not note grip gripe fuse
dot dote slop slope maze
tub tube shin shine hose
con cone slim slime froze
cub cube glad glade these
nod node snip snipe gaze
met mete shot shote rise
plat plate spin spine size
flam flame plan plane wise
shad shade strip stripe haze
mop mope grim grime rose
whit white twin twine daze
sham shame prim prime those
scrap scrape plum plume close


Before _r_ the sounds of the vowels _a_, _e_, _i_, and _u_ are greatly
modified. These combinations occur so frequently that much drill is
required. Final _e_ affects _ar_ as in _care_.

stir serf mar jar fur
slur tart cart bur furl
star turf first curl gird
jerk lard fern bird dart
firm scar card char spar
hurl lark hurt part arch
turn blur purr pert spur
hard barn darn carp herd
dark burn term hark yard
start shirt bark yarn harp