Contrastive Words Practice
Read each series of words making the difference in vowel quality.
| /iy/ | /ı/ | /Ɛ/ | /æ/ | /a/ |
| lead | lid | led | lad | |
| reed | rid | red | rad | rod |
| deed | did | dead | dad | |
| meet | mitt | met | Matt | |
| heed | hid | head | had | |
| bean | bin | Ben | ban | |
| beat | bit | bet | bat | |
| | pin | pen | pan | |
| teen | tin | ten | tan | ton |
| | big | beg | bag | bog |
| reek | Rick | wreck | rack | rock |
| Pete | pit | pet | pat | pot |
| seed | sid | said | sad | sod |
| seat | sit | set | sat | |
| sleep | slip | | slap | |
| peak | pick | peck | pack | |
