LONG VOWEL “e”
Words with long vowel “e” can be spelled in a variety of ways. EXAMPLES: 1.- e: wehe 2.- ee: beesee 3.- ea: jeansteam 4.- ie: pieceshield 5.- y:Billycandy Listen carefully, long vowel “e” sounds like this: “e”
Read and listen carefully to the following words. They all have the long sound of vowel “e”. Repeat them after me (loudly and slowly). Ready? happy shield keep we teacher party tree Candy piece mean
Do you remember what short “e” sounds like? It sounds like this: “e” as in bed, let, sled. Listen to the words, repeat them and on the piece of paper, write “s” for short or “l” for long. Let's practice. Get a pen and a piece of paper. Write numbers 1 to 10 in one column. Next, let's review the short sound of “e”.
1. bed 2. meet 3. read 4. met 5. kept 6. busy 7. teeth 8. me 9. cream 10. slept
1. bed 2. meet 3. read 4. met 5. kept 6. busy 7. teeth 8. me 9. cream 10. slept The answers are: short long short long short