Minimal pairs: DRESS /e/ and TRAP /æ/

Note: this is an alternative for the interactive exercise with the same name in the FutureLearn course English Pronunciation in a Global World, which is preferred but requires javascript.

Listen to the words by clicking on them and then pronounce them yourself.

bed bad
beg bag
Ben ban
bet bat
end and
head had
leg lag
lend land
men man
mess mass
pen pan
said sat
send sand
set sat
then than
wreck rack