Long vowel sounds: -e-
When you hear a long -e- , particularly in the middle ofa word, it's often spelled -ea- or -ee- , like the words here:
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But there's no advice I can give to help you decide
which one it is.
If you're not sure, try writing the word both ways on
a scrap of paper, first with -ea- and then with -ee.
Nearly always you'll spot the one you want!
1. In the following pairs, underline the word that you think
is correct:
| breaze/breeze | reach/reech | betwean/between |
| heating/heeting | freadom/freedom | breathe/breethe |
| season/seeson | refugea/refugee | meating/meeting |
| beneath/beneeth | fealing/feeling | indead/indeed |
| succead/succeed | repeat/repeet | coffea/coffee |
2. Now make some more words by writing -ea- or -ee-
in the gaps:
| gr___dy | tr___tment | fr___zing | m___ning |
| pl___sed | bl___k | t___th | w___kend |
| b___troot | f___ture | cr___ture | str___t |
| icecr___m | agr___ment | gr___se | b___chboy |
Click here to check the answers
Click here to check the answers
*Don't forget that you can also spell the long -e- sound by writing -ie- and -ei-For example: believe thief ceiling receive
Look back at Rules 1 to revise the rule about -ie- and -ei- .
Look back at Rules 1 to revise the rule about -ie- and -ei- .
*Finally, remember that you can also use the "magic e" to make a short e become a long e, as in athlete, stampede, and Japanese. Click here for the magic e worksheet
*Finally, remember that you can also use the "magic e" to make a short e become a long e, as in athlete, stampede, and Japanese. Click here for the magic e worksheet or a hangman puzzle
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Roger Smith
Focus words
scream
speaker
reason
cheap
reveal
freeze
keeper
proceed
between
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