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Beginner - Pronun - Minimal Pairs

The document provides information on pronunciation for English language learners, including vowels, consonants, diphthongs, and minimal pairs. It also lists words to practice distinguishing different vowel and consonant sounds. The goal is to help students learn and differentiate between similar-sounding phonemes in English.

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The document provides information on pronunciation for English language learners, including vowels, consonants, diphthongs, and minimal pairs. It also lists words to practice distinguishing different vowel and consonant sounds. The goal is to help students learn and differentiate between similar-sounding phonemes in English.

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STUDENTS NAME:

BEGINNER

PRONUNCIATION

* Vowel
Long vowels

Short vowels

Diphthongs

* Consonants
Voiced

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Unvoiced/ Voiceless

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BEGINNER

STUDENTS NAME:
.
PRONUNCIATION

MINIMAL PAIRS
/ / & / /
Sheep
ship
Bean
bin
Meal
mill
Heel
Hill
Leak
Lick

// & / e/
Tin
ten
Jill
Gel
Hill
hell
Ill
L
Did
dead
/ e/ & //
Bet
bat
Net
gnat
Pen
pan
Men
man
X
axe
N
Anne
// & //
Cat
Cut
Ban
Bun
Dam
Dumb
Shatter
Shutter
Stamp
Stump
Track
Truck
Bag
Bug

// & //
Cat
Cart
Hat
Heart
Had
Hard
Chat
Chart
Am
Arm
// & //
CARE & SUCCESS

Write phonetic symbols for those words


Big /b/
Skin
Mean /mn/
Mitt
Hit
Sleepy
Heat
Neat
Leave
Live
Thirteen
Thirty
Fourteen
Forty
Pen
Pin
Listen
Bell

Bill
River
Little
N

Apple
Second
Pan
Clever
Better
Pants

Ten
Cap
Hat
Cat
Fan
Pen

Cup
Bad
Dad
Happy
Hat
Just
Hang
Ran
Mad
Car
Card
Pan
Apple
Mat

Hut
Fun
Uncle
Much
Hut
Mud
Hung
Run
Bag
Park
Dark
Man
Bark
Heart
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BEGINNER

PRONUNCIATION

Hat
Cat
Fax
Sack
Tap
Backs

Hot
Cot
Fox
Sock
Top
Box
// & //

Cot
Caught
Shot
God
Gored
Poured

Black
Pat
Soft
Strong

Short
Pod

Block
Pot
Long
Hat

Caught
Short
Gored
Poured
Rock
Lock

Cot
Shot
God
Pod
Box
Bored

Good
Would
Could
Should

Wood
Wouldnt
Couldnt
Shouldnt

// & //
Pot
Put
Cod
Could
Lock
Look
Rock
Rook
Box
Books
/ / & /u/
Look
Luke
Full
Fool
Pull
Pool
Foot
Food
Book
Boo

Look
Full
Pull
Foot
Book
Cook
School
Sugar

Sugar
Took
Shot
Pot

Luke
Fool
Pool
Food
Boo
Good
shoe
Soup

// & / /
Four
Torn
Warm
Walker

Fur
Turn
Worm
Worker

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Door
Floor
Core
More

Nurse
Burn
Worst
Were
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BEGINNER

PRONUNCIATION

/ / & //
Cart
Cut
Part
Putt
Carp
Cup
Starter
Stutter
// & / /
Cut
Curt
Hut
Hurt
Fun
Fern
Bud
Bird
Gull
Girl
// & //
Caught
Coat
Mourn
Moan
Tore
Toe
More
Mow
Sore
Sew
// & /:/
Banana
Photograph
America
Photography
Fern
Photographer
Bird
Surface
Shirt
Saturday
// & //
Darling
Dialling
CARE & SUCCESS

Cart
Part
Carp
Starter

Cut
Putt
Cup
Stutter

Pearl
Shirt
Work
Cut
Hut

Putt
Shut
But
Curt
Hurt

Load
Bought
Ought
Home

Thought
Lonely
Download
Cone

Thirsty
Early
Work

Darling
Tar

Dialling
Tie

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BEGINNER

PRONUNCIATION

Tar
Par

Tie Par
Pie
/e/ &

Air
Hair
Hay
Pair
Pay
Stare
Stay
Wear
Way

Pie

/e/
A

Lake
Take
Mare
Nightmare
Fake
Shake
Fate

/e/ & //
Tail
Toil
Tail
Sail
Soil
Sail
Bay
Boy
Bay
Haste
Hoist
Ray
Roy
/e/ & /e/
Tail
Tell
Whale
Well
Fail
Fell
Mate
Met
Raid
Red
/e/ & /a/
Tail
Tile
Mail
Mile
Stale
Style
Fate
Fight
Hate
Height
/a/ & //
Hour
Are
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Great
Sake
Face
Chair
Pear
Late

Toil
Soil
Boy

Haste
Ray

Hoist
Roy

Tail
Whale
Fail
Mate
Raid

Tail
Mail
Stale
Fate
Hate

Tell
Well
Fell
Met
Red

Tile
Mile
Style
Fight
Height

Hour

Are

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STUDENTS NAME:
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PRONUNCIATION

Power
Tower
Bower

Par
Tar
Bar

Shark
Power
Tower
Bower
House
Park

Shower
Par
Tar
Bar
Now
Mark

//: unvoiced & //:


voiced

Think
This
Thank
That
Thing
These
Theme
Those
Thursday
There

Mouth
Teeth
Breath
Thigh

Either
Teethe
Breathe
Thy

/s/: unvoiced & //:


unvoiced

Worse
Sing
Sick
Miss

worth
thing
Thick
Myth

Worse
Sing
Sick
Miss

worth
thing
Thick
Myth

/s/: unvoiced & //:


unvoiced

Sea
She
Sue
Shoe
Seat
Sheet
Sack
Shack

Sea
Sue
Seat
Sack
Bus
Fish
Cash

She
Shoe
Sheet
Shack
Bush
Fix
Cats

/s/: unvoiced & /z/:


voiced

Sue
Bus
Sip

Zoo
Buzz
Zip

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Sue
Bus

Zoo

Buzz
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PRONUNCIATION

Price
Race
Hiss

Prize
Rays
His

Sip
Price

Zip

Prize
Race
Rays
Hiss

His

/ /: unvoiced & //:


voiced

Shirt
Measure
Shopping
garage
Shower
Pleasure

Shirt
Television
Shopping
Treasure
Shower
Asia

Measure
Garage
Pleasure

Casual clothes
Massage
Occasionally

//: unvoiced & /t/:


unvoiced

Ships
Shop
Sheep
Wash

Chips
Chop
Cheap
Watch

Ships
Shop
Sheep
Wash

Chips
Chop
Cheap
Watch

/t/: unvoiced & /d/:


voiced

Cherry
Cheap
Choke
Cheer

Jerry
Jeep
Joke
Jeer

Cherry
Cheap
Choke
Cheer
Cheese

Jerry
Jeep
Joke
Jeer
Jam

/d/: voiced & /j/: voiced

Jess
Yes
Jam
Yam

Jess
Jam

Yes
Yam

** Plural form: / s/ & /z/ & /z/

Cats
CARE & SUCCESS

Sandwiches
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STUDENTS NAME:
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PRONUNCIATION

Trees

Buses

Boxes

Houses

Glasses

Plants

Faces

Kisses

Shoes

Computers

Kids

Cups

Boats

Calendars

Keys

Babies

*** Verb (_ed)


Hoped

Landed

Planted

Smiled

Kissed

Learned

Missed

Surfed

Praised

Showed

Cooked

Tamed

Laughed

Claimed
**** Verb (s/es)- I play/ He plays

Plays

Looks

Kisses

Studies

Misses

Sits

Runs

Loves

Writes

Votes

Cooks

Eats
Leads
MINI TEST

Please write down phonetic symbols for the following words


Cold
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Spoon
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BEGINNER

PRONUNCIATION

Fainted
River
Goal
Work
Walk
Wash
Word
World
Stick
Stamp

Street
House
Cone
Lonely
Consider
Opinion
Bin
Bean
Lean
Learn

Oh pretty baby

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Don't bring me 11.. /dan/ I


Frankie
Valli

pray
Oh pretty baby

You're just too good to be true

Now that I've 12 /fand/ you

I can't take my eyes off you

stay

You'd be like heaven to touch

And let me love you, baby

I wanna 1./ hld/ you so

Let me love you

much
At long last love has .2/

You're just too good to be true

ravd/

I can't take my eyes off you

And I thank God I'm alive

You'd be like heaven to touch

You're just too good to be true

I wanna 1./ hld/ you so

Can't take my eyes off you

much
At long last love has .2/

Pardon the 3.. /we/ that I stare

ravd/

There's nothing else to compare

And I thank God I'm alive

The sight of you leaves me

You're just too good to be true

4.. /wk/

Can't take my eyes off You

There are no 5.. /wdz/ left to


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tu gots
.

BEGINNER

er wr tu gots.
PRONUNCIATION

ovr rvr, er wz veri


nr.
speak brd.

I love you baby

But ifde,
youfeel
I feel
wn
gotlike
wz
krs s
brd.
Please let me 6 /n/ that is

And if it's quite all 7.. /rat/

real
dst t mdl v brd, hi
You're
just too
good to be true
met
n
got.
I can't take my eyes off you
er wz n rum fr ()m t
ps.
I love you baby
"go
sed all
wn
got t i /rat/
And ifbk,"
it's quite
7..
r, "er z n rum fr b v
I 8./nd/ you baby
s".
To warm the 9.. /ln.li/

To warm the 9.... /ln.li/

I 8.../nd/ you baby


nights
I love you baby
Now trust in me when I
10../se/

"wa
d a go bk? sed i
nights
r got. "betr ju mst go
I love you baby
bk."
Trust in me when I 10../se/
ju mst go bk, sed frst
got, bkz am str n ju.
"ju r nt str n a, sed
seknd
got.
Using phonetics
symbols, write down words for this story
"wi wil si bat t", sed
frst got nd hi pt dan (h)z
hrnz t fat.
"stp! sed seknd got.
f wi fat, wi wil b fl ntu
rvr nd bi drand nd n
sted a hv pln. a wil la
dan nd ju me w:lk .vr
mi.
en waz wn led dan n
brd nd i r got w:lkt
slatli .vr hm.
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R Ekrst
& SU
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C brd
kmf()tbli nd went n er
wez.

10

STUDENTS NAME:
.

BEGINNER

PRONUNCIATION

h.ri wlf
wns, wlf wz veri h.ri. t lkt
fr fud hr nd er. bt t kdnt get
eni. t lst t fnd lf v bred
nd pis v mit n hl v tri.
h.ri wlf skwizd ntu hl.
t et
l fud. t wz wdpek.rz lnt.
hi wz n hz we bk t tri t
hv lnt. bt hi s er wz n fud
n hl, nsted, wlf.
n si wdpek.r, wlf trad
t get at v hl. bt t kdnt.
ts tmi wz swln.
wdpek.r k:t wlf nd gev t
nas bitz.

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