Welcome to the practice page for /ɛ/ vowel (as in ‘Egg’) in General American English (GenAm).

/ɛ/ Words

Egg	Net	Fell	Edge	Lend
Yet	Send	Hen	Best	Let
Men	Wreck	Pen	Set	Said
Tell	Sell	Pet	Wet	Gem
Yes	Prep	Vet	Fed	Well

/ɛ/ Phrases- Repeated Occurrence

Ten cents	Smell pet	Mend belt	Rest guest	Egg shell
Red gem	Sled shed	Yell help	Let rest	Elk vet
Ed fell	Men den	Sweat less	Said yes	Hen peck
Deck edge	Spend less	Pest mess	Test prep	Send check
Went west	Dead end	Pledge sent	Best guess	Get set

/ɛ/ Phrases- Single Occurrence

Ring bell	Did sell	Do tell	Color red	Wooden deck
I fell	Fish net	Giraffe neck	Dark den	Chicken peck
Blue pen	Write check	Hit send	Egg bite	Ford Edge
New bed	Not yet	Saw elk	Best one	Count to ten
Pet dog	Big hen	One cent	Train wreck	The end

/ɛ/ Sentences- Repeated Occurrence

The ten elk caused a wreck	The sleds are in the red shed
There are ten hens in the den	Ned said the joke in jest
Jeff is a med student in debt	The test prep is on Wednesday
My best guess is yes	They sell red gems there
The bent flower stem had a gem	To make bread you must blend well

/ɛ/ Sentences- Single Occurrence

The shed needs a new roof	We need milk and 1 egg for the cookies
The blue pen leaked on the paper	I bought a new green vest
He needs to rest more	I will be next door from you
My guess is she will go	They are trying to sell the house
The best holiday is July 4	Ted is running another marathon