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
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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_.
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