Minimal
Pairs
“e
” and
“a
”
Watch the video, please.
Pronunciation
Practice
1. Bed-bad
2. Led-lad
3. Said-sad
4. Fed-fad
5. Red-rad
6. Pet-pat
7. Sell-Sal
(abbrev.
“Sally
”)
8. Rep-rap
9. Let-lat
10.
Vet-vat
11.
Beth-bath
12.
Rent-rant
13.
Kent-can
’t
14.
Left-laughed (American
English)
15.
Slept-slapped
16.
Kept-capped
Practice
Sentences:
1.
I met a mad cat who laughed as it scratched my left leg.
2.
I lent my landlord ten dollars last week lest he rant about my rent.
3.
The teacher slapped the desk with a metal slab because I slept.
4.
At last, Beth is taking a bath.
5.
Pat pet his fat pet hamster on the head.
6.
Then
is that a hat on your head?
7.
The red rat sat on a set of ten tan cans.
8.
He laughed as the girl left ten cents in
the sand.
9.
The rep on the raft wrapped yellow presents in the shallow end.
10.
Kent can
’t spell.
The fe llow can
’tpen "fallow deer
”.
11.
If
you
’re fed with fad diets you
’ll end
up fat.
12.
Even the fat vet couldn
’t get Pat
’s cat
out of the vat.
13.
Don
’t beg.
The ba g fe ll into the dank ta nk.
14.
Sally said she was sad for selling the black, wrecked, ragged belt.
15.
Sal let Pat sell her fat pet cat
“Lassie .
”
Comprehension: Listen to the following
and select the correct word.
1. vet
– vat
2. Sal
– sell
3. slapped
– slept
4. chat
– Chet
5. beg
– bag
6. said
– sad
7. lat
– let
8. lass
– less
9. ten
– tan
10.
pan
– pen
11.
past
– pest
12.
spanned
– spend
13.
neck
– knack
14.
heck
– hack
15.
wreck
– wrack
16.
wrap
– rep
17. mat
– met
18. net
– gnat
19. last
– lest
20. rant - rent
Minimal Pairs "I" and
"e"
Minimal Pairs "a" "e"
and "I"
Minimal Pairs "r" and
"l"
Minimal Pairs "S" and
"Th"
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