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Vowel E rules 🤔 Short E & Long E vowel sounds | Learn with examples

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Warm-up Questions

What do you think “short E” and “long E” mean in English pronunciation?
What words with the letter “e” can you think of that sound different?
Why do you think spelling (letter combinations) changes vowel sounds?

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Vowel E rules 🤔 Short E & Long E vowel sounds | Learn with examples

Introduction: vowels and the focus on E (00:00 – 00:43)

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1. How many vowels in English does the speaker name?

2. What two kinds of sounds does each vowel have, according to the speaker?

quiet and loud sounds
short and long sounds
fast and slow sounds

3. What does the vowel sound depend on?

the speaker’s accent only
the letter combinations in the word
the number of syllables in the word

Vowel E rules 🤔 Short E & Long E vowel sounds | Learn with examples

Short E sound examples (00:43 – 01:30)

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1. Which word is given as an example of the short E sound?

peace
tree
pen

2. Which word appears in the short E list?

feet
egg
baby

3. Which of these is one of the final short E examples said in this section?

happy
when
chief

Vowel E rules 🤔 Short E & Long E vowel sounds | Learn with examples

Long E sound: common spellings and examples (01:30 – 03:02)

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1. What does the speaker say about the long E sound?

It is made with different letter combinations.
It is only made with the letter E by itself.
It is only used in very long words.

2. Which word is used as an example of a long E sound?

net
tree
neck

3. Which long E example word is said near the end of the video?

leg
cell
money

Vowel E rules 🤔 Short E & Long E vowel sounds | Learn with examples

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1. What is the main topic of the video?

Short E and long E vowel sounds and examples
How to write English sentences with E words
How to spell every vowel in English

2. According to the video, what can change the sound of the vowel E?

The letter combinations in the word
The position of the word in a paragraph
The length of the sentence

3. Which is true based on the video?

The long E sound is always spelled with “ee”.
Every vowel has only one sound.
The vowel E can have a short sound and a long sound.

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

Vowel E rules 🤔 Short E & Long E vowel sounds | Learn with examples

In your language, do vowels have short and long sounds too? Give an example.
Choose three short E words from the video and make one sentence for each.
Choose three long E words from the video and underline the letters that make the long E sound.
What other words do you know with the long E sound (for example, with “ee”, “ea”, or “y”)?