<e> | /ɛ/ | get, wet | almost always in closed stressed syllable |
| /i/ | we, me, he, be, she | |
| | these, gene, scene, fetus, zero, atmosphere, bacteria | |
| /ə/ | happen, problem, open, listen | unstressed |
<ee> | /i/ | FLEECE, need, feel, see | |
<ea> | /i/ | each, meat, sea, reveal, leave | mostly |
| /ɛ/ | sweat, ready, bread, dead, pleasure, peasant, leather, jealous | |
| /eɪ/ (FACE) | great, break, steak | unusual |
| /ə/ | ocean | very exceptional |
<ei> | /eɪ/ (FACE) | eight, weight, beige, neighbor | In most words |
| /i/ | receive, ceiling, seize, leisurely | In some words |
| /aɪ/ | height, feisty, heist | very exceptional |
| /ɛ/ | heifer | |
| /ə/ | foreign | |
<ey> | /eɪ/ | obey, they, survey | |
| /i/ | key, money, honey | |
<ew> | /u/ | blew, chew, crew | |
| /ju/ | few, dew, stew, view | |