American English or British English accents welcome !
This list is to be pronounced for ESL students.
Thanks in advance ;-)
IMPROVE YOUR PRONUNCIATION – CONSONENT SOUNDS Part 2
Minimal pairs = [b] and [p].
Elementary
B - P / bar - Pa / be - P / big - pig / buy - pie / by - pie / bye - pie.
Pre-Intermediate
bay - pay / bear - pair / bet - pet / bill - pill / bin - pin / bore - poor / bought - port / cub - cup.
Intermediate
band - panned / base - pace / bat - pat / bear - pear / beer - pier / belt - pelt / berry - perry / bit - pit / blade - played / bland - planned / blank - plank / blaze - plays / bored - pawed / braise - prays / bride - pride / bull - pull / but - putt / butter - putter / lib - lip / pub - pup / robe - rope / tab - tap.
Upper-Intermediate
banned - panned / bare - pare / beak - peak / beat - peat / bee - pee / bitch - pitch / bleed - plead / blot - plot / board - pawed / bore - pour / braise - praise / breast - pressed / burr - per / cab - cap / rib - rip.
Advanced
bah - par / batty - patty / bead - peed / beak - peek / beep - peep / beet - peat / bi - pi / bier - peer / blade - plaid / blaster - plaster / bleat - pleat / bloom - plume / blunder - plunder / blush - plush / boar - paw / boar - pour / boo - poo / braise - preys / brat - prat / brawn - prawn / breech - preach / brick - prick / brig - prig / brim - prim / burr - purr / butt - putt / tribe - tripe.