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Is EA a long a?

Is EA a long a?

In three words, the long /a/ sound is spelled with the letters ea: break. great.

What EA words make long a sound?

Special Category: other “ea” sounds

long a sound -eau words – long o
bugbear plateau
forbear trousseau
swear Rousseau
pear tableau

What words have long A?

Long A Words

  • aim.
  • ail.
  • aid.
  • able.
  • acorn.
  • apron.
  • agent.
  • aphid.

Why does EA make the long a sound?

It is a rule that tells you that when you have a closed syllable (ending in a consonant) the vowel sound( in this case ‘ea’) is a short sound as in ‘breath’ (pronounced /breth/). If you add an ‘e'( known as a silent ‘e’) to the end it will now make ‘ea’ have a long sound: ‘breathe’ ( pronounced /breeth/).

What are EA words?

EA Spelling Words

EA Words Word Family Sound
bean -ean long e
beast -east long e
beat -eat long e
bleach -each long e

What words start with EA?

7-letter words that start with ea

  • eastern.
  • earnest.
  • earthly.
  • earshot.
  • earthen.
  • earring.
  • earmark.
  • easting.

How do you write the long i sound?

Six Ways To Spell Long I

  1. i – silent.
  2. i_e – kite.
  3. igh – night.
  4. y – my.
  5. y_e – type.
  6. ie – pie.

What are some EA words?

EA Spelling Words

EA Words Word Family Sound
beat -eat long e
bleach -each long e
bleak -eak long e
bleat -eat long e

What sound is long A?

The Long A sound is a long vowel sound. Long vowel sounds are vowel sounds pronounced the same as the name of the letter. Each vowel has a long vowel sound (Long A, Long E, Long I, Long O, Long U).

What words that have EA?

9-letter words that start with ea. eastbound. easygoing. eavesdrop. earthworm. earthwork. earthling.

What words have the ea sound?

EA Words List – Long Vowel Digraph/EE/These words use the sound we say most often.

  • EA Short Vowel Digraph/eh/These EA words use the second sound of EA. bread – Artisanal bread makes a nice sandwich.
  • EA Long Vowel A Digraph/ay/These words use the third sound of EA: bear – Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.
  • How do you spell EA?

    ea That is another way to spell the /ē/ sound. So the two ways we are spelling long ē in words this week are double e as in green and ea as in read. Ee and ea are vowel teams. The two vowels in ee and ea work together as a team to say /ē/ as in bee.

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    Ruth Doyle