be – me – he – she – we – eve – these – theme – scene – scheme – Pete – Steve

compete – complete – delete – supreme – extreme – Chinese – Maltese – Japanese – Vietnamese

hit – it – fit – bit – sit – quit – tip – dip – lip – lick – pick – sick – kiss – miss – this

did – kid – lid – rid – bid – rib – lib – pig – fig – dig – his – is – Liz – live – bridge


/e/ – /æ/
bed – bad, said – sad, beg – bag, leg – lag, hell – Hal, hem – ham

Ben – ban, pen – pan, den – Dan, ten – tan, men – man; bend – band, lend – land, send – sand

bet – bat, met – mat, pet – pat, set – sat, mess – mass, wreck – rack, peck – pack, letter – latter, better – batter


/æ/ – /a:/
bad – bard, lad – lard, Pam – palm, cam – calm, carry – car, Barry – bar

cat – cart, hat – heart, mat – mart, pat – part, cap – carp, back – bark, pack – park