is soft.--cent, city, cypress.

face cent nice
lace cell price
place ice slice
race rice twice
Grace mice cypress
cylinder cyclone

(Hard c is found before a, o, and u or a consonant.)

Rule 11.

G before e, i or y is soft,--gentle, giant, gypsy. (Get and give are
common exceptions.)

age gentle gem
cage gin gypsy
page gill giraffe
rage ginger wage
sage giant gipsy

Exercise--Pronounce and mark the following words, and tell whether they
contain the soft or hard sounds of g.

go gay gate globe
dog bag garden glass
gentle cage general forge
geese gather wagon glove
gem game George forget
germ Gill Grace grain

Note effect of final e on hard g.

rag rage sag sage
wag wage stag stage

Rule 12.

I before gh--i is long and gh silent--ni_gh_t.

light right fight
night bright fright
sight high slight
might thigh flight
tight sigh plight

Rule 13.

Final y in words of more than one syllable is short,--cherry.

dainty pity ferry
plainly city lightly
rainy naughty berry
daisy thirty merry
daily dreary cherry

Rule 14.

Final e in words of more than one syllable is silent.--gentl_e_,
Nelli_e_.

Rule 15.

Effect of r upon vowels.

[~er] [~ir] [~or] [~ur]
her bird work urn
fern sir word turn
term stir worm hurt
herd girl world purr
jerk first worst burn
ever chirp worth churn
serve whirl worse burst
perch thirst worship church
kernel fir worthy curve
verse firm worry curb
verb third fur
germ birth blur
herb birch cur