Practice Listening Test of English Vowel Sounds | Learn English Pronunciation | 40 Minimal Pairs

Hi, guys.

This is F@nny.

Welcome to this English pronunciation video.

I'm now going to show you some words and I want you to read them with the proper English

vowel sound /ɪ/ or /i:/.

Let's get started.

Let's start with the first word.

Which one is it?

Is it ‘sit’ or is it ‘seat’?

Of course, it is ‘sit’.

Next word.

Is it ‘chick’ or is it ‘cheek’?

It's ‘chick’.

Next word.

‘fill’ or ‘feel’?

‘fill’ Next word.

‘his’ or ‘he's’?

Of course, ‘his’.

‘chit’ or ‘cheat’?

Its ‘cheat’.

Is it ‘pip’ or is it ‘peep’?

Of course, people it’s ‘pip’.

Next word.

‘bitch’ or ‘beach’?

It's ‘beach’.

Then we have ‘sit’ or ‘seat’.

Which one is it?

It's ‘seat’.

‘his’ oh ‘he's’?

It's ‘he's’.

And finally, is it ‘hill’ or ‘heel’?

It's ‘heel’.

Great guys.

Let's continue on.

/e/ or /ɪ/?

Let’s get started.

Let's start with the first word.

Which one is it? ‘beg’ or ‘big’?

It's ‘beg’.

Next word.

Which one is it? ‘bet’ or ‘bit’?

It's ‘bit’.

Next word.

Which one is it? ‘mess’ or ‘miss’?

It’s ‘mess’.

The following word.

Which one is it? ‘set’ or ‘sit’?

It's ‘set’ of course.

Next word.

Which one is it? ‘left’ or ‘lift’?

‘lift’ Next word.

‘hell’ or ‘hill’?

‘hill’ obviously.

Next word.

‘beg’ or ‘big’?

It's ‘big’ this time.

Next word.

‘dead’ or ‘did’?

It's ‘dead’ of course.

Then we have ‘mess’ or ‘miss’?

It is ‘miss’.

And finally, ‘dead’ or ‘did’? ‘did’

Awesome, guys!

Let's move on.

/e/ or /eɪ/?

Let's get started.

Let's start with the first word.

Is it ‘bed’ or ‘bade’?

It's ‘bed’ of course.

Next word.

‘fell’ or ‘fail’?

Which one is it?

It's ‘fail’.

Next word.

‘test’?

‘taste’?

It’s ‘taste’.

Guys, next word.

‘men’?

‘main’?

‘main’ Next word.

‘ren’?

‘rain’?

It's ‘rain’.

Next ‘sell’ or ‘sale’?

It's ‘sell’.

Next word.

‘test’?

‘taste’?

Which one is it?

In this case, it's ‘test’.

Next.

‘men’?

‘main’?

It's ‘men’.

Next word.

‘sell’ or ‘sale’?

‘sale’ of course.

And finally, ‘when’ or ‘wane’?

It's ‘when’.

Very good.

Great job, guys.

Let's carry on.

/æ/ or /ʌ/?

Let's get started.

Let's start with word number one.

Which one is it? ‘hang’ or ‘hung’?

‘hung’ Very good.

Next word.

‘dad’ or ‘dud’?

‘dud’ Next word.

Which one is it? ‘rag’ or ‘rug’?

‘rag’ Next word.

‘F@nny’ or ‘funny’?

‘funny’ Next word.

Which one is it? ‘stab’ or ‘stub’?

It's ‘stab’.

Next word.

‘hang’ or ‘hung’?

It's ‘hang’.

Next word.

‘dad’ or ‘dud’?

It’s ‘dad’.

Next word.

‘rag’ or ‘rug’?

‘rug’ Next word.

‘stab’ or ‘stub’?

It’s ‘stub’.

And finally, ‘F@nny’ or ‘funny’?

It's ‘F@nny’.

Very good, guys.

Awesome guys.

Let's move on.

/əʊ/ or /ɔ:/?

Let’s get to it.

Let's start with the first word.

Is it ‘stoke’ or ‘stalk’?

It's ‘stoke’.

Next word.

‘moaning’ or ‘morning’?

It's 'morning' of course.

Next word.

‘code’ or ‘cord’?

‘code’ Next word.

‘stoke’ or ‘stork’?

‘stork’ Very nice.

Next word.

‘poke’ or ‘pork’?

It's 'poke'.

Very good.

Then we have ‘boat’ or ‘bought’?

Its 'bought'.

Next word.

‘poke’ or ‘pork’?

It's 'pork', guys.

Next word.

‘hone’ or ‘horn’?

‘horn’ Then we have 'code' or 'cord'.

It's 'cord'.

And finally... ‘boat’ or ‘bought’?

'boat' Very nice.

That was excellent guys.

Let's move on.

/ɒ/ or is it /əʊ/?

Let's get to it.

Let's start with the first word.

Is it ‘jock’ or ‘joke’?

‘joke’ Next word,

‘clock’ or ‘cloak’?

‘clock’ Next word.

‘cost’ or ‘coast’?

‘coast’ Next word.

‘rob’ or ‘robe’?

‘rob’ Next word.

‘want’ ‘won't’?

‘want’ Good.

Then we have ‘rob’ or ‘robe’?

‘robe’ in this case.

‘cost’ or ‘coast’?

It’s ‘cost’.

Next word.

‘clock’ or ‘cloak’?

‘cloak’ Next word.

‘jock’ or ‘joke’?

It’s ‘jock’.

And finally, ‘want’ or ‘won't’?

‘won't’ Very good.

Awesome, guys.

Let's move on.

Is it /æ/ or is it /e/?

Let's get to it.

Let's start with the first word.

How do you pronounce this ‘tack’ or ‘tech’?

‘tech’ Next word.

‘marry’ or ‘merry’?

‘merry’ Next word.

‘sad’ or ‘said’? ‘said’

Next word.

‘track’ or ‘trek’?

‘track’ Next word.

‘bat’ or ‘bet’?

‘bat’ Then we have ‘track’ or ‘trek’?

‘trek’ Next word.

‘and’ or ‘end’?

‘end’ Next word.

‘sad’ or ‘said’?

‘sad’ Next word.

‘bat’ or ‘bet’?

‘bet’ And finally,

‘marry’ or ‘merry’?

‘marry’ Very good, guys.

Great, guys.

Let’s continue on.

/ɑ:/ or /ɜ:/?

Let's get to it.

Let's start with our first word.

Do you say ‘bard’ /bɑ:d/ or ‘bird’ /bɜ:d/?

‘bird’ /bɜ:d/ Next word,

‘park’ /pɑ:k/ or ‘perk’ /pɜ:k/?

‘perk’ /pɜ:k/ Next word,

‘part’ /pɑ:t/ or ‘pert’ /pɜ:t/?

It’s ‘part’ /pɑ:t/ The following word…

‘carve’ /kɑ:v/ or ‘curve’ /kɜ:v/?

‘curve’ /kɜ:v/ Next word,

‘star’ /stɑ:/ or ‘stir’ /stɜ:/?

‘star’ /stɑ:/.

Next word.

‘pass’ /pɑ:s/ or ‘purse’ /pɜ:s/?

It’s ‘pass’ /pɑ:s/.

Next word, ‘ha’ /hɑ:/ or ‘her’ /hɜ:/?

It’s ‘her’ /hɜ:/

Next word, ‘pass’ /pɑ:s/ or ‘purse’ /pɜ:s/?

‘purse’ /pɜ:s/, of course.

Next word, ‘park’ /pɑ:k/ or ‘perk’ /pɜ:k/?

Yes, this time it's ‘park’ /pɑ:k/.

And finally, ‘star’ /stɑ:/ or ‘stir’ /stɜ:/?

It’s ‘stir’ /stɜ:/.

That was so good, guys.

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