Thursday, March 17, 2011

Minimal Pairs

Minimal Pairs

Rachel's Videos:  The L Sound  The R Sound  The W Sound  Listen & Repeat Exercises
U of Iowa's Sounds of American English

A B C
1 lice rice
2 late rate wait
3 low row woe
4 law raw
5 lay ray way
6 late rate wait
7 lane rain wain
8 led red wed
9 lie rye why
10 leek reek week


A B
1 clue crew
2 blue brew
3 glass grass
4 flee free
5 blow bro
6 clock crock
7 blouse browse
8 bled bread
9 Blake break
10 claw craw



A B
1 belly berry
2 mole more
3 hail hair
4 heel hear
5 fool four
6 file fire
7 deal dear
8 meal mere
9 rebuttal rebutter
10 cuddle cutter




Rachel's Videos:  The b and p sounds  *  The f and v sounds
U of Iowa's Sounds of American English
A B
1 big pig
2 bet pet
3 bad pad
4 mob mop
5 cab cap
6 rib rip
7 symbol simple
8 rabid rapid
9 stable staple
10 nabbed napped


A B
1 fine vine
2 fiddle vittle
3 flog vlog
4 leaf leave
5 safe save
6 huffer hover
7 proof prove
8 half have


A B
1 bat fat
2 boat vote
3 pile file
4 cab calf
5 pry fry
6 sappy savvy
7 cub cuff
8 cape cave



A B C D
1 bee pee fee vee
2 berry perry ferry very
3 buy pie fie vie
4 bile pile file vile
5 bail pale fail veil
6 bay pay fay vay
bane pain feign vane
8 best pest fest vest



Rachels Videos:  's' as in 'sip' ,  'z' as in 'zip' , 'sh' as in 'ship'  ,  'j' as in 'jar'  ,  'ch' as in 'char'  ,  'dj' as in 'measure'
Sounds of American English
A B C D E
1 Sue zoo shoe chew Jew
2 cass Kaz cash catch
3 sear zir sheer cheer Jeer
4 sane zane Shane Chain Jane
5 lease Lee's leash leech
6 sip zip ship chip gyp
7 seep sheep cheap jeep
8 leased leashed leeched



A B
1 major measure
2 pressure pleasure
3 Confucian confusion
4 ledger leisure
5 conclusion
6 division
7 exposure
8 explosion
9 supervision
10 treasure
There was a huge explosion by the shore.
This sure is a confusing conclusion.

A B
1 ditched dished
2 matched mashed
3 hatched hashed
4 hitched hissed
5 watched washed
f


Rachel Videos:  The ih as in site Sound  * The ee as in She Sound * oh as in No sound * aw as in Law Sound  *  EE vs ih: Tense vs. Lax


A B
1 seat sit
2 peak pick
3 eel ill
4 leave live
5 meal mill
6 peel pill
7 reach rich
8 teen tin
9 seek sick
10 deep dip
11 liter litter
12 beaker bicker


A B
1 boat bought
2 low law
3 hole hall
4 close clause
5 bowl ball
6 most must
7 won't want
8 goat got
9 shown Shawn
10 oaf off
11 coast cost
12 woke walk

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