Minimal Pair final /t/ and /d/
Below is a list of words that vary only by one having the final sound /t/ and the other the final sound /d/.
You can use this list to practise the sounds, or as a list of words to be careful in pronouncing.
Elementary
bat bad
got god
hat had
write ride
Pre-Intermediate
ant and
at add
bet bed
bought bored
cart card
eight aid
feet feed
heart hard
hit hid
hurt heard
mat mad
meant mend
neat need
not nod
plate played
sat sad
sent send
set said
sheet she’d
sight side
spent spend
state stayed
taught toured
wait weighed
Intermediate
beat bead
bent bend
bright bride
but bud
cat cad
cute queued
debt dead
fat fad
heat heed
height hide
hot hod
kit kid
meet mead
oat owed
pat pad
port poured
pot pod
quit quid
route rude
short shored
slight slide
sought sawed
tent tend
tight tied
Upper-Intermediate
bleat bleed
cot cod
fate fade
float flowed
font fond
gloat glowed
haunt horned
it id
moat mode
mount mound
plot plod
site sighed
slit slid
spite spied
stunt stunned
tint tinned
Advanced
blurt blurred
clot clod
faint feigned
goat goad
grit grid
nought gnawed
pant panned
peat peed
pert purred
plaint planed
pleat plead
punt punned
scant scanned
shunt shunned
skint skinned
skit skid
spurt spurred
stoat stowed
tart tarred
teat teed
trot trod