Minimal Pairs

Minimal pairs

 

/ʌ/  bun /ɜː/ burn

Listen and decide which of the words you hear in the following sentences. Write the word in the space provided.

 

Choose the correct minimal pair

01 

Such a beautiful . gull/girl

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02 

There are young in the garden. buds/birds

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03 

They her balloon. bust/burst

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04 

We all the coins offerred to us. spun/spurn

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05 

The cows chewed the . cud/curd

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06

We searched the depths but could only find and mire. muck/murk

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