| sly | card | loft | due | ear |
| stir | why | cliff | tied | cue |
| jaw | turn | curl | hilt | coil |
| boil | tube | cloy | clay | nail |
| lute | mail | rose | spar | crag |
| slay | Paul | flaw | hoof | haul |
| firm | quill | gore | pray | sank |
| boot | wore | stew | herd | heap |
| stun | stem | fried | twin | tried |
| scow | bless | smile | mew | term |
| trout | mere | glean | froze | glide |
| store | slave | sheaf | team | more |
| quite | noise | mode | daub | boom |
| shore | stoop | mend | score | gauze |
| sheet | much | chain | stone | grime |
| grunt | hawk | moon | pawn | shark |
| pump | peach | quick | block | quack |
| snake | sound | pouch | queen | march |
| smash | cramp | stump | smoke | switch |
| sky | glare | rely | room | tress |
| skill | doily | gruff | plied | royal |
| gayly | tooth | sloop | scrap | scare |
| snare | ensue | coast | spurt | pried |
| croak | perch | strife | twain | strait |
| growl | flower | noose | stripe | gauze |
| awful | power | parch | annoy | smart |
| strive | moose | stride | choice | blame |
| churn | loaves | afraid | starch | throat |
| sinew | beaver | rescue | coarse | oyster |
| praise | poison | teapot | lawful | sprain |
| struck | breezy | hoarse | anoint | squeal |
| screen | sprout | groove | choose | squint |
| scrape | shower | grouse | twitch | blouse |
| supply | stretch | caucus | dainty | throne |
| pauper | shroud | season | reason | square |
| auburn | teacher | subdue | sprawl | freezer |
| awning | mildew | employ | smirch | pewter |
| squeeze | squirrel | preacher | squirm | comply |
In the following list of words c is soft before e or i.
| cite | ace | ice | cell | cent |
| vice | rice | lace | city | since |
| nice | trice | dice | farce | fence |
| slice | pace | mice | voice | lance |
| price | trace | grace | pence | mince |
| truce | mace | cease | hence | prince |
| place | brace | fleece | dance | thence |
| space | twice | peace | glance | chance |
| splice | spruce | choice | quince | whence |
In the following list of words g and dg before e and i are pronounced like j.
| gin | gist | gill | gem | gibe |
| germ | tinge | edge | urge | huge |
| serge | judge | singe | ledge | large |
| barge | fudge | lodge | dodge | ridge |
| cringe | lunge | budge | hedge | badge |
| sledge | nudge | wedge | fringe | range |
| bridge | merge | grudge | trudge | mange |
| smudge | charge | plunge | dredge | change |
K and ck are sounded exactly alike. Their use is not so confusing from the point of view of sounding as from spelling. The use of the ck after a short vowel should be strongly emphasized by the teacher.
| nick | dike | flake | fleck | flick |
| cake | sock | deck | meek | flock |
| pack | yoke | slick | shock | poke |
| track | hack | dock | snake | neck |
| stuck | clack | sleek | strike | crack |
| freak | pluck | truck | stroke | brake |
| drake | shake | black | struck | sneak |
| spoke | tweak | broke | smack | shuck |
| bake | sake | like | beak | stoke |
| back | sack | lick | beck | stock |
| take | slake | pike | Luke | smoke |
| tack | slack | pick | luck | smock |
| rake | stake | peak | duke | croak |
| rack | stack | peck | duck | crock |
| lake | dike | speak | coke | cloak |
| lack | Dick | speck | cock | clock |
Tch generally has the same sound as ch. Ch usually follows vowels having the long sound, while tch usually follows vowels having the short sound.