Long vowel
The vowels "ee" as in "bee" and "ea" as in "beach" can make the long e sound.
You can add either an E or an A after the E to get a long E sound. The words beet and beatare homophones (sound-alike words).
Yes. The A has a long a sound as in may and take. The E is silent.
The A has a long a sound as in may and take. The E is silent.
The word 'step' has the short e sound. To make the long e sound the word would need to have 2 e's and that would make it 'steep' which is another word altogether.
The word 'sneaker' does not have the short e sound. The combination EA makes the long E sound as in sneak and peek. The EA pair does not always make the long E sound. For example EA in the word 'bread' is a short E sound, and in the word 'break' it has a long A sound.
Yes, the word 'teeth' does make the long e sound. When you see two e's together it is a clue that the word will have the long e sound. Some other words that are like that are beets, seed, and keen.
It doesn't make any sound for itself, but it normally makes the preceding vowel a long vowel sound.Examples:mat (short A) + E = mate (long A)sit (short I) + E = site (long I)dot (short I) + E = dote (long O)However, there are exceptions where the vowel has another sound (come and some have a short U sound).
The beginning of the word "easy" There are two long E sounds in the word 'easy'. The diphthong ea has a long E sound, and so does the letter y.
No, the word 'you' does not have the short e sound. The ou together in this word make a long u sound. *This question asked about the word 'we' which does have a long E sound - the site software changed this 'we' to 'you' which obviously has no E in it.
No. The A has a long A sound as in make and fade. The E is silent.
Yes. The A has a long A sound, as in bake and cake. The E is silent.