Minimal
Pairs
“e
” and
“i
”
Please watch the video
(On the video I said "i" when I meant "e", in case you
noticed. Sorry.)
For the short "i" sound, the tongue doesn't touch the same
place as the "ee" sound. It doesn't touch behind the
teeth (alveolar ridge) and comes down a little. (I'll
have pictures later.)
Pronunciation Practice
1. Let-lit
2. Pet-pit
3. Red-rid
4. Sled-slid
5. Left-lift
6. Rep-rip
7. Better-bitter
8. Weather-wither
9. Tell-till
10. Sell-sill
11. Desk-disk
12. Tent-tint
13. Len-Lynn
14. net-knit
15. slept-slipped
Practice
Sentences:
1.
The bitter bread is better with a little bit
of butter.
2.
Nothing withers when it
’s wet weather.
3.
Big Bev sells yellow pillows from her reddish window sill.
4.
The ten thin tents have a crisp mellow tint
on the crest.
5.
Len hit Lynn on the head with six, thick, heavy sticks.
6.
Vin bent the ten thin disks on my desk.
7.
One minute ago, the men on the left lift just left ten chicks and a hen.
8.
I still can
’t tell whether to till the hill or dell.
9.
He slipped as I slept so I let out a shrill yell.
10.
The ill women
couldn
’t knit a net.
11.
I couldn
’t get rid of the red sled as it slid toward a big yellow pine.
12.
Rick really wrecked the wretched boat as
it drifted toward a riptide.
13.
Please fetch the ten fresh fish with very thin fins.
14.
Bill felt ill because he fell, so he took ten pills.
15.
Phil lit a candle to give himself a little less light. (He turned off the regular
light).
Comprehension: Listen to the following
and select the correct word.
1. pen
– pin
2. fell - fill
3. dill
– dell
4. better
– bitter
5. tin
– ten
6. net
– knit
7. lift
– left
8. sell
– sill
9. slipped
– slept
10.
bill
– bell
11.
fetch
– Fitch
12.
wither
– weather
13.
desk
– disk
14.
Ken
– kin
15.
din
– den
16.
peck
– pick
17.
flick
– fleck
18.
deck
– Dick
19.
bet
– bit
20.
hill - hell
Minimal Pairs "e" and
"a"
Minimal Pairs "a" "e"
and "I"
Minimal Pairs "r" and
"l"
Minimal Pairs "S" and
"Th"
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