Pronunciation Practice: Minimal Pairs – II

Pronunciation Practice: Minimal Pairs – II

 

                                   

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Dear readers, in the previous post we learnt about the first part of Minimal Pairs in English. In this post let us discuss the second part of Minimal Pairs, which means “… a set of words which differ from each other in just one sound” (Balasubramanian, 2005). For example, boy – toy, bin – pin, kite - bite. These two words differ in one different sound. Practising these minimal pairs certainly helps in refining pronunciation. Practise the following exercise to improve pronunciation in English.  

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·        Dress                    -              Press

·        Drink                    -              Brink

·        Dance                   -              Dense

·        Done                     -              Pun

·        Eat                        -              Each

·        East                       -              Feast

·        End                       -              Lend

·        Feed                      -              Need

·        Feel                       -              Meal

·        Full                       -              Pull

·        Fond                     -              Pond

·        Find                      -              Kind

·        Gate                      -              Fate

·        Get                        -              Met

·        Gun                       -              Bun

·        Grill                      -              Drill

·        Go                         -              Toe

·        Heel                      -              Feel

·        Haste                    -              Waste

·        Hide                      -              Side

·        Hand                     -              Land

·        Harm                    -              Farm

Keep practising several times until you acquire the pronunciation fluently. https://i.pinimg.com/564x/3e/9b/14/3e9b149c9c8b991e1eace82a5081c568.jpg

In the next post, let us explore further in Minimal Pairs. 

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Author: 

K. Nandhakumar

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science (Autonomous)

Coimbatore-641 020