Ex. 1 Look at the following words containing the vowel /e/ and find their counterparts containing the diphthong /eɪ/.
bed, Ben, Bess, den, fell, gel, get, Jen, Ken, let, Mel, men, met, pen, red, rend, sell, tell, wed, well, when, wet, wreck, wren
Ex. 2 The following borrowings contain a final /-e/ in the original French. Which sound is used in English?
ballet, bouquet, chalet, crochet, duvet, fiancé(e), pâté, soirée, soufflé
KEY
1. bade, bane, base, Dane, fail, gaol/jail, gate, Jane, cane, late, mail/male, main/mane, mate, pain/pane, raid, rained, sale, tale, wade, wail, wane, wait, rake, rain
2. /-eɪ/ is pronounced because English phonology does not allow most short vowels to occur in the final position.
When in doubt in Exercise 2, I used the Cambridge Dictionary at dictionary.cambridge.org.
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