An abbreviated list of minimal pairs is provided here for the English language teacher. Students number their papers from one to six. Teacher pronounces a group of three words. Two of the words in each group will be the same. Students will identify by number the words that are the same.
Students number their papers from one to eight.
Teacher pronounces words with a consonant contrast. Students write the consonant they heard in each word. Students number paper from one to six. Teacher pronounces a group of three words, only one of which contains the target phonemic distinction. Students will write down the number of the word in which the phoneme appears.