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/ē/ as in evening |  |
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How to spell the long /ē/sound: |
In some words of more than one syllable you just need the letter e,
for example:
| e- words | be- words | de- words | re- words |
| eclipse ecology economy elastic electric elope emergency emotion equal equator erupt even evil |
because become before behind belong below between beware beyond |
decent defeat defend degree delete delight demand depend deserve |
react recall recent record reflect refund region relax rely remind repeat reply require return |
More on this in the next Unit - Syllables: Vowel and Consonant Patterns.
See also Unit 23: Prefixes
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"I ran the trial with a small group of students over three weeks before the summer holidays," she says. "I quickly saw the benefits, and signed up."
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