ship / sheep

Pronunciation · A2 · 30 sec

Your prompt

Say each pair, keeping the two vowels clearly different.

Say it slowly first, then again at a natural speed. We check the words came through clearly — this is not a phoneme test.

Reference

ship, sheep. this, these. bit, beat. sit, seat. It is a big ship, not a big sheep.

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