1. Minimal Pairs: /i/ vs /ɪ /
/i/ /ɪ /
Beads Bids
Beakers Bickers
Beech /beach Bitch
Beef Biff (a name)
Bean Bin
Bleep Blip
Beat Bit
Cheap Chip
Deed Did
Deal Dill
Deem Dim
Dean Din
Deep Dip
Eek Ick
Eel Ill
Eat It
Feel Fill
Fiend Finned
Feast Fist
Feet Fit
Fees Fizz
Heed/He’d Hid
Heel /Heal Hill
Heap Hip
He’s His
Jean /Gene Gin
Jeep Jip
Keyed Kid
Keen Kin
Lead Lid
Leak / leek Lick
Lean Lynn
Leap Lip
Leave Live
Lee’s Liz
Mead Mid
Meek Mick
2. Mean Min
Kneel Nil
Peek Pick
Peel Pill
Peep Pip
Queen Quin
Quease Quiz
Reed Rid
Reek Rick
Reef Riff
Regal Wriggle
Reel Rill
Ream Rim
Reap Rip
Reason Risen
Seek Sick
Seal Sill
Seamer Simmer
Seen Sin
Seep Sip
Sheep Ship
Sheet Shit
Sneakers Snickers
Steal Still
Teal Till
Teem Tim
Teen Tin
Teepee Tippy
Tease Tis
Wheel Will
Wean Win
Weep Whip
Wheeze Whiz