Word-initial, one syllable | Word-final, one-syllable split vowel spelling/ silent final e | Two-syllable | Three or more syllables |
cell cent cess cinch cyst | ace brace dice face grace ice lace lice mace mice nice pace place price puce race rice slice space spice splice spruce thrice trace trice truce twice vice | acid advice biceps bouncy cellar cement census certain cinder Cindy city civil cyan cyborg cyclist cyclone cygnet cymbals cynic cypress decent deduce device disgrace embrace entice fancy fireplace fleecy furnace grimace icy induce juicy justice lacy lettuce lucid Lucy malice menace mercy Nancy notice novice office palace pencil practice precept precise princess produce racing rancid recent recess recite reduce replace seduce service spicy stencil suffice surface terrace Tracy workplace | absorbency agency apprentice bicycle celebrate cemetery cinnamon decency decision exercise fluency grocery idiocy infancy injustice intercept interface introduce legacy lunacy merciful piracy policy prejudice privacy procedure racism recycle regency reproduce sacrifice tenancy urgency vacancy |
Yes, thanks! I am tutoring an adult who is making progress, but this is one concept she needs practice with.
Is there a similar list for soft g /j/?
Yes, there are similar lists for every sound and every spelling here: https://www.spelfabet.com.au/spelling-lists. Hope they’re useful! Alison