Beginner - Pronun - Minimal Pairs
Beginner - Pronun - Minimal Pairs
BEGINNER
PRONUNCIATION
* Vowel
Long vowels
Short vowels
Diphthongs
* Consonants
Voiced
Unvoiced/ Voiceless
BEGINNER
STUDENTS NAME:
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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
// & //
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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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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
Door
Floor
Core
More
Nurse
Burn
Worst
Were
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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
CARE & SUCCESS
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
BEGINNER
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
Think
This
Thank
That
Thing
These
Theme
Those
Thursday
There
Mouth
Teeth
Breath
Thigh
Either
Teethe
Breathe
Thy
Worse
Sing
Sick
Miss
worth
thing
Thick
Myth
Worse
Sing
Sick
Miss
worth
thing
Thick
Myth
Sea
She
Sue
Shoe
Seat
Sheet
Sack
Shack
Sea
Sue
Seat
Sack
Bus
Fish
Cash
She
Shoe
Sheet
Shack
Bush
Fix
Cats
Sue
Bus
Sip
Zoo
Buzz
Zip
Sue
Bus
Zoo
Buzz
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STUDENTS NAME:
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PRONUNCIATION
Price
Race
Hiss
Prize
Rays
His
Sip
Price
Zip
Prize
Race
Rays
Hiss
His
Shirt
Measure
Shopping
garage
Shower
Pleasure
Shirt
Television
Shopping
Treasure
Shower
Asia
Measure
Garage
Pleasure
Casual clothes
Massage
Occasionally
Ships
Shop
Sheep
Wash
Chips
Chop
Cheap
Watch
Ships
Shop
Sheep
Wash
Chips
Chop
Cheap
Watch
Cherry
Cheap
Choke
Cheer
Jerry
Jeep
Joke
Jeer
Cherry
Cheap
Choke
Cheer
Cheese
Jerry
Jeep
Joke
Jeer
Jam
Jess
Yes
Jam
Yam
Jess
Jam
Yes
Yam
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
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
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
pray
Oh pretty baby
stay
much
At long last love has .2/
ravd/
much
At long last love has .2/
ravd/
4.. /wk/
STUDENTS NAME:
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BEGINNER
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PRONUNCIATION
But ifde,
youfeel
I feel
wn
gotlike
wz
krs s
brd.
Please let me 6 /n/ that is
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/
"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
CESS
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C brd
kmf()tbli nd went n er
wez.
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STUDENTS NAME:
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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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