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/eə/ said as in “care” or “hair” 

 pear, bear, tear, wear, vary, variable, parents, area, malaria, scarce, their, there, where, heir (silent “h”) ,

mayor, prayer.

/ɔ:/ said as in “born” or “lawn” or “roar” or “taut” 

 August, automatic, all  (and most other -all  words like ball, call, small   –  but not shall ), alter , altar, alternative,

almighty, almost, almanac, although, walk, stalk, talk, war, ward, warm, warn, wart, t o wards, warble,

 swarm, water, wharf, quart, quarter, four, pour, your, court, mourn, tournament, door, poor, floor, boor,

caught, taught, naught(y), haughty, daughter, distraught, ought, thought, fought. 

/a:/ said as in “harm” 

are, ask, cask, grasp, clasp, mask, clerk, heart, aunt, can’t, chant, slant, grant, father, lather, rather, example,

half, alms, balm(y), calm, palm, qualm, psalm, laugh(ter), castle, glass, massage, sabotage,  garage (American

English) , mirage, moustache.

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/u:/ said as in “tooth” or “blue” or “blew” do, to, who, shoe, tomb, move, prove, lose, wound (= injure), lieu , fruit, suit(able), juice, sluice, bruise, cruise. 

/eɪ/ said as in “hate” or “rain” or “may” alien, ache, they, whey, vein, great, break, steak, eight, weigh, neigh, deign, feign, reign, fete, bidet, cachet,

ricochet, ballet, bouquet, chalet, tourniquet, gauge, bass, plague, vague. 

(j) Other Illogical Spellings

( /i:/ normal spellings = sees –  ease –  these –  piece  ) thesis, bidet, criteria, bacteria, stereo, people, quay, key,

 simile, receipt, police; marine (/əʊ/ as in boat –  low  –  hoe –  go  ) sloth, solar, sew, beau, mauve, brooch,

 soul; (/ju:/ as in due –  few –  too  ) beauty, feud, queue; (/æ/ as in hat  ) plait; ( /ʊ/ as in book  –  put ) woman,

 should, could, would, bosom; (/aɪ/ as in bite   –  li ght –  my  –  dye –  die ) buy, aye, diet, lichen, either, guide,

height, island, viscount, indict; ( /ɪə/as in here –  pier  –  fear  –  beer ) idea, weir, weird, query; (/ɜ/as in f i r  –  fur  – 

 her  ) word, world, worm, worse, worth(y), heard, pearl, earn, learn, rehearse, gourd, scourge; (  / au/  as

in now – 

 foul ) plough.