bargain captain certain curtain mountain
oa for o: long.
board
boat
cloak
coax
coal
coast
coarse=
float
foam
goat
gloam
groan
hoarse
load=
loan
loaf
oak
oar
oats
roast
road=
roam
shoal
soap
soar
throat
toad
toast
ie for e: long.
believe
chief=
fierce
grief=
niece
priest=
piece
thief
ei for e long.
neither receipt receive
In _sieve, ie_ has the sound of _i_ short.
In _eight, skein, neighbor, rein, reign, sleigh, vein, veil, weigh,_
and _weight, ei_ has the sound of _a_ long.
In _height, sleight,_ and a few other words _ei_ has the sound of _i_ long.
In _great, break,_ and _steak ea_ has the sound of _a_ long;
in _heart_ and _hearth_ it has the sound of _a_ Italian,
and in _tear_ and _bear_ it has the sound of _a_ as in _care_.
Silent Consonants etc.
although
answer
bouquet
bridge
calf
calm
catch
castle
caught
chalk
climb
ditch
dumb
edge
folks
comb
daughter
debt
depot
forehead
gnaw
hatchet
hedge
hiccough=
hitch
honest
honor
hustle
island
itch
judge
judgment
knack
knead
kneel
knew
knife
knit
knuckle
knock
knot
know
knowledge
lamb
latch
laugh
limb
listen=
match
might
muscle
naughty
night
notch
numb
often
palm
pitcher
pitch
pledge
ridge
right
rough
scene
scratch
should
sigh
sketch
snatch
soften
stitch
switch=
sword
talk
though
through
thought
thumb
tough
twitch
thigh
walk
watch
whole
witch
would
write
written
wrapper
wring
wrong
wrung
wrote
wrestle
yacht
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