Minimal Pairs
From Karnataka Open Educational Resources
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:
| pin-bin
|
pear-bear
|
pan-ban
|
| pail-bail
|
nip-bib
|
tap-tab
|
| mop-mob
|
lap-lab
|
| tin-din
|
tear-dare
|
tall-doll
|
| ten-den
|
bat-bad
|
seat-seed
|
| let-led
|
tight-tide
|
| key-ghee
|
cot-got
|
come-gum
|
| kill-gill
|
luck-lug
|
lock-log
|
| dock-dog
|
wick-wig
|
| fan-van
|
fail-veil
|
fast-vast
|
| file-vile
|
leaf-leave
|
life-live
|
| safe-save
|
shelf-shelve
|
| VOW-WOW
|
vet-wet
|
vile-while
|
| viper-wiper
|
| sip-zip
|
sue-zoo
|
sink-zinc
|
| seal-zeal
|
bus-buzz
|
price-prize
|
| lace-laze
|
dose-doze
|
| sip-ship
|
so-show
|
same-shame
|
| sin-shin
|
puss-push
|
sass-lash
|
| mess-mesh
|
lease-leash
|
| char-jar
|
choose-jews
|
choke-joke
|
| etch-edge
|
batch-badge
|
Lunch-lunge
|
|
| zip-ship
|
zoo-shoe
|
was-wash
|
| whiz-wish
|
|
Minimal pairs involving vowel sounds:
| sit-seat
|
bit-beat
|
lick-leak
|
| fill-fel
|
| met-mat
|
led-lad
|
men-man
|
| shell-shall
|
| full-fool
|
pull-pool
|
soot-suit
|
|
| cot-caught
|
not-nought
|
tot-taught
|
| pat-part
|
mat-mart
|
cat-cart
|
| pin-pen
|
bid-bed
|
bill-bell
|
| chick-check
|
| Fan - fern
|
hat-heard
|
bad-bird
|
| jam-germ
|
| fail-file
|
main-mine
|
lake-like
|
| late-light
|
| bail-boil
|
grain-groin
|
paint-point
|
| ail-oil
|
| whole-howl
|
Rose-rouse
|
thought-thou
|
| load-loud
|
| poor-pier
|
Tour-tier
|
sure-sheer
|
| moor-mere
|
