Minimal Pairs
Rachel's Videos:
The L Sound The R Sound The W Sound Listen & Repeat Exercises
U of Iowa's
Sounds of American English
| A | B | C |
| 1 | lice | rice | |
| 2 | late | rate | wait |
| 3 | low | row | woe |
| 4 | law | raw | |
| 5 | lay | ray | way |
| 6 | late | rate | wait |
| 7 | lane | rain | wain |
| 8 | led | red | wed |
| 9 | lie | rye | why |
| 10 | leek | reek | week |
| A | B |
| 1 | clue | crew |
| 2 | blue | brew |
| 3 | glass | grass |
| 4 | flee | free |
| 5 | blow | bro |
| 6 | clock | crock |
| 7 | blouse | browse |
| 8 | bled | bread |
| 9 | Blake | break |
| 10 | claw | craw |
| A | B |
| 1 | belly | berry |
| 2 | mole | more |
| 3 | hail | hair |
| 4 | heel | hear |
| 5 | fool | four |
| 6 | file | fire |
| 7 | deal | dear |
| 8 | meal | mere |
| 9 | rebuttal | rebutter |
| 10 | cuddle | cutter |
Rachel's Videos:
The b and p sounds *
The f and v sounds
U of Iowa's
Sounds of American English
| A | B |
| 1 | big | pig |
| 2 | bet | pet |
| 3 | bad | pad |
| 4 | mob | mop |
| 5 | cab | cap |
| 6 | rib | rip |
| 7 | symbol | simple |
| 8 | rabid | rapid |
| 9 | stable | staple |
| 10 | nabbed | napped |
| A | B |
| 1 | fine | vine |
| 2 | fiddle | vittle |
| 3 | flog | vlog |
| 4 | leaf | leave |
| 5 | safe | save |
| 6 | huffer | hover |
| 7 | proof | prove |
| 8 | half | have |
| A | B |
| 1 | bat | fat |
| 2 | boat | vote |
| 3 | pile | file |
| 4 | cab | calf |
| 5 | pry | fry |
| 6 | sappy | savvy |
| 7 | cub | cuff |
| 8 | cape | cave |
| A | B | C | D |
| 1 | bee | pee | fee | vee |
| 2 | berry | perry | ferry | very |
| 3 | buy | pie | fie | vie |
| 4 | bile | pile | file | vile |
| 5 | bail | pale | fail | veil |
| 6 | bay | pay | fay | vay |
| bane | pain | feign | vane |
| 8 | best | pest | fest | vest |
Rachels Videos:
's' as in 'sip' ,
'z' as in 'zip' ,
'sh' as in 'ship' ,
'j' as in 'jar' ,
'ch' as in 'char' ,
'dj' as in 'measure'
Sounds of American English
| A | B | C | D | E |
| 1 | Sue | zoo | shoe | chew | Jew |
| 2 | cass | Kaz | cash | catch | |
| 3 | sear | zir | sheer | cheer | Jeer |
| 4 | sane | zane | Shane | Chain | Jane |
| 5 | lease | Lee's | leash | leech | |
| 6 | sip | zip | ship | chip | gyp |
| 7 | seep | | sheep | cheap | jeep |
| 8 | leased | | leashed | leeched | |
| A | B |
| 1 | major | measure |
| 2 | pressure | pleasure |
| 3 | Confucian | confusion |
| 4 | ledger | leisure |
| 5 | | conclusion |
| 6 | | division |
| 7 | | exposure |
| 8 | | explosion |
| 9 | | supervision |
| 10 | | treasure |
There was a huge explosion by the shore.
This sure is a confusing conclusion.
| A | B |
| 1 | ditched | dished |
| 2 | matched | mashed |
| 3 | hatched | hashed |
| 4 | hitched | hissed |
| 5 | watched | washed |
f
Rachel Videos:
The ih as in site Sound *
The ee as in She Sound *
oh as in No sound *
aw as in Law Sound *
EE vs ih: Tense vs. Lax
| A | B |
| 1 | seat | sit |
| 2 | peak | pick |
| 3 | eel | ill |
| 4 | leave | live |
| 5 | meal | mill |
| 6 | peel | pill |
| 7 | reach | rich |
| 8 | teen | tin |
| 9 | seek | sick |
| 10 | deep | dip |
| 11 | liter | litter |
| 12 | beaker | bicker |
| A | B |
| 1 | boat | bought |
| 2 | low | law |
| 3 | hole | hall |
| 4 | close | clause |
| 5 | bowl | ball |
| 6 | most | must |
| 7 | won't | want |
| 8 | goat | got |
| 9 | shown | Shawn |
| 10 | oaf | off |
| 11 | coast | cost |
| 12 | woke | walk |
Rachel's Videos:
'eh' as in 'bed' 'aa' as in 'bat' 'aw' as in 'law' 'oy' as in 'toy'.
'uh' as in 'butter' 'ah' as in 'father'
Sounds of American English
| A | B |
| 1 | and | end |
| 2 | bland | blend |
| 3 | ham | hem |
| 4 | tamper | temper |
| 5 | land | lend |
| 6 | gassed | guest |
| 7 | pan | pen |
| 8 | spanned | spend |
| 9 | band | bend |
| 10 | tamp | temp |
| A | B |
| 1 | bat | bet |
| 2 | had | head |
| 3 | paddle | pedal |
| 4 | shall | shell |
| 5 | gnat | net |
| 6 | mat | met |
| 7 | pack | peck |
| 8 | mash | mesh |
| 9 | rack | wreck |
| 10 | past | pest |
| A | B |
| 1 | color | collar |
| 2 | nut | not |
| 3 | stuck | stock |
| 4 | luck | lock |
| 5 | come | calm |
| 6 | fund | fond |
| 7 | bum | bomb |
| 8 | wonder | wander |
| A | B |
| 1 | beg | bug |
| 2 | ben | bun |
| 3 | dell | dull |
| 4 | messed | must |
| 5 | guess | Gus |
| 6 | jest | just |
| 7 | net | nut |
| 8 | better | butter |
| A | B |
| 1 | all | oil |
| 2 | jaw | joy |
| 3 | paw | poi |
| 4 | brawl | broil |
| 5 | toe | toy |
| 6 | cone | coin |
| 7 | old | oiled |
| 8 | toll | toil |
More Minimal Pairs
http://streaming.ohio.edu/cas/lingCALL/vowel.htm
http://www.fuhriman.us/la.esl/minimal-pairs.html (no audio)
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Streets & Places
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Instructional Videos
RachelsEnglish.com:
Consonants:
'v' as in 'van' -
'f' as in 'fan' ,
'th' as in 'thin' -
'th' as in 'this',
'z' as in 'zip' -
's' as in 'sip' ,
'sh' as in 'ship' -
'dj' as in 'measure',
'ch' as in 'char' -
'j' as in 'jar',
'l' as in 'lap' ,
'r' as in 'run',
'w' as in 'will'
Vowels: .
'ah' as in 'ai' as in 'buy' 'father' ,
aa' as in 'bat' ,
eh' as in 'bed',
'ih' as in 'sit' ,
'ee' as in 'she' ,
'oo' as in 'boo' ,
'ur' as in 'her' ,
'aw' as in 'law' ,
'uh' as in 'pull' ,
'uh' as in 'butter'.
'uh' as in 'supply' ,
'ow' as in 'now',
'oh' as in 'no' ,
'oy' as in 'toy' ,
'ay' as in 'say' ,
'ew' as in 'few'
Stress and Intonation Videos
