/ɪ/ vs /iː/

Short, lax /ɪ/ (ship) vs long, tense /iː/ (sheep).

Pro drill

# /ɪ/ vs /iː/

**Type:** Minimal pair contrast
**Kind:** Vowel

## Note
Short, lax /ɪ/ (ship) vs long, tense /iː/ (sheep).

## Practice Pairs
- beam / bim - nucleus
- bean / been - nucleus
- bean / bin - nucleus
- beat / bit - nucleus
- cheap / chip - nucleus
- cheat / chit - nucleus
- cheek / chick - nucleus
- deed / did - nucleus
- deep / dip - nucleus
- feat / fit - nucleus
- feel / fill - nucleus
- heap / hip - nucleus
- heat / hit - nucleus
- kneel / nil - nucleus
- knit / neat - nucleus
- leak / lick - nucleus
- leap / lip - nucleus
- lease / liss - nucleus
- leave / live - nucleus
- leek / lick - nucleus
- meal / mill - nucleus
- meal / mil - nucleus
- mean / min - nucleus
- meat / mitt - nucleus
- peach / pitch - nucleus
- peak / pick - nucleus
- peel / pill - nucleus
- reach / rich - nucleus
- rip / reap - nucleus
- scene / sin - nucleus
- seat / sit - nucleus
- seek / sick - nucleus
- sheep / ship - nucleus
- teen / tin - nucleus
- weep / whip - nucleus
- wheat / wit - nucleus
- mien / min - nucleus
- gip / jeep - nucleus
- gyp / jeep - nucleus
- scenic / cynic - nucleus
- defense / defence - nucleus
- technique / technic - nucleus
- mystique / mystic - nucleus
- field / filled - nucleus
- scheme / skim - nucleus
- sleep / slip - nucleus
- steal / still - nucleus
- steel / still - nucleus
- lit / leet - nucleus
- sip / seep - nucleus
- ill / eel - onset
- inn / een - onset
- beat / bitt - nucleus
- been / bein - nucleus
- bin / bein - nucleus
- bit / beet - nucleus
- chip / cheep - nucleus
- gene / gin - nucleus
- pill / peal - nucleus
- pit / peat - nucleus
- seal / sill - nucleus
- tick / teak - nucleus
- till / teal - nucleus
- weak / wick - nucleus
- week / wick - nucleus
- wheat / whit - nucleus
- will / wheal - nucleus
- win / wean - nucleus
- bitch / beech - nucleus
- mid / mead - nucleus
- mitt / mete - nucleus
- leach / lich - nucleus
- beet / bitt - nucleus
- teat / tit - nucleus
- teak / tic - nucleus
- sleepy / slippy - nucleus
- wizened / weasand - nucleus
- fluorine / florin - nucleus
- click / clique - nucleus
- feast / fist - nucleus
- pitchy / pichi - nucleus
- bicker / beaker - nucleus
- glib / glebe - nucleus
- slit / sleet - nucleus
- in / een - onset
- kill / keel - nucleus
- seek / sic - nucleus

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beam
/biːm/
vs

bim
/bɪm/

Nucleus
bean
/ˈbi(ː)n/
vs

been
/bɪn/

Nucleus
bean
/ˈbi(ː)n/
vs

bin
/bɪn/

Nucleus
beat
/biːt/
vs

bit
/bɪt/

Nucleus
cheap
/tʃiːp/
vs

chip
/tʃɪp/

Nucleus
cheat
/t͡ʃiːt/
vs

chit
/tʃɪt/

Nucleus
cheek
/t͡ʃiːk/
vs

chick
/tʃɪk/

Nucleus
deed
/diːd/
vs

did
/dɪd/

Nucleus
deep
/diːp/
vs

dip
/dɪp/

Nucleus
feat
/fiːt/
vs

fit
/fɪt/

Nucleus
feel
/fiːl/
vs

fill
/fɪl/

Nucleus
heap
/hiːp/
vs

hip
/hɪp/

Nucleus
heat
/ˈhiːt/
vs

hit
/hɪt/

Nucleus
kneel
/niːl/
vs

nil
/nɪl/

Nucleus
knit
/ˈnɪt/
vs

neat
/ˈniːt/

Nucleus
leak
/liːk/
vs

lick
/ˈlɪk/

Nucleus
leap
/ˈliːp/
vs

lip
/ˈlɪp/

Nucleus
lease
/ˈliːs/
vs

liss
/lɪs/

Nucleus
leave
/liːv/
vs

live
/lɪv/

Nucleus
leek
/liːk/
vs

lick
/ˈlɪk/

Nucleus
meal
/ˈmiːl/
vs

mill
/mɪl/

Nucleus
meal
/ˈmiːl/
vs

mil
/mɪl/

Nucleus
mean
/miːn/
vs

min
/mɪn/

Nucleus
meat
/miːt/
vs

mitt
/mɪt/

Nucleus
peach
/piːt͡ʃ/
vs

pitch
/pɪt͡ʃ/

Nucleus
peak
/piːk/
vs

pick
/pɪk/

Nucleus
peel
/piːl/
vs

pill
/pɪl/

Nucleus
reach
/riːtʃ/
vs

rich
/rɪtʃ/

Nucleus
rip
/ɹɪp/
vs

reap
/ˈɹiːp/

Nucleus
scene
/siːn/
vs

sin
/sɪn/

Nucleus
seat
/siːt/
vs

sit
/sɪt/

Nucleus
seek
/ˈsiːk/
vs

sick
/ˈsɪk/

Nucleus
sheep
/ʃiːp/
vs

ship
/ʃɪp/

Nucleus
teen
/tiːn/
vs

tin
/tɪn/

Nucleus
weep
/wiːp/
vs

whip
/ˈwɪp/

Nucleus
wheat
/wiːt/
vs

wit
/wɪt/

Nucleus
mien
/miːn/
vs

min
/mɪn/

Nucleus
gip
/ˈdʒɪp/
vs

jeep
drill word /dʒiːp/

Nucleus
gyp
/ˈdʒɪp/
vs

jeep
drill word /dʒiːp/

Nucleus
scenic
/ˈsiːnɪk/
vs

cynic
/ˈsɪnɪk/

Nucleus
defense
/ˈdiːˌfɛns/
vs

defence
/dɪˈfɛns/

Nucleus
technique
/tɛkˈniːk/
vs

technic
/ˈtɛknɪk/

Nucleus
mystique
/mɪˈstiːk/
vs

mystic
/ˈmɪstɪk/

Nucleus
field
/ˈfi(ː)ld/
vs

filled
/fɪld/

Nucleus
scheme
/skiːm/
vs

skim
/skɪm/

Nucleus
sleep
/ˈsliːp/
vs

slip
/slɪp/

Nucleus
steal
/stiːl/
vs

still
/stɪl/

Nucleus
steel
/stiːl/
vs

still
/stɪl/

Nucleus
lit
/lɪt/
vs

leet
/liːt/

Nucleus
sip
drill word /sɪp/
vs

seep
/siːp/

Nucleus
ill
/ɪl/
vs

eel
/iːl/

Onset
inn
/ɪn/
vs

een
/iːn/

Onset
beat
/biːt/
vs

bitt
/bɪt/

Nucleus
been
/bɪn/
vs

bein
/biːn/

Nucleus
bin
/bɪn/
vs

bein
/biːn/

Nucleus
bit
/bɪt/
vs

beet
/biːt/

Nucleus
chip
/tʃɪp/
vs

cheep
/tʃiːp/

Nucleus
gene
/d͡ʒiːn/
vs

gin
/d͡ʒɪn/

Nucleus
pill
/pɪl/
vs

peal
/piːl/

Nucleus
pit
/ˈpɪt/
vs

peat
/ˈpiːt/

Nucleus
seal
/siːl/
vs

sill
/sɪl/

Nucleus
tick
/tɪk/
vs

teak
/tiːk/

Nucleus
till
/tɪl/
vs

teal
/tiːl/

Nucleus
weak
/wi(ː)k/
vs

wick
/wɪk/

Nucleus
week
/wiːk/
vs

wick
/wɪk/

Nucleus
wheat
/wiːt/
vs

whit
/wɪt/

Nucleus
will
/wɪl/
vs

wheal
/wiːl/

Nucleus
win
/wɪn/
vs

wean
/wiːn/

Nucleus
bitch
/bɪtʃ/
vs

beech
/biːt͡ʃ/

Nucleus
mid
/mɪd/
vs

mead
/miːd/

Nucleus
mitt
/mɪt/
vs

mete
/miːt/

Nucleus
leach
/liːtʃ/
vs

lich
/lɪtʃ/

Nucleus
beet
/biːt/
vs

bitt
/bɪt/

Nucleus
teat
/tiːt/
vs

tit
/tɪt/

Nucleus
teak
/tiːk/
vs

tic
/tɪk/

Nucleus
sleepy
/ˈsliːpi/
vs

slippy
/ˈslɪpi/

Nucleus
wizened
/ˈwɪzənd/
vs

weasand
/ˈwiːzənd/

Nucleus
fluorine
/ˈflɔːr.iːn/
vs

florin
/ˈflɔːr.ɪn/

Nucleus
click
/klɪk/
vs

clique
/kliːk/

Nucleus
feast
/fiːst/
vs

fist
/fɪst/

Nucleus
pitchy
/ˈpɪtʃi/
vs

pichi
/ˈpiːtʃi/

Nucleus
bicker
/ˈbɪkɚ/
vs

beaker
/ˈbiː.kɚ/

Nucleus
glib
/ɡlɪb/
vs

glebe
/ɡliːb/

Nucleus
slit
/ˈslɪt/
vs

sleet
/sliːt/

Nucleus
in
/ɪn/
vs

een
/iːn/

Onset
kill
/kɪl/
vs

keel
/kiːl/

Nucleus
seek
/ˈsiːk/
vs

sic
/sɪk/

Nucleus

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