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Minimal Pairs
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What is the difference between these two words?
1.I have never been on a ship.
2.I have never been on a sheep.
Today’s Class
Review: What are minimal pairs?
Learn: How to pronounce some minimal pairs.
Practice: Correctly pronouncing minimal pairs.
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What are minimal pairs?
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What are minimal pairs?
What are two reasons to learn about minimal pairs?
A) She ate a bun after her run.
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What are minimal pairs?
Minimal pairs words that are only different in one sound.
What are two reasons to learn about minimal pairs?
1.It's easy to get confused when you say these words becausethey
are so similar.
2.These words are a good way to practice the different vowel and
consonant sounds in English.
A) She ate a bun after her run.
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These minimal pairs have a different vowel sound.
chip -cheap
left -lift
luck -look
A) Can I have a cheap chip?
These minimal pairs have a different consonant sound.
tidy -tiny
pie -tie
rice -lice
run –won
B) After the run, I found out I had won!
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These words have a different consonant sound; ‘s’ or ‘sh’.
sip -ship
see -she
sheet -seat
A) I had a sip of tea on the ship.
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Activity One
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Roll the dice. Read the sentence. You can't read the same sentence twice
example
1.That’s my chip.
2.Renting a movie is cheap.
3.My house is on the left
4.I need a lift home.
5.Good luck on your test.
6.Look at the Canadian geese!
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Roll the dice. Read the sentence. You can't read the same sentence twice
Group B
1.I wear a tie to work.
2.I ate rice for lunch.
3.Lice are small bugs that live in your
hair.
4.I can run faster than my brothers.
5.I won the math competition.
6.I asked for a sip of their water.
Group A
1.I cleaned my room and now it’s tidy
2.My apartment is tiny, but I like it.
3.They have apple pie today.
4.I need a new sheet for my bed.
5.See wanted to buy a red shirt.
6.After you take a seat, we will start the
class.
Group C
1.I ate rice for lunch.
2.Lice are small bugs that live in your hair.
3.I can run faster than my brothers.
4.I won the math competition.
5.I asked for a sip of their water.
6.The ship was old and I didn’t want to get on.
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Activity Two
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Listen to a sentence. Read the sentence with the minimal pair.
example
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1.I think I need a sheetfor my mom’s
bed.
2.Where is my chip?
3.Riceis my favourite food.
A.Cheapfood is still tasty.
B.I think this is my seat.
C.You have lice?!
Listen to a sentence. Read the sentence with the minimal pair.
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1.My new sheetis blue, and my old
sheet was orange.
2.My chipfell under my chair.
3.Riceis a healthy food choice.
4.My luckwas good last year and I
got a promotion at work.
5.I need to tidymy room.
6.I can make piefor you.
7.Do you seethe Northern Lights?
8.I runaway from big, scary dogs
9.I took a sipof my coffee.
10.I turned leftat the end of the street.
A.I bought a cheapbike last summer.
B.I liftedthe box onto the table.
C.I like to lookat my new car.
D.My baby is tiny.
E.I don’t like to wear a tie.
F.I had liceonce when I was a child.
G.I knew I had wonthe dance
competition.
H.I travelled on a ship.
I.Shesaw her sister win the math
competition.
J.Take a seat, please.
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Activity Three
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Use the dice to choose the minimal pair. Maketwo sentences.
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example
I rolled a four using the dice.
A.I am a tidyperson.
B.You are a tinyperson.
1.chip -cheap
2.left -lift
3.luck -look
4.tidy -tiny
5.pie –tie
6.sip -ship
Questions?
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Send your homework to your teacher today on Skype.
Make an audio message on Skype.
Read these sentences.
1) This is a cheap chip.
2) Can you give me a lift? My house is on the left.
3) Your luck is good, but look out for bad surprises!
4) Don’t put your tie in the pie.
5) She had lice and couldn’t eat rice with us today.
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