The article "the" has a long E sound when it precedes a vowel sound, or when it is stressed. This represents a natural vocal pattern, although the schwa sound (thuh) can also be used, as it is before a consonant.
Examples:
It is the only way into town.
He saw the aardvark in the open field.
Deliberate stress:
It is not just a solution to our problem; it is thesolution.
Some examples of words with a long e sound are: bee, tree, key, and dream.
No. The actual sound is a short E as in leg and beg. However, some dialects sound the E in egg and leg as a long A (layg, ayg).
The word step has a short 'e' sound. A long 'e' says the letter. Steep has a long 'e' sound.
elephant have a long e sound ?
No. The EA pair has a long E sound as in reach and teach. (Some EA words do have a short E sound, such as head.)
Yes. He is pronounced "hee" as it has a long E sound. If it did not have a long E sound, it would be pronounced "heh" which is not correct.Yes, 'he' has a long 'e' sound. It is pronounced 'hee'.
No. The EA in great has a long a sound (grate). The EA in learned has a short E sound.
The word 'meadow' has a short E sound in the first syllable. It also has a long O sound in the second syllable. Some examples of other words where the EA pair have the short e sound are bread, death, and sweat. However, most words with EA together do have a long e sound. For example, the words bead and meal have a long E sound.
The word pry does not have the long e sound. It does have a long i sound though. Some other words like that are why, shy, and guy. There are other words where the y does have the long e sound, like candy or sandy.
It is the sound like the letter itself. Examples: sleep, beak, creek, deep, meat, meet.
He , be, and we are all examples of long e with no other vowels.
In English, the word "whale" has a long A sound. Generally, when you see an E at the end of a one-syllable word, it makes the vowel have a long sound: tame, made, face, and whale are some examples of words with the 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.
No. The actual sound is a short E as in leg and beg. However, some dialects sound the E in egg and leg as a long A (layg, ayg).
The word step has a short 'e' sound. A long 'e' says the letter. Steep has a long 'e' sound.
elephant have a long e sound ?
Yes. The EE pair has a long E sound as in cheep and cheap. The final E is silent.
No, the word 'game' does not have a long E sound. 'Game' has a long A sound, but the E is silent. The silent E is a clue that the A has a long A sound.