The past tense marker "ea" indicates that the action or state occurred in the past. It is commonly used in English to form past tense verbs, such as "ate" or "made."
The homophones (sound-alike words) are read andreed, or read and red.The words read (present tense, reed) and read (past tense, red) are homographs, meaning they are written the same, not sounded the same.
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.
The EA pair sounds like a long E (ee) and the other E is a short E.
No.The EA in dream has a long E sound as in beam and team.(the past tense form dreamt does have a short E sound, as in tempt)
Yes, the word "sweater" has a long "ea" sound where the "e" is pronounced like "ee." It sounds like "swee-ter."
The homophones (sound-alike words) are read andreed, or read and red.The words read (present tense, reed) and read (past tense, red) are homographs, meaning they are written the same, not sounded the same.
The past and present tense of read are spelled the same way: read.In the present tense, the "ea" is pronounced like a long E. (as in a reed)In the past tense, the "ea" is pronounced like a short E. (as in the color red)
There are a few EA words that have a short E sound. They include the rhyming words bread, dead, dread, head, lead (substance), read (past tense), spread, stead, thread, and tread. Other EA words are sweat, threat, breast, deaf, treachery and treacherous.
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.
The EA sounds like EE in many words, including easy and please.
No. The EA in great has a long a sound (grate). The EA in learned has a short E sound.
Yes, red does rhyme with instead. The EA vowel pair is pronounced as a short E, as in the word dead. Other rhyming EAD words are lead (element), read (past tense verb), and tread.
The EA pair sounds like a long E (ee) and the other E is a short E.
There are a few EA words that have a short E sound. They include the rhyming words bread, dead, dread, head, lead (substance), read (past tense), spread, stead, thread, and tread. Other EA words are sweat, threat, breast, deaf, treachery and treacherous.
No.The EA in dream has a long E sound as in beam and team.(the past tense form dreamt does have a short E sound, as in tempt)
Yes, the word "sweater" has a long "ea" sound where the "e" is pronounced like "ee." It sounds like "swee-ter."
Each has two sounds, or phonemes. They are "ea" and "ch", which is counted as a single sound.