Words that have the long E vowel sound are:
E words such as be, me, and we
E words with a silent E, such as gene, scene, and eve
EE words such as feet, meet, and greet
EA words such as read, steal, leave, and seat
EY words such as attorney, alley, key
EI words such as receive
IE words such as niece, piece, wield and yield
I words such as marine, machine, broccoli, chili, and pique
Y ending words such as baby, crazy, and silly
AY as in quay
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."
Tenessee
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.
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 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.
Tenessee
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.
No. The EA in head has a short E sound, as in some other words such as bread, tread and thread.
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.