Spelling the long vowel sound /ē/: ee, ea, e-e, y

Sometimes, we add another letter to spell the long /ē/ sound.
For example:


ee as in green.	ea as in beach.	e-e as in athlete.	y as in happy.
Some examples: beech* speech screech need* reed* seed weed bleed cheek leek* week* feel heel* peel* reel* steel* seem* been* screen queen deep weep cheep* creep sheep deer* peer* steer meet* sweet* street breeze freeze squeeze between thirteen fourteen etc. bee* free three agree coffee degree committee ... and many more	Some examples: each peach reach teach lead read* leaf leave beak leak* peak* weak* squeak deal heal real* squeal cream dream stream team* bean* clean jeans* cheap* ear hear* fear spear year feat* cheat wheat east feast least please tease crease grease breathe leave pea sea* flea reason season ... and many more	Some examples: here* these theme gene* breve cede accede concede precede concrete compete complete delete obsolete adhere severe sincere interfere persevere Chinese Japanese Portuguese etc.	Note: this is not a strong /ē/ sound. It can sometimes sound like a short /ĭ/. Some examples: angry army baby berry body carry cherry copy curry duty empty every family glory hungry lady marry memory party penalty sorry very twenty thirty etc. Note: -y on the end can also be a suffix e.g. dust + y, sleep + y. More on this in Unit 9.
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Notes: 1) Words marked * are homophones. See page 12. 2) Some words use ie to spell the long /ē/ sound, eg. chief, believe. These ie words are in Unit 21.