“Minimal pairs” là 2 từ chỉ khác nhau duy nhất 1 âm, những âm dễ gây khó khăn cho người học tiếng Anh, như /ɪ/ trong “ship” v.s. /i/ trong “sheep”, hoặc or /s/ trong “place” v.s. /z/ trong “plays“
A minimal pair is two words that differ by only one sound, which may easily confuse English learners, like /ɪ/ in “ship” v.s. /i/ in “sheep”; or /s/ in “place” v.s. /z/ in “plays“.
Minimal pairs – vowels
- ship or sheep (/ɪ/ or /i/)
- Final /l/ (specifically for fill v.s. feel)
- hut or hot (/ʌ/ or /ɑ/)
- bed or bad /e/ or /æ/
- hut or hat (/ʌ/ or /ae/)
- fell or fill (/e/ or /ɪ/)
- it or ate (/ɪ/ or /eɪ/)
- pull or pool /ʊ/ or /u/
- were or war (/ɜr/ or /ɔr/)
- potty or party (/ɑ/ or /ɑr/)
- were or wall (/ɜr/ or /ɑ/)
Minimal pairs: consonants
– Sibilant sounds
- place or plays (/s/ or /z/)
- sea or she (/s/ or /ʃ/)
- Cheap or Jeep (“ch” or /dʒ/)
- you or Jew (/j/ or /ʤ/)
- chain or train (/ʧ/ or /tr/)
– Stop consonants (p, b, t, d, k, g)
- tank or thank (/t/ or /θ/)
- Day or they (/d/ or /θ/)
- pay or bay (/p/ or /b/)
- Ant or and (/t/ or /d/) – final sound
- To or do (/t/ or /d/)
- Came or game (/k/ or /g/)
– The rest of the consonants
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