English vowel teams
ei
ai
oi
ui
ie ia io
ey ee ea eo eu ew
ay
au aw
oy oe oa oo ou ow
uy ue
regular
irregular
regular rule
ie
middle
final
long-e
long-i
fierce
pier
bier
Pierce
fiend
chief
thief
relief
...
die
tie
lie
pie
fie
hie
...
(Silent-e
rule)
two
syllables
diet
quiet
exception
short-e
friend
ea
long-e
sea
heap
read
lead
lease
team
real
steal
beat
seat
steal
...
short-e
head
dead
read
lead
instead
steady
bread
dread
thread
tread
spread
meadow
short-e
sweat
leather
weather
heather
health
wealth
stealth
realm
long-a
great
break
ou
regular
short-u
“ow!”
house
thousand
about
out
loud
louse
tout
proud
hour
our
round
cloud
...
after /y/
long-u
double
trouble
country
couple
you
your
youth
soup
group
Houston
exception
soul
ow
“ oh!”
know
slow
sow
bow
row
grow
blow
stow
glow
crow
low
..
“ow!”
how
cow
sow
bow.
row
brow
now
scow
pow
plow
prow
“ oh!”
brown
down
brown
clown
gown
own
sown
mown
allow
tower
flower
cower
power
dower
endow
slower
tower
mower
grower
oo
regular
long-u
moo
boot
toot
boom
soon
choose
cool
stool
mood
moon
fool
...
before
/d/short
round-u
before /k/
short
round-u
good
hood
stood
wood
book
hook
shook
took
crook
cook
look
nook
rook
brook
shortened
short-u
flood
blood
foot
ee
regular
exception
long-e
short-i
bee
see
feed
eel
seen
keen
feet
meet
creep
beep
beetle
...
been
exceptions
long-a
entrée
fiancee
nee
(Silent-e
rule with no
consonant)
oa
regular
exceptions
long-o
“aw!”
boat
goat
road
goal
shoal
groan
roam
foam
boast
toast
roast
...
broad
exceptions
vv
boa
coagulate
coaxial
Noah
oe
regular
long-o
toe
hoe
floe
roe
doe
woe
(Silent-e
rule)
exception
long-u
shoe
ai,ay
middle
final
exception
long-a
long-a
short-e
maid
paid
raid
tail
wail
sail
sailor
fail
pain
rain
Spain
raise
..
say
pay
payment
ray
day
bay
may
nay
stay
play
..
said
again
oi,oy
medial
final
exception
soil
foil
toil
spoil
coil
coin
loin
choice
quoit
adroit
boy
toy
Roy
Troy
soy
cloy
annoy
croissant
..
...
Royal
loyal
ui
before
/t/
suit
fruit
recruit
juice
before
/i/
build
building
built
guild
bi-syllabic
/uw-i/
ruin
uy
regular
long-i
buy
guy
buyer
ue
regular
exceptions
long-u
true
blue
due
hue
clue
glue
sue
rue
(Silent-e
rule)
segue
guess
vague
league
rogue
eu, ew
medial
final
exception
long-u
long-u
long-o
neuter
pneumonia
blew
dew
hew
mew
new
pew
crew
few
sew
au, aw
middle
middle
final
caught
taught
taut
lawn
hawk
law
saw
caw
gnaw
flaw
maw
craw
raw
eo
after /g/
before /r/
geography George
geology
Georgia
ei,ey
after /c/
before /gh/
long-e
long-a
receive
receipt
conceit
deceit
conceive
deceive
weigh
neighbor
their
theirs
final
long-a
they
hey
grey
prey
exception
long-e
weird
ia, io, ious
stressed
long-i,
shwa
stressed
long e,
short-a
bias
dial
diary
vial
via
diary
maniac
radial
radiant
riot
serious
various