Practice minimal pairs

Audio: https://soundcloud.com/everyday-english-conversations/minimal-pair-audio

A minimal pair is a set of two words that vary by one sound. These sounds may confuse English learners because of their similarities.

Practice by listening to the following minimal pairs and putting them in the order you hear them.

Minimal Pair /b/ and /p/

bay	pair	bore	pay	poor	bear

Minimal Pair /b/ and /v/

bent	bet	bolt	volt	vent	vet

Minimal Pair /ɪ/ and /i:/

it	bin	green	bean	eat	grin

Minimal Pair /e/ and /ɪ/

gym	mess	fell	fill	gem	miss

Minimal Pair /æ/ and /e/

bad	said	man	men	bed	sad

Minimal Pair initial /ʤ/ and /j/

Jack	jetti	yak	joke	yeti	yolk