GREEN TEA is a moving vowel sound.

  • The movement happens with the tongue tensing and arching toward the roof of the mouth.

SILVER PIN is a non-moving vowel sound.

  • SILVER PIN is very relaxed- release any tension in those speech muscles!

Hold challenging speech sounds for 3 beats as you practice. This gives your ears time to notice the sound and helps your brain recall the correct sound more easily.

SILVER PIN

  • Not a common sound in many languages so typically replaced with GREEN TEA

GREEN TEA

  • Not moving this sound enough in short words like “week” and “beach,” which results in SILVER PIN “wick” and “bitch”

Here are some surprising SILVER PIN Words: women, busy, business, been

SILVER PIN:

  • i: hit, limit, give with
  • ui: build, quick, guilty
  • y between 2 consonants: system, gym

GREEN TEA:

  • final y (unstressed): city, pretty, sunny
  • ee: meet, feel, free
  • ea: mean, team, reach
  • final e: she, he, we, me
  • ie and ei: piece, receive, relief

GREEN TEA & SILVER PIN Training

The following exercises combine listening, shadowing, and gradually increasing complexity to help you internalize new sounds and rhythm patterns in your spoken English.

Level 1 is available to all visitors. CEA members unlock the complete training.

Goal: Hear and produce each vowel sound clearly in single words.

  • Listen to the minimal pair words. Can you hear the contrast?
  • Say the words with me, keeping each sound clear and distinct.
  • Record yourself saying the pairs. Then listen back—do your GREEN TEA and SILVER PIN vowels sound different?

Mini Challenge: “Flood” the words in each column (say all of one column in a row). Can you keep the vowel sound consistent from top to bottom?

GREEN TEA & SILVER PIN Minimal Pairs

  • GREEN TEA

  • SILVER PIN

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    seat

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    sit

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    ease

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    is

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    peak

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    pick

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    leave

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    live

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    deep

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    dip

The SILVER PIN and GREEN TEA vowel sounds appear in many common English words. Refining these sounds will make your speech clearer and easier to understand. Below you’ll find a list of 100 SILVER PIN and 100 GREEN TEA words, organized for easy practice.

(Clear English Academy members will also find audio recordings for these words plus guided practice at the phrase, sentence, and conversation level.)

100 Super Common SILVER PIN Words

in little pick ability wish
it since official indicate victim
with sit hit pretty responsibility
this until activity bill interesting
his city industry sister dinner
if continue figure miss citizen
will minute image visit admit
which kid picture finish wind
into sick film impact mission
him within window interview participant
give win difficult fish video
still dish listen particular opinion
big consider condition bit critical
system build risk trip original
live interest quickly specific income
been six fill middle possibility
million decision significant exist beginning
different convince similar skin stick
business building individual civil vision
issue position simple kitchen shipping

 

100 Super Common GREEN TEA Words

people team recent indeed key
see speak tree legal speech
these read clean green species
even reason realize seat immediately
need research leak reveal freedom
feel teacher seek peace achieve
three reach deal treat release
between field recently evening please
really leader east deep completely
leave police scene sea sleep
mean free treatment dream feature
keep receive speed detail weekend
seem season media magazine easily
week agree resource heat technique
each eat meeting sing drink
believe teach disease machine feed
bring easy degree beat procedure
meet street region finger reader
least either TV agreement previous
real piece feeling senior defeat

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