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 | block | Brocke |
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 |
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 |
Rachel's Video: Vowel Length Affected by Ending Consonant
I think we (can/can't) do it today.
Rachel's Videos: 'eh' as in 'bed' 'aa' as in 'bat' 'aw' as in 'law' 'oy' as in 'toy'.'uh' as in 'butter' 'ah' as in 'father'
Sounds of American English
More Minimal Pairs
http://streaming.ohio.edu/cas/lingCALL/vowel.htm
http://www.fuhriman.us/la.esl/minimal-pairs.html (no audio)
Normal Speed
Mary is thirty-one years old. She has lived in New York City for 18 months and never wants to leave. She got her degree in Fine Arts and now works as a consultant for a marketing firm. She loves Manhattan and all it has to offer. In her free time, she likes to go bowling and take photographs. She also likes reading thrillers and mystery novels.When she has guests in town and it's warm, she might take them to the Central Park Zoo or walk along the East River to enjoy the view of the Brooklyn Bridge. It is a pleasure for her to show them the town. New York is well known for its restaurants. One of Mary's favorite places is called The Wood Grill. Her friend James is a waiter there. Sometimes she'll go there for brunch because it's fairly cheap.
A | B | |
1 | bell | belt |
2 | car | cart |
3 | fell | felt |
4 | her | hurt |
5 | tore | torn |
6 | knees | needs |
7 | mill | milk |
8 | can | can't |
9 | ben | bent |
10 | Hun | hunt |
I think we (can/can't) do it today.
A | B | |
1 | need | neat |
2 | rag | rack |
3 | hid | hit |
4 | mud | mutt |
5 | save | safe |
6 | ride | write |
7 | bud | but |
8 | bag | back |
Rachel's Videos: 'eh' as in 'bed' 'aa' as in 'bat' 'aw' as in 'law' 'oy' as in 'toy'.'uh' as in 'butter' 'ah' as in 'father'
Sounds of American English
A | B | |
1 | and | end |
2 | bland | blend |
3 | ham | hem |
4 | tamper | temper |
5 | land | lend |
6 | gassed | guest |
7 | pan | pen |
8 | spanned | spend |
9 | band | bend |
10 | tamp | temp |
A | B | |
1 | bat | bet |
2 | had | head |
3 | paddle | pedal |
4 | shall | shell |
5 | gnat | net |
6 | mat | met |
7 | pack | peck |
8 | mash | mesh |
9 | rack | wreck |
10 | past | pest |
A | B | |
1 | color | collar |
2 | nut | not |
3 | stuck | stock |
4 | luck | lock |
5 | come | calm |
6 | fund | fond |
7 | bum | bomb |
8 | wonder | wander |
A | B | |
1 | beg | bug |
2 | ben | bun |
3 | dell | dull |
4 | messed | must |
5 | guess | Gus |
6 | jest | just |
7 | net | nut |
8 | better | butter |
A | B | |
1 | all | oil |
2 | jaw | joy |
3 | paw | poi |
4 | brawl | broil |
5 | toe | toy |
6 | cone | coin |
7 | old | oiled |
8 | toll | toil |
More Minimal Pairs
http://streaming.ohio.edu/cas/lingCALL/vowel.htm
http://www.fuhriman.us/la.esl/minimal-pairs.html (no audio)
- It's really too late to wait.
- What's the low down on the raw fish law?
- After a week, I think these leeks reek.
- The crew didn't' have a clue.
- If we flee, we'll be free.
- Did Blake break the plate?
- The hail got in my hair.
- The meal was a mere five dollars.
- There were very many berries in the valley.
- The big cap is a simple symbol.
- I only have half of the fee.
- Please sit in the soft seat.
- There was a lot of pressure to measure the major explosion.
- Put the sheet on the seat before you sit on it.
- Most of you must bowl with the red ball.
- She won't want to walk there.
- The frog would leap from one leaf to another .
- There's a ban on putting fans in a van.
- I wish she wasn't a witch.
- Who's got your goat?
- Would she sue the zoo?
- We hissed as we watched the conclusion.
- We ditched the party and washed our car.
Normal Speed
Mary is thirty-one years old. She has lived in New York City for 18 months and never wants to leave. She got her degree in Fine Arts and now works as a consultant for a marketing firm. She loves Manhattan and all it has to offer. In her free time, she likes to go bowling and take photographs. She also likes reading thrillers and mystery novels.When she has guests in town and it's warm, she might take them to the Central Park Zoo or walk along the East River to enjoy the view of the Brooklyn Bridge. It is a pleasure for her to show them the town. New York is well known for its restaurants. One of Mary's favorite places is called The Wood Grill. Her friend James is a waiter there. Sometimes she'll go there for brunch because it's fairly cheap.
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