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Words with an obvious tʃ sound

child, achieve, change, charge, cheap, cheat, chest, Manchester, chicken, chips, choke
(but not school, ache, anchor, character, echo; and not technical
words like chemical, architect, mechanical or archive
)
much, catch, Dutch, fetch, match, touch, ouch, witch
(but not Scottish words like loch, or foreign names like Bach)

 

Words with a surprise tʃ sound

picture, nature, naturally, literature, torture, culture, vulture, cultural
(but not posture; and not actor, doctor, vector, etc)

 

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