MINIMAL PAIRS: /e/ and /æ/

Match the MINIMAL PAIRS (D)

PRONUNCIATION TIPS: /e/ and /æ/

Here are some minimal pairs to practice vowels /e/ and /æ/:

Click on the image to hear the words.

(taken from http://www.shiporsheep.com/page3.html)

And some more:

MINIMAL PAIRS: /ɒ/ and /ɔ:/

Match the MINIMAL PAIRS

Betty Botter Bought Some Butter - English Tongue Twisters

Here's a famous English tongue twister which is perfect to practice short vowels:

/æ/ batter
/e/ better - Betty
/ɪ/ bitter - bit - this
/ɒ/ Botter
/ʌ/ butter
/ʊ/ would

And the long vowel:

/ɔ:/ bought

Vowel Pronunciation - A & O

PRONUNCIATION TIPS: /ɒ/ and /ɔ:/

Here are some minimal pairs to practice vowels /ɒ/ and /ɔ:/:

Click on the image to hear the words.

(taken from http://www.shiporsheep.com/page12.html)

(taken from http://www.tedpower.co.uk/l1all.html)

MINIMAL PAIRS: /ɑ:/ and /ʌ/

Match the MINIMAL PAIRS

PRONUNCIATION TIPS: /ɑ:/ and /ʌ/

Here are some minimal pairs to practice vowels /ɑ:/ and /ʌ/ :

Click on the image to hear the words.

(taken from http://www.shiporsheep.com/page8.html)

And here are some more minimal pairs to practice these vowels:

Minimal Pairs 

barn - bun

calm – come
cart – cut
card - cud 
tart – tut

heart – hut 

karting – cutting 

MINIMAL PAIRS: /u:/ , /ʊ/ , /i:/ and /ɪ/

Match the words

Pronunciation tips - VOWEL SOUNDS /u:/ and /ʊ/

Pronunciation tips - VOWEL SOUNDS /i:/ and /ɪ/

MINIMAL PAIRS /i:/ and /ɪ/

Taken from Learning English With Michelle

SPELLING FOR  /ɪ/

Found at English for Kids Step by Step

British English Vowels

These are the TWELVE vowel sounds standard British English pronunciation has.