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

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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 of e.

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

In the words of this table ai and ay have the long sound of a.

rail   lain    hail    bail    flail
slay   fray    nail    bait    frail
vain   mail    gray    clay    paid
dray   bray    main    wail    pray
raise  saint   stray   snail   faint
staid  away    paint   faith   train
gayly  spray   chain   plain   maid
stain  strain  waist   braid   drain
grain  praise  strait  twain   claim
sway   sprain  raisin  afraid  dainty

In the words of this table oa and oe have the long sound of o.

oats    soar    floe   roar   coat
coax    float   oak    goal   soap
roam    hoed    load   loan   soak
whoa    loam    boat   goat   moat
cloak   coarse  foam   roast  toast
groan   throat  shoal  croak  coast
loaves  hoarse  moan   coach  board

In the words of this table ie and final y take the long sound of i.

fie hie sly cry shy vie sty pry why lied fried sky tied vied tried pried ally rely defy deny reply spry skies flies cried supply spied plied dried comply

In the words of this table ew and ue are pronounced very nearly like u long.

hue due stew hew cue pew mew view ague jewel rescue sinew argue subdue value mildew pewter renew steward ensue

In the words of this table oi and oy are pronounced alike.

coy coil join loin toil soil foist boil coin cloy point broil joist hoist joint enjoy voice royal noise spoil moist avoid choice annoy doily employ oyster anoint poison boiler