Long and Short Vowel e

• Reading
• Primary Education
• Age 7

Phonics Learning: Vowels: 'e' and 'i' 

Vowels can say their letter names. 

Letter names are long sounds 

Long and Short ‘e’ 

Each vowel has two sounds

This is the letter:

This letter can say its letter name to make a long sound.

We call this sound long E...  

Long Vowel 'e'

Let

Listen carefully for the vowel sounds:

To hear it you need to listen carefully for the vowel sounds which means you must use your ears and say the word and stretch it out to hear every single sound

Can you think of any words with the long e sound in them?

Eagle

Eel

Tree 

Bee

Wheel

Meat

Seal 

Deal

Beans

Leaf

Beef

Beach

Long 'e' can be found at the beginning, middle and ending

We know the long 'e' sound 

Do you know the short 'e' sound?

Long /e/ sound

The short 'e' sound

What word can you think of when you make that letter sound?

Egg

We know that /e/ is a vowel sound bec

How do we know that /e/ is a vowel sound?

The sound is coming from the middle of our mouth

Elephant

Short 'e' isn't always at the beginning of word. It can be in the middle of words too, like....

Chef

Bread

Desk

Sled

Tent

Well

Bell

Vest

Tent

Let's Practice!

When we start to read, we have to remember that when we see the letter 'e' it could be

Long 'e' 

or

Short 'e'

What sound did you hear?

Long 'e' or short 'e'?

You have completed your lesson!