/ē/ as in evening |
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How to spell the long /ē/ sound: |
Sometimes we just need the letter e,
for example:
e- words | be- words | de- words | re- words |
economy elastic emergency equal erupt even |
because become before belong between beware |
decent delete delight demand depend deserve |
react recall reflect relax reply return |
More on this in the next unit - Syllables: Vowel and Consonant Patterns.
See also Unit 23: Prefixes.
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More ways of spelling the long /ē/
sound - ee, ea, e-e, y.
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