The EA in bead has a long E sound as in bean and knead, rather than the short E as in bread (bred).
Yes. It has the short E sound as in bet and fed. The long E sound is heard in the word bead.
Yes, the word thread has the short e sound. Sometimes the combination 'ea' makes the short e and sometimes it makes the long e sound. Some other words that have the same short e sound as thread are bread, spread, and head. Some words where the 'ea' makes the long e sound are bead, leak, and clean.
Yes. The EA pair has a long E sound as in bead and beat.
Yes. The EA vowel pair has the short E sound, as in dead and bread (bred). The EA pair can also have a long E sound as in bead (beed) and plead.
Rain and cape have long A sounds; ran and cap have short A's. Bead and neat have long E sounds; bed and net have short E's. Pile and ride have long I sounds; pill and rid have short I's. Hope and wrote have long O sounds; hop and rot have short O's. Mute and pure have long U sounds; mutt and purr have short U's.
The EA in the word 'bead' has a long E sound. The similar word with a short E is 'bed.'
No. Bed has a short E and rhymes with led and wed. The word "bead" has the long E sound.
No. Bed has a short E and rhymes with led and wed. The word "bead" has the long E sound.
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Yes. It has the short E sound as in bet and fed. The long E sound is heard in the word bead.
Yes, the word thread has the short e sound. Sometimes the combination 'ea' makes the short e and sometimes it makes the long e sound. Some other words that have the same short e sound as thread are bread, spread, and head. Some words where the 'ea' makes the long e sound are bead, leak, and clean.
The word "year" has a long E vowel sound, created from the "ea" pairing. (E.g. bead, leaf, dear, fear)
Yes, the word 'bread' does have the short e sound. But not all words that have the e and a together make the same short e sound. An example of a word where the e and a make the long e sound is bead. But you also have words that are spelled exactly the same but sound different and mean different things, such as lead (with a long E meaning show someone the way) and lead (with the short e meaning a heavy metal). Or tear (with short e means to rip) and tear (with long e means the drops that fall when someone cries).
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 EA pair has a long E sound as in bead and beat.
short e, as bed,
Yes. The EA vowel pair has the short E sound, as in dead and bread (bred). The EA pair can also have a long E sound as in bead (beed) and plead.