1．a在开音节中读/ei/。例如：
| face | plane |
| place | race |
| space | grade |
| trade | age |
| page | cake |
| shake | lake |
| make | take |
| wake | snakepale |
| tale | sale |
| game | lame |
| name | shame |
| same | shape |
| tape | phase |
| Kate | fate |
| hate | date |
| gatelate | state |
| skate | plate |
| cave | save |
| wave | slave |
| brave | baby |
| lady | lazy |
| paper | nature |
| Asia | abletable |
| native | awake |
| mistake | translate |
| persuade | potato |
2．a在tion前读/ei/。 例如：
| nation | station |
| relation | situation |
| graduation | education |
| population | information |
| operation | libera-tion |
| celebration | pronunciation |
| congratulation | examination |
| imagination |
3．ai读作/ei/。例如：
| maid | remain |
| wait | waist |
| strait | straight |
| raise | praise |
| tail | fail |
| sail | nail |
| rail | aim |
| pain | chainmain |
| gain | rain |
| plain | train |
| grain | brain |
| paint | dail |
| mainly | railway |
| waiter | tailor |
| sailorfailure |
4．ay读作/ei/。 例如：
| spray | bayonet |
| day | hay |
| lay | play |
| may | pay |
| way | stay |
| gray | tray |
| maybe | daytime |
| daylight | today |
| delay | away |
5．eigh读作/ei/。 例如：
| eight | freight |
| eighth | weigh |
| weight | eighty |
| neighbour |
6．ey读作/ei/。 例如：
| grey | hey |
| they | obey |
7．a在nge前读/ei/。 例如：
| change | strange |
| stranger | danger |
| dangerous |
8．在以下单词中，ea读/ei/。 例：
| break | great |
