Minimal Pairs Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 6: Minimal pairs practice · Set 822 · 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: “Always ___ people who help you.” (a) thank (b) tank
2. 2.Choose the right word: “Take a small ___ of hot tea.” (a) ship (b) sip
3. 3.Choose the right word: “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
4. 4.Listen and choose the missing word: “Please ___ the books by size.” (a) short (b) sort
5. 5.Choose the right word: “First we eat, ___ we play.” (a) then (b) den
6. 6.Choose the right word: “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
7. 7.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ the rope as hard as you can.” (a) full (b) pull
8. 8.Choose the right word: “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
9. 9.Choose the right word: “The ___ left the harbour.” (a) sip (b) ship
10. 10.Choose the right word: “Do not touch the wire; you may get a ___.” (a) shock (b) sock
11. 11.Listen and choose the missing word: “I lost one ___ in the wash.” (a) shock (b) sock
12. 12.Listen and choose the missing word: “We moved house in a big ___.” (a) ban (b) van
13. 13.Choose the right word: “This book is ___; it has 900 pages.” (a) thick (b) tick
14. 14.Listen and choose the missing word: “This book is ___; it has 900 pages.” (a) thick (b) tick
15. 15.Choose the right word: “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
16. 16.Listen and choose the missing word: “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) beat (b) bit
17. 17.Listen and choose the missing word: “Smoke came out of the ___.” (a) went (b) vent
18. 18.Listen and choose the missing word: “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
19. 19.Listen and choose the missing word: “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
20. 20.Listen and choose the missing word: “Mum rolls the ___ to make rotis.” (a) dough (b) though
21. 21.Listen and choose the missing word: “I am ___, thank you.” (a) pine (b) fine
22. 22.Listen and choose the missing word: “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
23. 23.Listen and choose the missing word: “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
24. 24.Choose the right word: “Shops ___ fruit and vegetables.” (a) sell (b) shell
25. 25.Choose the right word: “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) each (b) itch
26. 26.Listen and choose the missing word: “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
27. 27.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ is a soft, silver metal.” (a) tin (b) thin
28. 28.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) wiper (b) viper
29. 29.Choose the right word: “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
30. 30.Listen and choose the missing word: “The ___ looked after my sick dog.” (a) bet (b) vet
31. 31.Choose the right word: “A lion sleeps in its ___.” (a) then (b) den
32. 32.Choose the right word: “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) three (b) tree
33. 33.Choose the right word: “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
34. 34.Choose the right word: “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
35. 35.Listen and choose the missing word: “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
36. 36.Listen and choose the missing word: “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) sit (b) seat
37. 37.Listen and choose the missing word: “Sunday is my favourite ___.” (a) day (b) they
38. 38.Listen and choose the missing word: “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
39. 39.Listen and choose the missing word: “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) still (b) steal
40. 40.Listen and choose the missing word: “We crossed the river by ___.” (a) vote (b) boat

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