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Ask for help > Pronuncation - Long and short - Minimal Pairs
Pronuncation - Long and short - Minimal Pairs
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moravc
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Pronuncation - Long and short - Minimal Pairs
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Hi guys, the pronunciation is sometimes a funny thing... Let´s make a list of word pairs such as i x i:, a x a:
shit x sheet, bitch x beach, cast x cassed, coast x cost,
Can you help me to find more minimal pairs (especially the tricky ones)?
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19 Apr 2012
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ueslteacher
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smth like sh*t and sheet ? (don�t mean to offend anyone)Sophia
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19 Apr 2012
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Engteachar
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live - leave
still - steel - steal
here - hear
sin - scene
ant - aunt
p - pea |
19 Apr 2012
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kodora
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pick-peak
sit-seat
bit-beat
rid-read-reed
fit-feat-feet
lick-leak
pill-peel
sin-seen
dill-deal
sick-seek
bin-bean
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19 Apr 2012
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ueslteacher
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@ Linda: Nika started it! She said especially:) Sophia |
19 Apr 2012
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moravc
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Thanks Sophia :-D I couldn �t remember this one :-D (Remember, we don �t need homonyms)
SO far WE HAVE GOT:
i: x i
bid x bead / Bede bin x bean / been bit x beat / beet bitter x beater bitch x beach / beech blip x bleep blitz x beats brim x bream chick x cheek chip x cheap / cheep crick x creek cynic x scenic cyst x ceased did x deed dill x deal dim x deem din x dean dip x deep fill x feel filled x field fist x feast fit x feet / feat flit x fleet gin x gene / Jean grid x greed grin x green grit x greet hid x heed hill x heel / heal / he�ll hip x heap his x he�s hit x heat ill x eel is x ease it x eat itch x each kill x keel kin x keen Kip x keep kiss x keys knit / nit x neat lick x leak / leek lid x lead lids x Leeds lip x leap list x least litter x litre live x leave living x leaving Lynn x lean mill x meal mitt x meet / meat / mete nil x kneel / Neal pick x peak / peek / pique pill x peel / peal pillar x peeler pip x peep piss x peace / piece pit x Pete pitch x peach rich x reach rick / wrick x reek / wreak rid x read / reed riff x reef rill x real / reel rim x ream rip x reap risen x reason scissors x Ceasar�s shin x sheen ship x sheep shit x sheet sick x seek Sid x seed / cede sill x seal Sim x seem / seam sin x scene / seen sip x seep sit x seat six x seeks skim x scheme skit x skeet slick x sleek slip x sleep slit x sleet spick x speak still x steel / steal tick x teak till x teal Tim x team tin x teen twin x �tween Viv x weave whip x weep whit / wit x wheat wick x week / weak will x wheel / weal win x wean wind x weaned winner x weaner e x ae
bet x bat
met x mat
set x sat
Ben x ban
Ken x can
den x Dan
bed x bad
head x had
said x sad
leg x lag ou x o:
so x saw
low x law
hole x hall
bowl x ball
coal x call
coat x caught
boat x bought (o:)
ou x short o
coast x cost
wrote x rot
note x not most x mossed o x u
cob x cub, rob x rub, sob x sub, cop x cup, pop x pup, dock x cuck, lock x luck, stock x stuck, not x nut, won x one, o x a:cost x cast lost x last i x e
pit x pet, knit x net, mitt x met, sit x set, ill x L, bill x bell, fill x fell, will x well, hill x hell, did x dead s x thsick x thick, sin x thin, sink x think, sing x thing, sank x thank, sought x thought, some x thumb, use x youth, mass x Math, pass x path, worse x worth, z/d x th
bays x bathe, sues x soothe, breeze x breathe, close x clothe, Z x thee, den x then, Dan x than, die x thy, dare x there sh x s
ship x sip, sheet x seat, she x see, shed x said, shelf x self, shell x
sell, shit x sit, show x sew, leash x lease, fished x fist,
ng x kring x rink, wink wing, bank x bang, rink ring, runk rung, stink sting, Bink Bing, w x vwest x vest, wet x vet,
l x rlight x right, lice x rice / rise, lot x rot, low x row, long x wrong, lead x read, led x red / read (in past) lung x rung, load x road, lock x rock, glass x grass, b x vbase x vase, berry x very, boat x vote, best x vest, beer x veer, bent x vent, bat x vat, ban x van I like this list: http://sky.hfjh.tp.edu.tw/michelle/bestweb/minimalpairs.pdf |
19 Apr 2012
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maryse pey�
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Hi dear, What about : sick vs thick sin vs thin sink vs think sought vs thought ? |
19 Apr 2012
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