How good is your pronunciation? In this little pronunciation workshop you can test yourself and practice pronouncing minimal pairs. What is a minimal pair? A minimal pair is two words that have one sound which is different. For example, ship and sheep, or fun and fan.
Sounds and words in this video:
Vowels
1. /ʌ/ and /æ/
– but, bat – cup, cap – run, ran – bunk, bank
2. /æ/ and /e/
– man, men – sad, said – and, end – pat, pet
3. /e/ and /ɪ/
– set, sit – jest, gist – pen, pin – desk, disk
4. /ɪ/ and /i:/
– ship, sheep – did, deed – grin, green – is, ease
5. /e/ and /ei/
– sell, sail – get, gate – let, late – bread, braid
6. /æ/ and /ei/
– rat, rate – man, main – lack, lake – clam, claim
Consonants
7. /b/ and /p/
– big, pig – base, pace – cab, cap – mob, mop
8. /v/ and /b/
– van, ban – very, berry – vowel, bowel – dove, dub
9. /v/ and /f/
– van, fan – vine, fine – leave, leaf – save, safe