Minimal Pairs -homophones

Minimal Pairs – Homophones Words that sound the same but are spelled differently,and ofcourse have a different meaning. It's time to drive some of your sino-tibetan students crazy Procedure: Distribute the list of words to your class. Read one word from each pair. Read it three times with a normal intonation. Have the students circle the word they hear. Check the correct answers with the class, and then run them through some choral and individual pronunciation drills. 1. rips --- lips 2. right --- light 3. read --- lead 4. Paris --- palace 5. crime --- climb 6. grass --- glass 7. arrive --- alive 8. correct --- collect 9. crowd --- cloud 10. pray --- play 11. red --- led 12. free --- flea 13. ride --- lied 14. fry --- fly 15. river --- liver I made some sentence sets with the same vocabulary. Follow the same procedure as above: 1. She has nice lips. --- She has nice rips. 2. That's right. --- That's light! 3. If you read, I'll follow along. --- If you lead, I'll follow along. 4. The Paris police are here. --- The palace police are here. 5. It's a terrible crime. --- It's a terrible climb. 6. Don't touch the grass. --- Don't touch the glass. 7. I'll correct them. --- I'll collect them. 8. A crowd was around him. --- A cloud was around him. 9. Marianna likes to pray. --- Marianna likes to play. 10. The dog could be red. ---The dog could be led. 11. She wants to know 12. I like the liver. --- I like the river. 13. I wish I could fly. --- I wish I could fry. 14. I'm not sure if I ride. --- I'm not sure if I lied. 15. I got a flea bite at the buffet. --- I got a free bite at the buffet.

Time to drive some of your hispanic students crazy. Follow the procedures above. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

chair --- share cheap --- sheep cheat --- sheet cheered --- sheered shin --- chin chines --- shines chirt --- shirt chip --- ship shuck --- chuck

Here are some sentence sets with the same vocabulary. Some of them test the bounds of metaphor.;-) Follow the same procedure as above: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

I like to chair at a meeting. --- I like to share at a meeting. He thought the cheese was cheap. --- He thought the cheese was sheep. The cheat failed the strength test. --- The sheet failed the strength test. The crowded cheered when she began walking. --- The crowded sheered when she began walking. I hurt my shin. --- I hurt my chin. We are finished when the bell chines. --- We are finished when the bell shines. The geologist brought a chirt. --- The geologist brought a shirt. The engineers made a better chip. --- The engineers made a better ship. Shuck some of the new corn. --- Chuck some of the new corn.