About this sound
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This long vowel is made with the lips fixed slightly open
in a wide flat position.
The tongue is slightly raised and the tip is resting
and touching just in the middle of the back of the front bottom teeth. The
sound resonates toward the throat, and the back of the tongue is slightly
raised near the throat.
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Example words
The + vowel
The apples the bananas.
Spelt -ee-
tree, see, knee, week,
speech, sheet, feet, cheese, sheep, peel, seem, queen, meet
Spelt -ea-
speak, seal, repeat, neat, easy lead, real, read, weak,
Other spellings
she piece, magazine
(silent -e),
athlete (silent -e), evil, receive, key,
be, siege, he, receive
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