The EA has a short E sound in "meant" to rhyme with bent and sent.
The EA in the present tense of the verb (mean) has a long sound, to rhyme with bean and seen.
"Head" is considered a long "ea" word because the "ea" makes the long vowel sound of "ee" in this word.
Yes, The EA has the less-frequent short E sound, as in bread, death, and health. It rhymes with bent and dent.
The EA vowel pair has a short E sound, as in bread and threat.
The EA has a short E sound. The word rhymes with weather and tether.
There is no "A" sound. The EA pair has the long E vowel sound as in beat.
"Head" is considered a long "ea" word because the "ea" makes the long vowel sound of "ee" in this word.
No. The EA pair has a short E sound, as in cent and lent.
Yes, The EA has the less-frequent short E sound, as in bread, death, and health. It rhymes with bent and dent.
The EA vowel pair has a short E sound, as in bread and threat.
The EA has a short E sound. The word rhymes with weather and tether.
There is no "A" sound. The EA pair has the long E vowel sound as in beat.
No. The EA in great has a long a sound (grate). The EA in learned has a short E sound.
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.
The EA pair has a long E sound, as in beat and seat.
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.
No. The EA pair has a long E sound, as in meat and meet.
No. The I is a long I, but the EA has a long E sound, the final E being silent. (dih-zeez)