Sound Advice

Certain letter combinations can provide us with clues as to how to pronounce English words. Normally speaking, words with "ee" ( ex: tree ) or "ea" ( ex: flea ) together will create a "long e" sound. Words which end with "ey" ( ex: donkey ) will produce the same sound. When the letter "e" is proceded by a consonant and is followed by another consonant ( ex: zebra ) it will usually make the same "long e" sound as well. Below, you can try your hand at identifying words that contain the "long e" sound.

Look at the spelling of the following words and try to choose which word has the "long e" sound. You can check your answers by clicking on the arrows. Click the answer button to see the correct answer.

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Which of these words has a "long e" sound?
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1.       ten      nature      three      seven   
   
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   Answerthree

2.       fell      steal      scale      ladder   
   
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   Answersteal

3.       pen      shovel      send      hockey   
   
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   Answerhockey

4.       make      help     recent basic      pale   
   
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   Answerrecent

5.       queen      foreman      lawyer      apple   
   
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   Answerqueen

6.       tape      seat      battle      write   
   
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   Answerseat

7.       friend      together      kidney      pencil   
   
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   Answerkidney

8.       essay      sleeve      nice      end   
   
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   Answersleeve

9.       sell      chocolate      came      read   
   
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   Answerread

10.       respond      acceptable      attention      shell   
    
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    Answerrespond

Find the word in the sentence that has the "long e" sound.

Read the sentences and try to determine which word contains the "long e" sound. You can check your answers by clicking on the arrows.

1. The car drove out of the parking lot and into the street.
   Answerstreet

2. The couple sailed their boat on the sea.
   Answersea

3. The squeaky door anounced our arrival.
   Answersqueaky

4. The grey donkey sat down on the carpet.
   Answerdonkey

5. They love to breathe the fresh air during their afternoon jog.
   Answerbreathe

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