/e/ and /ei/

​/e/ usually appears in -ea, -are, -ear, -air and STRESSED -e	/ei/ usually appears in -ai, -ay, -ei, -ey or ‘magic’ a_e (except –are)
ahead, ready, bread, dead, deaf, head, heavy, pleasure, weather care, fare, dare, scare bear, tear air, stair, fairy accept, bell, best, bet, egg, end, expect, forget, lend, send, spend, suggest	mail, explain, fail always, delay, display eight, neighbor, weigh survey, they, grey age, cake, date, escape, face, game, lake, male, make, name, snake, whale, wave
Special cases: pretty, England, English	Other cases: native, creative, nature, nation break, great, steak behave, behavior ancient, strange