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Teaching minimal pairs articles and blog posts
How not to teach L and R – NEW
10 fun long and short vowels activities
How to teach short and long vowel sounds
Teaching pronunciation with minimal pairs
Stretching the definition and use of minimal pairs
Practising consonant clusters with minimal pairs
A better way of using minimal pairs for consonant clusters
How to pronounce voiced and unvoiced consonant pairs
Useful words for minimal pairs practice lists
Magic E minimal pairs by level
Minimal pairs by sound and level
Minimal pairs for Japanese learners of English (edited version of the list above)
Minimal pairs for Spanish-speaking learners of English (ditto)
Minimal pairs for Korean learners of English
Photocopiable minimal pairs classroom activities
Financial English minimal pairs
Festivals and celebrations minimal pairs
Doubled letters minimal pairs practice
Minimal pairs in IELTS Listening simplest responses game (in this super cheap e-book)
Difficult sounds the same or different pairwork
Technical and medical a and u pairwork
Business B and V pronunciation pairwork
Alphabet homophones and minimal pairs – expanded and updated version
Homophones odd one out Elementary (with the odd one out being a minimal pair of the others)
Pronunciation peer correction (teacher training worksheet)
Finance vocabulary pronunciation the same or different
Related pages
Homophones games/ worksheets page
Updated 16 April 2026
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