I.a.l.t to write the long ‘e’ vowels with appropriate spelling patterns.

Read the following paragraphs.  Highlight the long ’e’ words and then put the words with a long ‘e’ sound in the correct column.

The queen had a dream of making her country the cleanest in the region.  She sent her chief  adviser to tell her people that they would receive extra money if they helped her realise her dream

Pete is a donkey who spends his weekends giving people rides along the beach.  It costs only three dollar a ride, and he is always busy.  Pete really wants to retire to a field of lovely green grass, but this is only a dream.

I can’t eat cheese.  It makes me feel ill. Even if I see a piece of cheese it makes me feel like sneezing and wheezing.  If you ask me to tea, make sure you don’t feed me cheese!

Magic e

e_e

ee_e   ea_e

2 vowels together

       ee           ea

2 vowels together

         ei       ie

Y and vowel plus y

            y        ey

e

by itself

At the end of a word.

In the middle of a syllable.

Last sound in a one-syllable word.

In the middle of a syllable.  

i before e except after c

Last sound in a word or root word.

Usually 2 or more syllable words.

At the end of a syllable.

At the end of a one-syllable word.

Piece Pete cheese Even receive

 Queen  dream  cleanest realise dream  weekends beach three  really green dream eat feel

See sneezing wheezing tea feed

 Money donkey

The region me chief  he