MINIMAL PAIRS

What is a minimal pair?

• 1. It's the smallest meaningful contrastive unit in a writing system.

• It's two words that vary by only a single sound.

• It represents speech sounds where air leaves the mouth without any blockage by the tongue.

• It's a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which can be combined with a vowel.

What is this?

• /ʃɪp/

• /sɪt/

• /ʃiːp/

• /ʃiːt/

What is this?

• /ɪl/

• /ɪt/

• /iːtʃ/

• /iːt/

What is this?

• /tʃɪp/

• /ʃɪp/

• /tʃiːp/

• /ʃiːp/

What is this?

• /sɪks/

• /siːk/

• /sɪt/

• /siːt/

What is this?

• /fɪl/

• /fiːl/

• /fɪt/

• /fiːt/

What is this?

• /spɒt/

• /sɔːd/

• /sɒd/

• /spɔːt/

What is this?

• /ʃɔːn/

• /ʃɒt/

• /ʃɒn/

• /ʃɔːt/

What is this?

• /kɔːt/

• /kɔːd/

• /kɒt/

• /kɒd/

What is this?

• /wɔːt/

• /wɔːk/

• /wɒk/

• /wɒt/