Quite a few:
ee as in bee
e as in emasculate
ea as in speaker
y as in factory
ie as in newbie
i as in spumoni
Sleep, beep, creep, keep, feet, tweet, beet, meet, sweet, peel
Only one of the words mentioned has a long e sound. The word with the long E sound is precede.
Tenessee
No. It has a short E sound, as in the words bet, get, and set. The word with the long E sound is "peat."
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).
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 a long E sound as in the words least and feast.
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.
Yes. The word be has a long E sound, as in the homophone word "bee." Other two-letter long E words are be, he, me, and we.
The long E sound comes from a number of vowels and vowel pairs, and "says the name" of the letter E (ee). The exception is that words with an R-shaped (ear) sound are not technically long E words, and are represented by a caret I.
Yes. The EA in reason has a long E sound, as in the rhyming words season and treason.
Leash does have the long e sound, as if it were spelled leesh, but goose does not. Goose has a silent e sound, as if it were spelled goos.
The AYR sound (caret A) in share contains the long A sound (ay), but has a secondary sound. The E is silent.