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

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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. Ch usually follows vowels having the long sound, while tch usually follows vowels having the short sound.

each    teach    peach   reach    speech
bleach  screech  leech   breach   beech
coach   roach    poach   broach   preach
fetch   stretch  itch    botch    notch
blotch  catch    sketch  crutch   pitch
latch   batch    snatch  ditch    match
hatch   patch    hutch   twitch   clutch
switch  witch    stitch  scratch  flitch

This table contains a further development of the two sounds of th.

fifth    tenth   strength  thud    thill
thing    thump   thick     thank   thatch
throb    throne  thrust    thrash  thrush
this     thus    these     those   that
them     than    then      the     thee
thy      bathe   lathe     seethe  lithe
blithe   withe   clothe    scathe  thine
breathe  soothe  smooth    thence  sheathe

In the following list of words ie has the sound of long e.