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<h1>Minimal Pairs – /ɪ/ and /e/ ("bit" and "bet")</h1>

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<tr><td>bit</td><td>bet</td></tr>
<tr><td>did</td><td>dead</td></tr>
<tr><td>fill</td><td>fell</td></tr>
<tr><td>will</td><td>well</td></tr>
<tr><td>rid</td><td>red</td></tr>
<tr><td>pit</td><td>Pete</td></tr>
<tr><td>sit</td><td>set</td></tr>
<tr><td>bill</td><td>bell</td></tr>
<tr><td>it</td><td>ate</td></tr>
<tr><td>six</td><td>sex</td></tr>
<tr><td>mint</td><td>meant</td></tr>
<tr><td>hid</td><td>head</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sid</td><td>said</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rick</td><td>wreck</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dick</td><td>deck</td></tr>
<tr><td>chick</td><td>check</td></tr>
<tr><td>hill</td><td>Hell</td></tr>
<tr><td>win</td><td>when</td></tr>
<tr><td>tin</td><td>ten</td></tr>
<tr><td>sinned</td><td>send</td></tr>

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Minimal pairs practice – British English vowel contrast
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