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 |
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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Pronunciation Resources
Top Practice Sites
- American English Pronunciation Practice
- LearningEnglish Pronunciation
- EnglishPronunciation at EnglishClub.com
- English Pronunciation/Listening (OkanaganUniversity, Canada)
- Phonetics: English Sound Library (Universityof Iowa)
- Eva Easton - Pronuciation
- Teaching Pronunciation
- Emily's Pronunciation Class
- Listen & Repeat Machine
- Common Korean Errors
- Ear Training
Sources of Practice Audio
- Elllo.org
- Breakingnewsenglish.com
- Esl-lab.com
Music related (more fun than pronuciation related) - Lyricstraining.com
- Singsnap.com (online Karaoke)
Chatbots are automated chat tools that can be pre-programmed say certain things or interact with users. Text to speech chatbots allow you to create a speaking character (or avatar)
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- TarleSpeech
Samples- Frequently Mispronounced Words - Wood, Women, Beach , Version
- Confusing Word Pairs - coffee/copy, live/leave, world/word
- Seattle English
Samples
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'
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
- Word Stress: Reduced vs. Unstressed
- Word Stress: Function Words
- Word Stress: Content Words
- Listening Comprehension: Word Stress in 2-Syllable Words
- Intro to Word Stress in American English
- Jennifer ESL - Stress - 9a 9b 9c
- Jennifer ESL - Intonation - 10a 10b 10c 10d
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