Minimal Pairs

Minimal Pairs

Minimal pairs are pairs of words which differ in a single sound.They serve as a drill for

practising sounds.

Minimal pairs involving consonant sounds:

/p//b/

/t//d/

/k//g/

/f//v

/v//w/

/0/18/

1s//z/

/s//j1

/tj//d3/

/z//J1

Minimal pairs involving vowel sounds:

/I//i:/

sit-seat

bit-beat

lick-leak

/e//e/

met-mat

led-lad

men-man

shell-shall

/u//u:/

full-fool

pull-pool

soot-suit

10//2:/

cot-caught

not-nought tot-taught

/a//a:/

pat-part

mat-mart

cat-cart

/1//e/

pin-pen

bid-bed

bill-bell

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bad-bird

jam-germ

had-heard

way-ur

fail-Sile

lake-like

late-light

auw-urew

bail-boil

paint-point

po-jre

Uro8-ue

/ce/1ne/

whole-howl

though-thou

load-loud

asnou-asou

/es//en/

tour-tier

sure-sheer

ad-ood

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