Minimal Pairs Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 6: Minimal pairs practice · Set 95 · 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: “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
2. 2.Choose the right word: “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
3. 3.Listen and choose the missing word: “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
4. 4.Choose the right word: “In the ___, people wrote letters by hand.” (a) past (b) fast
5. 5.Choose the right word: “This book is ___; it has 900 pages.” (a) tick (b) thick
6. 6.Choose the right word: “I was ___ tired that I slept early.” (a) so (b) show
7. 7.Listen and choose the missing word: “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
8. 8.Choose the right word: “Take a small ___ of hot tea.” (a) sip (b) ship
9. 9.Listen and choose the missing word: “Please ___ the books by size.” (a) short (b) sort
10. 10.Choose the right word: “Sing the first ___ of the song.” (a) worse (b) verse
11. 11.Listen and choose the missing word: “A lion sleeps in its ___.” (a) den (b) then
12. 12.Listen and choose the missing word: “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
13. 13.Choose the right word: “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) viper (b) wiper
14. 14.Listen and choose the missing word: “Put a ___ next to the right answer.” (a) thick (b) tick
15. 15.Choose the right word: “___ is a soft, silver metal.” (a) tin (b) thin
16. 16.Listen and choose the missing word: “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) tree (b) three
17. 17.Listen and choose the missing word: “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) wiper (b) viper
18. 18.Listen and choose the missing word: “He wore a ___ under his shirt.” (a) best (b) vest
19. 19.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
20. 20.Listen and choose the missing word: “Fry the egg in a ___.” (a) fan (b) pan
21. 21.Choose the right word: “The sun sets in the ___.” (a) west (b) vest
22. 22.Listen and choose the missing word: “I ___ it would rain, so I took an umbrella.” (a) thought (b) taught
23. 23.Listen and choose the missing word: “Please ___ me your new watch.” (a) so (b) show
24. 24.Listen and choose the missing word: “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
25. 25.Choose the right word: “I am ___, thank you.” (a) fine (b) pine
26. 26.Listen and choose the missing word: “Take your sick cat to the ___.” (a) wet (b) vet
27. 27.Choose the right word: “A lion sleeps in its ___.” (a) then (b) den
28. 28.Choose the right word: “Smoke came out of the ___.” (a) went (b) vent
29. 29.Listen and choose the missing word: “We ___ to school by bus.” (a) went (b) vent
30. 30.Listen and choose the missing word: “The car’s ___ cleans the glass.” (a) viper (b) wiper
31. 31.Choose the right word: “Fill the water ___ on the roof.” (a) tank (b) thank
32. 32.Listen and choose the missing word: “The school will ___ phones in class.” (a) ban (b) van
33. 33.Listen and choose the missing word: “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
34. 34.Choose the right word: “Take your sick cat to the ___.” (a) wet (b) vet
35. 35.Listen and choose the missing word: “I wear a warm ___ in winter.” (a) west (b) vest
36. 36.Listen and choose the missing word: “Cheetahs run very ___.” (a) fast (b) past
37. 37.Listen and choose the missing word: “___ water; do not waste it.” (a) save (b) shave
38. 38.Listen and choose the missing word: “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
39. 39.Choose the right word: “___ the rope as hard as you can.” (a) pull (b) full
40. 40.Listen and choose the missing word: “Sing the first ___ of the song.” (a) verse (b) worse

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