Vowel oppositions 

/i:/ - /ɪ/                      /ɪ/  - /e/               /e/ - /æ/               /æ/ - /ʌ/       

sheep – ship            bin – Ben           pen – pan         cap – cup

leak – lick                tin – ten            men – man        hat – hut   

cheek – chick          pig – peg           send – sand       track – truck

1. A big beggar begged a big bag.

2. A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose!

3. Very well, very well, very well ...

4. Eleven hens with twelve eggs in ten nests.

5. Neither father nor mother likes this weather.

6. A monkey was hanging and singing a song.