These lists will furnish good pronunciation drills.
mat mate bit bite tap tape
pan pane rod rode fad fade
fat fate hat hate mad made
can cane pin pine rat rate
not note rob robe pet Pete
man mane din dine dim dime
cap cape fin fine spin spine
hid hide mop mope kit kite
hop hope plum plume rip ripe
tub tube cub cube
cut cute
tun tune
Call attention to the vowel digraphs in the same way: ea, ai, oa, ay.
deaf seat bean
neat leaves meat
heat peach lean
please eagle clean
eat seam teach
mean stream glean
read squeal wean
While there are exceptions, as in the words "head" and "bread," the
digraph "ea" has the sound of long "e" in nearly three-fourths of the
words in which it occurs and should be so taught. The visual image "ea"
should call up the auditory image of long "e." When the child meets the
exceptions the context must be relied on to aid him.
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