Sound pairs: Words with /еɪ/, /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/

Sound pairs: Words with /əʊ/ and /aʊ/

Sound pairs: Words with /ɪə/ and /eə/

Minimal Sound Pairs MEMORY GAME

Find the minimal sound pairs in the following set of words:

 (click on image to play game)

Sound pairs to practice vowels /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:

Sound pairs to practice vowels /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)

Sound pairs to practice vowels /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 

SOUND PAIRS: /n/ and /ŋ/

Sound Pairs /θ - ð/

[θ] – [ð]

both fathers
three mothers
thank your brother
south of this river
throw out the rubbish

[ð] – [θ]

that thing
the theory
that path
another author
gather strength
neither health nor wealth

SOUND PAIRS: /s/ and /z/

SOUND PAIRS: /f/ and /v/

Sound pairs: Words with /əʊ/ and /aʊ/

Sound pairs: Words with /еɪ/, /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/

Sound pairs: Words with /ɪə/ and /eə/

Minimal pairs to practice vowels /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 to practice vowels /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 to practice vowels /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 

smart – smut 
barter – butter 

cart – cut 

heart – hut 

carter – cutter 

tart – tut 

/ i:, ɪ / and / u:, ʊ / Practice: Minimal Pairs DOMINO

Today we played a DOMINO to practice minimal pairs including / i:, ɪ / and / u:, ʊ / VOWEL SOUNDS.
It was great fun!

Here's the LINK to view it as a WORD DOCUMENT and download the / i:, ɪ / and / u:, ʊ / Practice: Minimal Pairs DOMINO.