| wit | chip | flock | crank | theft |
| whit | shut | trick | shock | sling |
| whet | shed | shelf | trunk | trust |
| whig | shop | swift | plank | sting |
| whip | shad | frock | swing | fresh |
| whiff | chub | strap | smith | twist |
| when | shun | prick | string | track |
| whist | trash | brick | smack | crash |
| whim | chest | crust | stump | stock |
| which | script | scrub | splash | scrap |
| whisk | spend | shred | struck | block |
| ship | cramp | grunt | scamp | frank |
| chill | smash | print | shrink | throb |
| chat | twitch | stack | thump | pluck |
| sprang | spring | drink | thrush | shrub |
| sham | switch | check | stretch | brush |
| chess | snatch | thank | scratch | spank |
In the following words the vowel is long because of the final e.
| tide | rote | rite | fade | core |
| gore | lute | five | trade | glide |
| tone | pole | live | plate | wore |
| cope | lobe | tore | crave | drive |
| tube | lane | hive | spore | pride |
| wipe | bide | save | globe | stove |
| slate | pore | rave | snipe | snore |
| mere | flake | cove | stone | spine |
| store | stole | cave | flame | blade |
| mute | wide | stale | grove | crime |
| stake | hone | mete | grape | shave |
| skate | mine | wake | smite | grime |
| spike | more | wave | white | stride |
| brake | score | slope | drone | spade |
| spoke | fume | strife | twine | shape |
| snake | wade | slime | strive | whale |
| strike | slave | mode | stripe | blame |
| stroke | shine | smile | swore | scrape |
| smoke | shade | shore | shame | throne |
The following words illustrate the effect of final e in lengthening the vowel otherwise short. Final se usually has the sound of ze.
| cot | cote | slat | slate | glaze |
| rob | robe | trip | tripe | nose |
| cut | cute | slid | slide | doze |
| not | note | grip | gripe | fuse |
| dot | dote | slop | slope | maze |
| tub | tube | shin | shine | hose |
| con | cone | slim | slime | froze |
| cub | cube | glad | glade | these |
| nod | node | snip | snipe | gaze |
| met | mete | shot | shote | rise |
| plat | plate | spin | spine | size |
| flam | flame | plan | plane | wise |
| shad | shade | strip | stripe | haze |
| mop | mope | grim | grime | rose |
| whit | white | twin | twine | daze |
| sham | shame | prim | prime | those |
| scrap | scrape | plum | plume | close |
Before r the sounds of the vowels a, e, i, and u are greatly modified. These combinations occur so frequently that much drill is required. Final e affects ar as in care.
| stir | serf | mar | jar | fur |
| slur | tart | cart | bur | furl |
| star | turf | first | curl | gird |
| jerk | lard | fern | bird | dart |
| firm | scar | card | char | spar |
| hurl | lark | hurt | part | arch |
| turn | blur | purr | pert | spur |
| hard | barn | darn | carp | herd |
| dark | burn | term | hark | yard |
| start | shirt | bark | yarn | harp |
| sharp | clerk | skirt | chirp | park |
| spark | shark | mark | spurt | third |
| parch | smart | churn | perch | harm |
| charm | starch | march | mirth | smirch |
| tare | scare | dare | pare | rare |
| fare | snare | hare | ware | glare |
| bare | spare | mare | stare | share |
In the words of this table ea and ee have the long sound ofe.
| fear | tear | lean | heap | fleet |
| thee | east | ease | keep | beef |
| near | plea | heed | greet | year |
| freed | dean | team | weed | ream |
| tease | deed | treat | wean | teach |
| sheet | yeast | meet | spree | plead |
| sheaf | mead | steep | sheer | eaves |
| greed | creak | creek | shear | spear |
| breed | agree | sneer | bleed | speed |
| beach | sheen | green | preen | cheap |
| sweep | sheep | reach | street | freeze |
| dream | tweed | fleece | cream | weave |
| screen | peach | gleam | wheat | streak |
| bream | leaves | cleans | crease | teapot |
| beams | please | greedy | Easter | spleen |
| breeze | gleans | squeak | beaver | season |
| grease | sneeze | wheeze | sheath | stream |
| reason | teacher | sheaves | scream | beacon |