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L & R Minimal Pair Quiz 1

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  1. Turn ___ at the next corner.
    a. light
    b. wright
    c. right
    d. write
  2. Turn at the next traffic ___.
    a. light
    b. wright
    c. right
    d. write
  3. The donkey ___ them down the mountain path.
    a. led
    b. read
    c. red
    d. lead
  4. The ___ sunset lasted over thirty minutes.
    a. led
    b. read
    c. red
    d. lead
  5. Avoid cooking with utensils made from aluminum or ___.
    a. led
    b. read
    c. red
    d. lead
  6. Sam ___ the newspaper after dinner last night.
    a. led
    b. read
    c. red
    d. lead
  7. A clarinet is a ___ instrument.
    a. lead
    b. read
    c. reed
  8. May I ___ my book while I eat?
    a. lead
    b. read
    c. reed
  9. Anthropologists are looking for the missing ___ between ape and man.
    a. link
    b. rink
  10. How many ___ are there in the chain you are wearing?
    a. lynx
    b. rinks
    c. links
  11. How many hockey ___ are there in you community?
    a. lynx
    b. rinks
    c. links
  12. Cloth stretched too tight ___ easily.
    a. lips
    b. rips
  13. A canoe is a ___ speed boat.
    a. low
    b. row
  14. A ___boat is not a high speed boat.
    a. low
    b. row
  15. During the autumn it is necessary to ___ the leaves from the lawn daily
    a. lake
    b. rake
  16. The ___ once had pure water but now many of the fish are dying.
    a. lake
    b. rake
  17. A ___ is larger than a stream.
    a. river
    b. liver
  18. I ___ about my age. I am not 29. I am 41.
    a. lied
    b. ride
  19. No matter what my age, I love to ___ on the rollercoaster.
    a. lied
    b. ride

Copyright (C) 1998 Donna Tatsuki (dtatsuki@gol.com)
This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.