English Pronunciation: The Long “E” Sound Made Easy (6 Ways to Spell It)

Added: 2026-05-13

[00:00:00]The long vowel sound e has six different spellings.

[00:00:07]Let's take a look. The first way to spell the e sound is e e. Let's look at some words.

[00:00:17]I'm going to pronounce each sound individually so you can practice your pronunciation.

[00:00:26]S ed succeed.

[00:00:33]Ag e agree.

[00:00:39]G e n green.

[00:00:46]S E P sleep.

[00:00:52]S eat straight.

[00:01:00]Ch E is cheese.

[00:01:06]Three.

[00:01:08][snorts] The next way to spell the long e sound is e a like in the word f eer feature mm e meet e team e- n Reason B each beach t a teacher app e or appeal.

[00:01:59]The next way to spell the e sound is e space e. This is what we call a split diraph.

[00:02:10]Let's look at some words.

[00:02:13]Mm. Ez v eve s e n scene cm eat complete t r E M extreme E even J E N jean.

[00:02:56]The next spelling for the sound E is the letter Y like in these words.

[00:03:04]T-Re strategy P policy U I vit E university I e ability A C- A D-m Academy.

[00:03:40]S I E city.

[00:03:44]I D E I E identity.

[00:03:52]Next, let's look at the spelling E Y for the E sound.

[00:03:59]Mm. A N E. Money.

[00:04:04]Vlad.

[00:04:08]Ch i m e. Ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch chimney.

[00:04:14]K I D N E kidney.

[00:04:19]W I K E whiskey.

[00:04:25]B R L E barley.

[00:04:30]Hu n e honey honey.

[00:04:35]And the last way to spell the long e sound is i e. Like in the word r i e relief.

[00:04:48]N E Snie.

[00:04:52]B I L E F belief.

[00:04:58]Ch E F chief.

[00:05:02]F [snorts] E F thieve.

[00:05:06]F E D field.

[00:05:11]P E priest.

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