Find the minimal pairs

Multiple-choice exercise
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Find the words with only one change in the way they are spoken aloud.

  1. sail
    1.   railing
    2.   rill
    3.   rain
    4.   soil
  2. hat
    1.   hand
    2.   had
    3.   lad
    4.   pad
  3. shirt
    1.   hurt
    2.   chart
    3.   heart
    4.   shift
  4. house
    1.   shout
    2.   lout
    3.   mouth
    4.   mouse
  5. charm
    1.   farm
    2.   churn
    3.   form
    4.   claim
  6. two
    1.   too
    2.   shoe
    3.   to
    4.   shoot
  7. height
    1.   light
    2.   weight
    3.   eight
    4.   might
  8. copper
    1.   cobber
    2.   clipper
    3.   cabby
    4.   sitter
  9. band
    1.   burn
    2.   barn
    3.   bank
    4.   banned
  10. pitter
    1.   petri
    2.   poker
    3.   patter
    4.   passer