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Minimal Pairs Listening and Pronunciation Practice

This minimal pairs listening comprehension can help you improve recognition and pronunciation of similar English sounds. First listen to the pairs of words pronounced one after the other. Next, do the quiz that follows testing the differences between the minimal pairs.

Target pair: ae as in 'cat' u as in 'boot'

Click on the audio symbol and listen to the following pairs of words. When you have listened, try repeating the words yourself.

  • bat boot
  • damned doomed
  • fad food
  • has who's
  • lap loop
  • man moon
  • rat root
  • scanner schooner
  • snap snoop
  • trap troop

Click on the audio symbol and listen to the sentences. Choose which of the target words has been used in sentence. Click on the arrow next to "Text" to see the text read.

bat boot
Text:

damned doomed
Text:

fad food
Text:

has who's
Text:

lap loop
Text:

man moon
Text:

rat root
Text:

scanner schooner
Text:

snap snoop
Text:

trap troop
Text:

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