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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 |
http://pufslebow.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/37907855/l-r-w-pairs-1.mp3
| A | B |
| 1 | clue | crew |
| 2 | blue | brew |
| 3 | glass | grass |
| 4 | flee | free |
| 5 | blow | bro |
| 6 | clock | crock |
| 7 | block | Brocke |
| 8 | bled | bread |
| 9 | Blake | break |
| 10 | claw | craw |
http://pufslebow.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/37907857/l-w-pairs2.mp3
| 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 |
http://pufslebow.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/37907859/l-w-pairs3.mp3
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 |
http://pufslebow.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/37907844/bp.mp3
| 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 |
http://pufslebow.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/37907848/fv.mp3
| 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 |
http://pufslebow.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/37907861/silent-bpfv.mp3
| 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 |
http://pufslebow.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/37907846/bpfv.mp3
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 | |
http://pufslebow.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/37907863/s-z-sh-ch-j.mp3
| 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 |
There was a huge explosion by the shore.
This sure is a confusing conclusion.
| A | B |
| 1 | ditched | dished |
| 2 | matched | mashed |
| 3 | hatched | hashed |
| 4 | hitched | hissed |
| 5 | watched | washed |
http://pufslebow.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/37907865/tched-shed.mp3
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 |
http://pufslebow.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/37907851/long-e-pairs.mp3
| 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 |
http://pufslebow.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/37907853/long-o-pairs.mp3
http://pufslebow.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/69295128/jeff-mary-in-nyc.mp3
Minimal pairs (groups)
- beat – bit - Pete – pit
- rice - rise
- ride – lied - wide
- fall – far
- class - clash
- seat – sheet
- won't - want
- though - dough
- band - bend
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- deer - tear
- zoo – Jew - shoe - chew - sue
- very – berry – fairy – Perry
- major - measure
- thing – think
- thin – sin – shin
- bone – born
- face – faith - fate
- liter - litter
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http://pufslebow.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/69295600/minimal-pair-practice.mp3
Instructional Videos
RachelsEnglish.com:
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'
Stress and Intonation Videos