letters by hand.” (a) fast (b) past
18. 18.Choose the right word: “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
19. 19.Choose the right word: “I wear a warm ___ in winter.” (a) vest (b) west
20. 20.Choose the right word: “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
21. 21.Choose the right word: “Please ___ the books by size.” (a) short (b) sort
22. 22.Choose the right word: “A ___ tree is tall and green.” (a) fine (b) pine
23. 23.Listen and choose the missing word: “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) sick (b) seek
24. 24.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ are playing cricket outside.” (a) day (b) they
25. 25.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
26. 26.Choose the right word: “Hold the papers with a ___.” (a) fin (b) pin
27. 27.Choose the right word: “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
28. 28.Listen and choose the missing word: “The ___ left the harbour.” (a) ship (b) sip
29. 29.Listen and choose the missing word: “My shoes are ___ from the rain.” (a) vet (b) wet
30. 30.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ you cannot finish it in a minute!” (a) vet (b) bet
31. 31.Listen and choose the missing word: “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) slip (b) sleep
32. 32.Choose the right word: “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) reach (b) rich
33. 33.Listen and choose the missing word: “Hold the papers with a ___.” (a) fin (b) pin
34. 34.Listen and choose the missing word: “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) three (b) tree
35. 35.Listen and choose the missing word: “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
36. 36.Listen and choose the missing word: “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
37. 37.Choose the right word: “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
38. 38.Listen and choose the missing word: “Cheetahs run very ___.” (a) past (b) fast
39. 39.Listen and choose the missing word: “Turn on the ___; it is hot.” (a) pan (b) fan
40. 40.Choose the right word: “He wore a ___ under his shirt.” (a) best (b) vest

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