/iː/ seat versus /ɪ/ sit

Minimal pairs

/iː/ seat versus /ɪ/ sit

If you are Spanish, this is a difficult pair for you as Spanish only has one /i/ phoneme.

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 

Can you it. feel/fill

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02 

will do. These/This

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03 

I want a new . wheel/will

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04 

We have a new . lead/lid

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05 

The are in the kitchen. beans/bins

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06

Put the orange in the bin. peel/pill

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07

The is terrible. dean/din

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08

We are but you are not. keen/kin

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09

I don’t like high . heels/hills.

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10

It was the best we’ve every had. meal/mill

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11

I’ve never seen such a horrible . beach/bitch

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12

Let me have a . peep/pip

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13

What an awful ! green/grin

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14

Look after the while I’m gone. sheep/ship

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15

Don’t show me your red ! cheeks/chicks

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16 

That was a performance. sleek/slick

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