Polysyllabic words
Front vowels
[J]
Spelling
‑ e ‑ he, she, me, meter, complete
‑ ee ‑ see, meet, beef
‑ ea ‑ sea, tea, beat, leak
‑ ie ‑ piece, niece, brief
‑ ei ‑ seize, ceiling, receive, conceive
‑ i ‑ machine, fatigue
Also: key, quay [ki:], people
Monosyllabic words
each, eel, east, peal, peach, peak, be, beam, beak, tea, teen, deem, deal, niece, lea, leave, leap, see, seen, zeal, seek, feel, feast, veal, week, weep, weave, wheeze, key, gee [GJ], gene, cheat, cheap, cheek, she, sheep, heel, heat, reel, reach, clean, please, three, grief, green, yeast
The Positional Length
E–eve–eat
pea–peas–peace
bee-bead–beat
me-meal-meat
tea-team-teeth
D-deal-deep
knee-need-neat
lea-lead-leak
sea-seed-seat
fee-feed-feet
free-freed-freak
we-wheel-wheat
he-heed-heap
key-keel-keep
she-sheen-sheep
Polysyllabic words
· Stressed position
epoch, equal, evening, eavesdrop, fever, teacher, leader, creature, dreamer, recent, chieftain, seizure, seaside, teapot, peacock, sweetheart, 'pretext, meantime, eagerness, frequency, scenery;
indeed, succeed, appeal, machine, complete, repeat, police, agree, trustee,
refugee ["refjV'GJ], employee ["emplOI'J]
· Unstressed position
sunbeam, latchkey, colleague, series, herpes, mouthpiece, linseed, Sub-dean, deadbeat, buckwheat, mincemeat, gangrene, hygiene, masterpiece, imbecile, obsolete, submarine, pedigree, jubilee
Words with [J] ‑ [I]
indeed, esteem, fifteen, degree, between, secret, teaching, beating, feeling, meaning, meeting, reading, eating, stealing, being, thesis, evening, besiege, beseech, believe, sealskin, steamship, intrigue, extremely
[I]
Spelling
‑ i ‑ fit, pin, kill, live, mirror
‑ y ‑ symbol, system, nymph
‑ e ‑ effect, enable, elastic, before, decide, because
‑ a ‑ village, cabbage, delicate
‑ ai ‑ captain, mountain, fountain
‑ ui ‑ guild, build, guinea
Also: busy ['bIzi], minute ['mInIt], forehead ['fLrId], college ['kPlIG]
Monosyllabic words
it, ill, itch, pill, pit, big, miss, milk, myth, tit, tick, till, did, disk, list, lick, lip, flit, sip, six, film, fist, fifth, vint, Vic, wish, wind, wink, with, hill, hitch, kiss, kick, king, give, shift, shin, chin, chick, thin, thing, think, rib, spring
The Positional Length
is–in–if
pig–pin–pick
bid-bill-bit
mid-mill-mist
tig-tin-tip
dig-din-Dick
nig-nil-knit
lid-limb-lit
fib-fin-fit
wig-win-wick
his-him-hiss
kid-kill-kit
gig-gild-gift
chisel-chill-chip
rid-ring-wrist
Polysyllabic words
· Stressed position
visit, city, ditty, busy, kitchen, finish, living, printing, whiskey, winter, history, institute, district, chimney, victory, mystery, interesting, infinitive, indifferent, indignity, submit
· Unstressed position
itself, involve, begin, exactly, example, excuse, electric, eleven, enough, escape, invite, mistake, important, direct, discuss, behind, before, decide, devoid, fetches, busses, bushes, ended, shouted, rested, profit, promise, nothing, worship, unit, practice, office, artist, pocket, basket, actress, voiceless, forest
Opposition [J] ‑ [I]
eat-it
each-itch
ease-is
peak-pick
deed-did
seat-sit
keel-kill
feel-fill
leap-lip
sheep-ship
feast-fist
team-Tim
beach-bitch
heel-hill
heap-hip
fees-fizz
wheel-will
weep-whip
jean-gin
bean-bin
read-rid
cheap-chip
meek-Mitch
cheek-chick
week-wick
neat-knit
keen-kin
seek-sick
dean-din
wheat-wit
Positional length (in oppositions)
leave-live-leaf-cliff
bead-bid-beat-bit
heed-hid-heat-hit
lead-lid-leap-lip
deem-dim-deep-dip
reed-rid-reach-rich
peal-pill-peach-pitch
seen-sin-seek-sick
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