ɪ and i
| sin | seen |
| bit | beat |
| sit | seat |
| fill | feel |
| live | leave |
| pick | peak |
| chip | cheap |
| lip | leap |
| ship | sheep |
| hit | heat |
æ and ɛ
| bad | bed |
| mad | med |
| sad | said |
| bat | bet |
| had | head |
| bag | beg |
| sat | set |
| land | lend |
| dad | dead |
| and | end |
ʌ and ɑ
| bus | boss |
| cut | cot |
| hut | hot |
| luck | lock |
| stuck | stock |
| shut | shot |
| duck | dock |
| color | collar |
u and ʊ
| pool | pull |
| fool | full |
| Luke | look |
| who’d | hood |
| suit | soot |