Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Practice pronunciation and minimal pairs

Practice Sentences
  • It's really too late to wait.
  • What's the lowdown on the raw fish law?
  • After a week, I think these leeks reek.
  • Would she sue the zoo?
  • The crew didn't' have a clue.
  • If we flee, we'll be free.
  • Did Blake break the plate?
  • Did Susan feel fear when she saw one more mole?
  • The hail got in my hair.
  • The meal was a mere five dollars.
  • There were very many berries in the valley.
  • There's a ban on putting fans in a van.
  • There was a lot of pressure to measure the major explosion.
  • Put the sheet on the seat before you sit on it.
  • The frog would leap from one leaf to another .
  • Most of you must bowl with the red ball.
  • She won't want to walk there.
  • I wish she wasn't a witch.
  • The big cap is a simple symbol.
  • I only have half of the fee.
  • Please sit in the soft seat.
  • We hissed as we watched the conclusion.      
  • We ditched the party and washed our car.


Minimal pairs
  • beat – bit - Pete – pit
  • rice - rise
  • ride – lied - wide
  • fall – far
  • class - clash
  • seat – sheet
  • won't - want
  • though - dough
  • band - bend
  • reach - rich - leech - which
  • zoo – Jew - shoe - chew - sue
  • very – berry – fairy – Perry
  • major - measure
  • thing – think
  • thin – sin – shin
  • bone – born
  • low - law - row - raw
  • liter - litter

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