minimal pairs
TRANSCRIPT
Practicing minimal pairs
By Claudita Cárdenas
Complete the statements with the appropriate word
sheep
hit
eel
sieve
leave
ship
heat
ill
receive
live
Match the similar words
• Sheep
• Receive
• Leave
• Heat
• Eel
• ill
• Live
• Hit
• Sieve
• Ship
ANSWER
• Sheep
• Heat
• Eel
• Receive
• Leave
• Ship
• Hit
• ill
• Sieve
• live
A necklace of brown glass ______
a.Beads
b.Bids
She broke her _______ falling down the stairs
a. Heap
b. Hip
Those shoes don’t _______ her _______.
a.feet, fit
b.Fit, feet
He made a ____ of $150 for the painting
a.Bead
b.Bid
Everytime he wants to play, he begins to ______; he’s really sick
a.Whiz
b.Wheez
He’s so brilliant. He’s a _____ at mathematics
a.Whiz
b.Wheez
This is the football _______
a.Peach
b.Pitch
She _______ for her gun
a.Reached
b.Riched
Diane’s ___________ her lollipop
a.Leaking
b.Licking
There are 52 _______ in a year
a.Weeks
b.Wicks
The tap ______ all day, we have to get it fixed
a.Licks
b.Leaks
My parents in law are ______ enough to buy an airplane
a. Reach
b. Rich
Her face is as soft as a _______
a.Peach
b.Pitch
That _______ of rubish stinks
a.Hip
b.Heap
The tornado was so devastating that whole cities were wiped off the ________
a.Mop
b.Map
She must be a whiz! Are you telling me that she can ____ at the age of 2?
a.Add
b.Odd
What she ______ in beauty, she makes up for brains
a.Lacks
b.Locks
A _______ is a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors
a.Mop
b.Map
A candle _______ is string, cord, or wooden object that holds the flame of a candle.
a.Week
b.Wick
The documents of the new exports policies are quintessential for the company. That’s why they are under ____ and key
a.Lack
b.Lock
When we are in need for a _____ they don’t show up
a.Cab
b.Cob
I can’t believe that Luren let the ______ out of the bag. Everybody was in shock.
a.Cot
b.Cat
Do you know how to grill corn on the ____?
a.Cab
b.Cob
That _____ is a nightmare! Firs, I couldn’t sleep and second, my
whole body was aching the next day
a.Cat
b.Cot
Choose the ______ word out?
a. add
b. odd
MATCH EAN PAIR OF THINGS WITH A CONTAINER
Sardines/ tomatoes Eggs/ juice
matches/ chocolates Cola/ beer
Toothpaste/ glue Coffee/ jam
Wine/ lemonade Sugar/ crisps
BOTTLE- PACKET- BOX- TIN- CAN- JAR- TUBE- CARTON
Oral exercise
Shopping lists’ written exercise
Shopping lists’ written exercise
Shopping lists’ written exercise
Listen and correct the mistakes in this shopping list
• 6 cans of cola
• A couple of cartons of eggs
• 2 bottles of wine (1 red, 1 rose)
• 2 packers of crisps (barbecue flavor)
• A tin of green olives
• A small jar of coffee
• A box of safety matches
• A big tube of glue