Sheep or ship
/iː/ · /ɪ/ · /ɛ/
Open unitPROFT · SOUND GYM · MINIMAL PAIRS TRAINING
Sheep or ship, very or berry, light or right: in English, one sound changes the word. Sound Gym trains your ear and your voice with the minimal pairs that Spanish speakers mix up most.
HOW A WORKOUT WORKS
Each section opens the next. Mark each activity as complete and your progress is saved.
How each sound is made, a Spanish speaker alert and examples with audio.
Which word?, odd one out, and real sentences where one sound changes the meaning.
The minimal pairs lab with voice recognition: the app tells you which word it heard.
Pairs in context and a short dialogue to shadow with the marks.
Sound order, memory, a 45-second speed round and the sound sorter.
Record and compare, read and pronounce, and a final quiz to pass the unit.
THE PROGRAM
Start with the vowels or go straight to the sounds you mix up most.
VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS
/iː/ · /ɪ/ · /ɛ/
Open unit/ɛ/ · /æ/ · /ʌ/
Open unit/æ/ · /ʌ/ · /ɑ/ · /ɑr/ · /ɔ/
Open unit/ʊ/ · /uː/ · /ɪr/ · /ɛr/
Open unit/eɪ/ · /aɪ/ · /ɔɪ/
Open unit/ɑ/ · /ʌ/ · /ɔ/ · /oʊ/ · /aʊ/
Open unitCONSONANTS
/p/ · /b/ · /t/ · /d/ · /k/ · /g/
Open unit/f/ · /v/ · /b/
Open unit/θ/ · /ð/ · /t/ · /d/
Open unit/s/ · /z/ · /ʃ/ · /tʃ/ · /dʒ/
Open unit/h/ · /m/ · /n/ · /ŋ/
Open unit/l/ · /r/ · /j/ · /dʒ/
Open unitSound Gym works best next to El ADN del Inglés hablado: learn each sound there, train it here.