The combination of the vowels “e” and “e” result in a long “e” sound. The vowel team rule states that when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking. As a result, the first vowel says its name and the second vowel is silent. Our elementary school’s spelling program incorporates both “ee” spelling words and “ea” spelling words” – both vowel teams make the long e sound. Our ee word list contains over 100 words.
As noted above, there is more than one way to make the long e sound. We created long e worksheets to help a child learn how to spell these words correctly.
EE Words
The table below contains over 100 words. Our ee word list was compiled using the following word families: -ee, eech, -eed, -eek, -eel, -eem, -een, -eep, -eer, -eet, and -eeze.
EE Words | Word Family | Sound |
---|---|---|
bee | -ee | long e |
beech | -eech | long e |
beep | -eep | long e |
beer | -eer | long e |
beet | -eet | long e |
bleed | -eed | long e |
breech | -eech | long e |
breed | -eed | long e |
breeze | -eeze | long e |
cheek | -eek | long e |
cheep | -eep | long e |
creed | -eed | long e |
creek | -eek | long e |
creel | -eel | long e |
creep | -eep | long e |
deed | -eed | long e |
deem | -eem | long e |
deep | -eep | long e |
deer | -eer | long e |
fee | -ee | long e |
feed | -eed | long e |
feel | -eel | long e |
feet | -eet | long e |
flee | -ee | long e |
fleet | -eet | long e |
free | -ee | long e |
freed | -eed | long e |
freeze | -eeze | long e |
glee | -ee | long e |
greed | -eed | long e |
Greek | -eek | long e |
green | -een | long e |
greet | -eet | long e |
heed | -eed | long e |
heel | -eel | long e |
Jeep | -eep | long e |
jeer | -eer | long e |
keel | -eel | long e |
keen | -een | long e |
keep | -eep | long e |
knee | -ee | long e |
kneed | -eed | long e |
Lee | -ee | long e |
leech | -eech | long e |
leek | -eek | long e |
leer | -eer | long e |
meek | -eek | long e |
meet | -eet | long e |
need | -eed | long e |
peek | -eek | long e |
peel | -eel | long e |
peep | -eep | long e |
peer | -eer | long e |
preen | -een | long e |
queen | -een | long e |
queer | -eer | long e |
reed | -eed | long e |
reek | -eek | long e |
reel | -eel | long e |
screech | -eech | long e |
screen | -een | long e |
see | -ee | long e |
seed | -eed | long e |
seek | -eek | long e |
seem | -eem | long e |
seen | -een | long e |
seep | -eep | long e |
seer | -eer | long e |
sheen | -een | long e |
sheep | -eep | long e |
sheet | -eet | long e |
skeet | -eet | long e |
sleek | -eek | long e |
sleep | -eep | long e |
sleet | -eet | long e |
sneer | -eer | long e |
sneeze | -eeze | long e |
speech | -eech | long e |
speed | -eed | long e |
squeeze | -eeze | long e |
steed | -eed | long e |
steel | -eel | long e |
steep | -eep | long e |
steer | -eer | long e |
street | -eet | long e |
sweep | -eep | long e |
sweet | -eet | long e |
tee | -ee | long e |
teem | -eem | long e |
teen | -een | long e |
three | -ee | long e |
tree | -ee | long e |
treed | -eed | long e |
tweed | -eed | long e |
tweet | -eet | long e |
tweeze | -eeze | long e |
wee | -ee | long e |
weed | -eed | long e |
week | -eek | long e |
weep | -eep | long e |
wheel | -eel | long e |
wheeze | -eeze | long e |
Source: Fry, E.B., Ph.D. & Kress, J.E., Ed.D. (2006). The Reading
Teacher’s Book of Lists 5th Edition. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass
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