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.
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 Spelling Words
The table below 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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