Minimal Pairs Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 6: Minimal pairs practice · Set 824 · 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: “Fill the water ___ on the roof.” (a) tank (b) thank
2. 2.Choose the right word: “I am ___, thank you.” (a) pine (b) fine
3. 3.Choose the right word: “My cold is ___ today than yesterday.” (a) verse (b) worse
4. 4.Listen and choose the missing word: “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
5. 5.Listen and choose the missing word: “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) tree (b) three
6. 6.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
7. 7.Choose the right word: “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) beat (b) bit
8. 8.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) wiper (b) viper
9. 9.Listen and choose the missing word: “Take a ___, please.” (a) sheet (b) seat
10. 10.Choose the right word: “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) each (b) itch
11. 11.Choose the right word: “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
12. 12.Choose the right word: “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
13. 13.Listen and choose the missing word: “Hold the papers with a ___.” (a) fin (b) pin
14. 14.Listen and choose the missing word: “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
15. 15.Listen and choose the missing word: “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
16. 16.Choose the right word: “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
17. 17.Listen and choose the missing word: “I found a pretty ___ on the beach.” (a) shell (b) sell
18. 18.Listen and choose the missing word: “The car’s ___ cleans the glass.” (a) wiper (b) viper
19. 19.Choose the right word: “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) sit (b) seat
20. 20.Choose the right word: “The boy is tall and ___.” (a) thin (b) tin
21. 21.Choose the right word: “In the ___, people wrote letters by hand.” (a) past (b) fast
22. 22.Listen and choose the missing word: “A fish swims with its ___.” (a) pin (b) fin
23. 23.Listen and choose the missing word: “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
24. 24.Choose the right word: “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
25. 25.Choose the right word: “___ the door to open it.” (a) pull (b) pool
26. 26.Listen and choose the missing word: “We moved house in a big ___.” (a) van (b) ban
27. 27.Choose the right word: “A mango ___ grows in our garden.” (a) three (b) tree
28. 28.Listen and choose the missing word: “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
29. 29.Choose the right word: “The ___ looked after my sick dog.” (a) bet (b) vet
30. 30.Listen and choose the missing word: “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) sleep (b) slip
31. 31.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
32. 32.Listen and choose the missing word: “I went out, even ___ it was raining.” (a) dough (b) though
33. 33.Choose the right word: “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) slip (b) sleep
34. 34.Choose the right word: “First we eat, ___ we play.” (a) den (b) then
35. 35.Listen and choose the missing word: “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
36. 36.Choose the right word: “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) still (b) steal
37. 37.Choose the right word: “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
38. 38.Listen and choose the missing word: “The bus is ___; there are no seats.” (a) pull (b) full
39. 39.Choose the right word: “I wear a warm ___ in winter.” (a) vest (b) west
40. 40.Listen and choose the missing word: “I lost one ___ in the wash.” (a) shock (b) sock

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