Minimal Pair Speech Therapy. Does it sound something new to you? Well yes. Before getting to know about the entire list of minimal pair words we should know what does it mean and how to apply them in English teaching.
Basically, minimal speech therapy refers to a small pair of words. There is a difference between a simple pair of words and minimal speech therapy words are the use of phoneme. It will make it easier for kids to read and learn with proper pronunciation. Even if they have to read some complicated kids can break the words into simple pairs and then learn to pronounce.
There are many minimal pairs to choose from here for phonological therapy. it is recommended to start with teaching as few as 3 to 5 minimal pairs in order for students to show spontaneous generalisation to other words containing the target sounds.
Minimal Pairs List for Speech Therapy
Following is a set of different minimal pair word lists for speech pathology / speech therapy (SP/ST) to help children with speech sound disorders.
1. b and p, p and b, t and p
bee/pea
bin/pin
beg/peg
beep/peep
bay/pay
beach/peach
bark/park
big/pig
bees/peas
bath/path
bug/pug
bye/pie
pea/bee
pin/bin
peg/beg
peep/beep
pay/bay
peach/beach
park/bark
pig/big
peas/bees
path/bath
pug/bug
tie/pie
tine/pine
tall/Paul
teal/peel
ten/pen
2. d and p, b and t
tail/pail
tea/pea
tin/pin
teach/peach
tease/peas
die/pie
dine/pine
deal/peel
din/pin
deep/peep
day/pay
dark/park
dig/pig
deal/peel
boo/two
bed/Ted
bow/tow
boy/toy
bee/tea
buy/tie
3. p and t, t and b
bin/tin
bug/tub
book/took
back/tack
bun/ton
buck/tuck
pie/tie
pine/tine
Paul/tall
peel/teal
pen/ten
pale/tail
pea/tea
pin/tin
peach/teach
peas/tease
pan/tan
toe/bow
toy/boy
tea/bee
4. t and b, d and b, b and d
tie/buy
two/boo
Tone/bone
tall/ball
tight/bite
tail/bale
team/beam
dough/bow
D/bee
die/buy
do/boo
duck/buck
den/Ben
day/bay
date/bait
dark/bark
dust/bust
bow/dough
buy/die
boo/do
5. b and d, p and d
buck/duck
bay/day
bait/date
bark/dark
bog/dog
big/dig
bust/dust
bug/Doug
beep/deep
pie/die
pine/dine
pin/din
peal/deal
peep/deep
pay/day
park/dark
pig/dig
peel/deal
pill/dill
boat/goat
6. b and c, b and k, b and g
bee/key
book/cook
bite/kite
ball/call
bone/cone
bap/cap
bow/cow
Bart/cart
bale/kale
bog/cog
beep/keep
bow/go
buy/guy
bus/Gus
bag/gag
bowl/goal
7. b and g, b and f
bet/get
bait/gate
best/guest
bold/gold
brass/grass
bust/gust
bus/fuss
bin/fin
bite/fight
big/fib
bun/fun
ball/fall
bell/fell
bone/phone
bead/feed
box/fox
8. b and v, b and s
bat/fat
bowl/foal
bee/v
ban/van
bale/veil
best/vest
bat/vat
bet/vet
bowl/vole
bees/V’s
bow/vow
bile/vile
bean/scene
bun/sun
bee/sea
beet/seat
9. b and s, p and s
back/sack
bead/seed
band/sand
bale/sale
balloon/saloon
bell/cell
Billy/silly
box/socks
P/she
pie/shy
pin/shin
pot/shot
pop/shop
pip/ship
peep/sheep
park/shark
pine/shine
peat/sheet
power/shower
Pooh/shoe
10. b and s, b and h
beep/sheep
Bert/shirt
beet/sheet
bow/show
bark/shark
bell/shell
boo/shoe
bin/shin
bee/she
buy/shy
back/shack
book/shook
bee/he
beep/heap
bay/hay
bug/hug
11. b and h, b and j
bye/hi
bow/hoe
book/hook
back/hack
ball/hall
bale/hail
bat/hat
bold/hold
bowl/hole
beep/jeep
bump/jump
beans/jeans
bet/jet
bunk/junk
bog/jog
bug/jug
12. b and j, d and r, d and w
big/jig
belly/jelly
back/Jack
dough/row
die/rye
dead/red
dale/rail
door/roar
day/ray
date/rate
Doug/rug
dig/rig
dust/rust
die/why
dip/whip
deep/weep
den/when
dig/wig
dine/wine
deal/wheel
14. d and o, d and y, t and w
done/one
dale/whale
deed/weed
dial/while
dot/yacht
den/yen
day/yay
do/you
debt/yet
dawn/yawn
dam/yam
dell/yell
dumb/yum
tie/why
tin/win
toe/woe
type/wipe
ton/one
tag/wag
tight/white
14. t and w, p and w
tail/whale
test/west
tall/wall
pie/why
pin/win
pipe/wipe
peep/weep
pen/when
purse/worse
page/wage
pig/wig
pearl/whirl
pine/whine
The minimal pairs are useful for both English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching and learning purposes.
Deaffrication Minimal Pairs
Deaffrication is one of several types from sound changing classification. The difference form in deaffrication itself occurs the elimination of stop from the affricate sound. So, it will form a fricative sound. In conclusion, deaffrication is an affricative that turns into a fricative.
