Zheeendy Sendy Minimal Pairs Pronunciation Practice

senDy H. Toana IIIB Minimal Pairs Pronunciation Practice

1 i: eat neat beat seat eel heel green teen reach sheep

5 i

It Knit Bit Sit Ill hill Grin Tin Rich ship

e

h hall hone heat hold hollow hear hit hill hell hat

3 pit knit mitt sit ill bill fill will hill did

ou

ae cat hat pat rat cap map mass math band lack

au/a:

so low hole bowl coal wrote note boat coat coast

Saw Law Hall Ball Call Rot Not Bought Caught cost 10

f Fall funny feet fold follow fear fit fill fell fat

z/d bays sues breeze close Z den dare Dan die

7 e

Pet net met set L bell fell well hell deal

Bat Mat Sat Ban Can Dan Bad Had Sad lag 6

r Right rice rot row wrong read red rung road rock

i

ae

bet met set Ben Ken den bed head said leg

2 l light lice lot low long lead led lung load lock

9

th bathe soothe breathe clothe thee then there than thy

11 c/a Cot hot pot rot cop mop moss moth bond lock

o cob rob rub sob cop pop dock lock stock not won

u cub rub sub cup pup duck luck stuck nut

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 2. right 3. read 4. Paris 5. crime 6. grass 7. arrive 8. correct 9. crowd 10. pray 11. red 12. free 13. ride 14. fry 15. river

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--lips light lead palace climb glass alive collect cloud play led flea lied --fly 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 --cheap cheat --cheered --shin --chines chirt --chip --shuck ---

share --sheep sheet sheered chin --shines shirt ship 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. I like to chair at a meeting. --- I like to share at a meeting. 2. He thought the cheese was cheap. --- He thought the cheese was sheep. 3. The cheat failed the strength test. --- The sheet failed the strength test. 4. The crowded cheered when she began walking. --- The crowded sheered when she began walking. 5. I hurt my shin. --- I hurt my chin. 6. We are finished when the bell chines. --- We are finished when the bell shines. 7. The geologist brought a chirt. --- The geologist brought a shirt. 8. The engineers made a better chip. --- The engineers made a better ship. 9. Shuck some of the new corn. --- Chuck some of the new corn.