图1：/ɪ/ 和 /e/ 舌位对比图
图2：松元音和紧元音（图中蓝色背景的是松元音，红色背景的是紧元音）
从上面的图1可以看出，/e/ 的舌位比/ɪ/更低一些，也就是说 发/e/ 时的开口比发/ɪ/时的开口要更大一些。从上面的图2可以看出，/ɪ/ 和 /e/ 都是松元音。
下面列出一些分别含有 /ɪ/ 和 /e/ 发音的单词供大家练习这两个音的区别：
| /ɪ/ | /e/ |
| bit | bet |
| did | dead |
| pin | pen |
| tin | ten |
| fill | fell |
| will | well |
| rid | read |
下面列出一些含有 /ɪ/ 和 /e/的句子供大家练习区分这两个音。
1. I bet Bill is a little bit heavy.
2. What did you do to the dead pig?
3. Jim put a pin and a pen into the bin.
4. Jimmy has ten tin cans.
5. Tim fell down into a pit. He came out and decided to fill this pit with earth.
6. You will get well soon.
7. Tedd read a book teaching how to get rid of bad habits.