Words with the long E sound are spelled with E, AE, EA, EE, EI, IE, or an ending Y:
No. The EA in head has a short E sound, as in some other words such as bread, tread and thread.
Only one of the words mentioned has a long e sound. The word with the long E sound is precede.
It is a long E sound as in the words least and feast.
No, the word "smell" has a short e sound, not the long e sound. The long e sound is usually heard in words like "bee" or "see."
The word 'near' does not technically have a long E sound, because of the R. This is called a caret I (ear) word. Some other words that rhyme with near and have the same sound are fear, hear, and dear. There are words that look the same as those words, but have the caret A sound (air), like wear, bear, and pear. And then some of them are spelled exactly alike and can have either the long e or short e sound. An example is tear (rip apart with a short e) and tear (crying drops with a long e).
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.
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No. The EA in head has a short E sound, as in some other words such as bread, tread and thread.
Only one of the words mentioned has a long e sound. The word with the long E sound is precede.
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 '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. It has a short E sound, as in the words bet, get, and set. The word with the long E sound is "peat."
It is a long E sound as in the words least and feast.
No, the word "smell" has a short e sound, not the long e sound. The long e sound is usually heard in words like "bee" or "see."
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 'near' does not technically have a long E sound, because of the R. This is called a caret I (ear) word. Some other words that rhyme with near and have the same sound are fear, hear, and dear. There are words that look the same as those words, but have the caret A sound (air), like wear, bear, and pear. And then some of them are spelled exactly alike and can have either the long e or short e sound. An example is tear (rip apart with a short e) and tear (crying drops with a long e).
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.