Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Using This Book
Some Very Very Basic Principles

Minimal Pairs: Vowels
BEAT and BIT
BAT and BET
CAT and KITE
SPEND and PAY
BAT and BUT
BUS and BIRD
BIRD and BORED *British English only
CUT and COT
POT and PUT
CUT and COAT
COT and COAT
COURT and COAT *British English
COURT and COAT *American English
GOOD and FOOD
CAT and CART
CHEER and CHAIR
NO and NOW
DIE and DAY

Minimal Pairs: Consonants
THERE / ð / and DARE / d /
THIN / θ / and TIN / t /
REST and WEST
DAY and JANE, EDUCATIONAL /d ʤ/
TIN and CHIN, SITUATION /t ?/
CHEAT and TREAT
SYLLABIC CONSONANTS *British English
SYLLABIC CONSONANTS *American English

Word Play Exercises
Minimal Pairs Partner Challenge
Cross-linguistic Minimal Pairs
Riddles
Knock-Knock Jokes
Paraprosdokian Sentences
Terrible Puns
More Terrible Puns
"'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
The Many Sounds of the Letter O
 

Bibliography and Further Reading
List of Symbols 

Answer Keys to Exercises
Minimal Pairs
Knock-Knock Jokes
Terrible Puns
More Terrible Puns
"'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
The Many Sounds Of The Letter O