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|zip-ship [[File:Zip-ship.ogg|Zip-ship.ogg]]
 
|zip-ship [[File:Zip-ship.ogg|Zip-ship.ogg]]
 
|zoo-shoe [[File:Zoo-shoe.ogg|Zoo-shoe.ogg]]
 
|zoo-shoe [[File:Zoo-shoe.ogg|Zoo-shoe.ogg]]
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|was-wash [[File:Was-wash.ogg|Was-wash.ogg]]
 
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|was-wash [[File:Was-wash.ogg|Was-wash.ogg]]
 
 
|whiz-wish [[File:Whiz-wih.ogg|Whiz-wih.ogg]]
 
|whiz-wish [[File:Whiz-wih.ogg|Whiz-wih.ogg]]
 
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|sit-seat  
 
|sit-seat  
 
|bit-beat [[File:Bit-beat.ogg|Bit-beat.ogg]]
 
|bit-beat [[File:Bit-beat.ogg|Bit-beat.ogg]]
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|lick-leak [[File:Lick-leak.ogg|Lick-leak.ogg]]
 
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|lick-leak [[File:Lick-leak.ogg|Lick-leak.ogg]]
 
 
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|met-mat [[File:Met-mat.ogg|Met-mat.ogg]]
 
|met-mat [[File:Met-mat.ogg|Met-mat.ogg]]
 
|led-lad [[File:Led-lad.ogg|Led-lad.ogg]]
 
|led-lad [[File:Led-lad.ogg|Led-lad.ogg]]
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|men-man [[File:Men-man.ogg|Men-man.ogg]]
 
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|men-man [[File:Men-man.ogg|Men-man.ogg]]
 
 
|shell-shall [[File:Shell-shall.ogg|Shell-shall.ogg]]
 
|shell-shall [[File:Shell-shall.ogg|Shell-shall.ogg]]
 
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|pin-pen [[File:Pin-pen.ogg|Pin-pen.ogg]]
 
|pin-pen [[File:Pin-pen.ogg|Pin-pen.ogg]]
 
|bid-bed
 
|bid-bed
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|bill-bell [[File:Bill-bell.ogg|Bill-bell.ogg]]
 
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|bill-bell [[File:Bill-bell.ogg|Bill-bell.ogg]]
 
 
|chick-check [[File:Chick-check.ogg|Chick-check.ogg]]
 
|chick-check [[File:Chick-check.ogg|Chick-check.ogg]]
 
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|Fan - fern
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|Fan - fern [[File:Fan-fern.ogg|Fan-fern.ogg]]
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|had-heard
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|hat-heard [[File:Hat-heard.ogg|Hat-heard.ogg]]
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|bad-bird
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|jam-germ
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|jam-germ [[File:Jam-germ.ogg|Jam-germ.ogg]]
 
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|fail-file
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|fail-file [[File:Fail-file.ogg|Fail-file.ogg]]
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|main-mine
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|main-mine [[File:Main-mine.ogg|Main-mine.ogg]]
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|lake-like [[File:Lake-like.ogg|Lake-like.ogg]]
 
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|lake-like
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|late-light [[File:Late-light.ogg|Late-light.ogg]]
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|late-light
 
 
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|bail-boil
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|bail-boil [[File:Bail-boil.ogg|Bail-boil.ogg]]
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|grain-groin
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|grain-groin [[File:Grain-groin.ogg|Grain-groin.ogg]]
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|paint-point
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|paint-point [[File:Paint-point.ogg|Paint-point.ogg]]
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|ail-oil
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|ail-oil [[File:Ail-oil.ogg|Ail-oil.ogg]]
 
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|whole-howl
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|Rose-rouse
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|thought-thou [[File:Though-thou.ogg|Though-thou.ogg]]
 
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|load-loud
 
 
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|poor-pier
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|Tour-tier
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|Tour-tier [[File:Tour-tier.ogg|Tour-tier.ogg]]
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|sure-sheer [[File:Sure-sheer.ogg|Sure-sheer.ogg]]
 
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|moor-mere [[File:Moor-mere.ogg|Moor-mere.ogg]]
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|moor-mere
 
 
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[[Category:Minimal pairs]]
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[[Category:Linguistics]]

Latest revision as of 09:20, 6 June 2020

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/

pin-bin pear-bear pan-ban
pail-bail nip-bib tap-tab
mop-mob lap-lab
/t/ /d/
tin-din tear-dare tall-doll
ten-den bat-bad seat-seed
let-led tight-tide
/k/ /g/
key-ghee cot-got come-gum
kill-gill luck-lug lock-log
dock-dog wick-wig
/f/ /v/
fan-van fail-veil fast-vast
file-vile leaf-leave life-live
safe-save shelf-shelve
//v/ /w//
VOW-WOW vet-wet vile-while
viper-wiper
/θ/ /ð/
/s/ /z/
sip-zip sue-zoo sink-zinc
seal-zeal bus-buzz price-prize
lace-laze dose-doze
/s//ʃ/
sip-ship so-show same-shame
sin-shin puss-push sass-lash
mess-mesh lease-leash
/ʧ//d3/
char-jar choose-jews choke-joke
etch-edge batch-badge Lunch-lunge
/z/ /ʃ/
zip-ship zoo-shoe was-wash
whiz-wish

Minimal pairs involving vowel sounds:

/I/ /i:/
sit-seat bit-beat lick-leak
fill-fel
/e/ /æ/
met-mat led-lad men-man
shell-shall
/ʊ//u:/
full-fool pull-pool soot-suit
/ɔ/ /ɔ:/
cot-caught not-nought tot-taught
/æ/ /a:/
pat-part mat-mart cat-cart
//ɪ//e/
pin-pen bid-bed bill-bell
chick-check
/æ/ /ɜ:/
Fan - fern hat-heard bad-bird
jam-germ
/eɪ/ /aɪ/
fail-file main-mine lake-like
late-light
/eɪ/ /ɔɪ/
bail-boil grain-groin paint-point
ail-oil
/əʊ/ /aʊ/
whole-howl Rose-rouse thought-thou
load-loud
/ʊə/ /ɪə/
poor-pier Tour-tier sure-sheer
moor-mere
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