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