Spelling List 3: Long 'e' Words (ee and ea) — Answers

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Spelling List 3: Long 'e' Words (ee and ea) — Answers

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Part A — Your words

All of these words have the long e sound, like the 'ee' in see. Sometimes it is spelt ee (tree) and sometimes ea (sea). Look carefully at which spelling each word uses, then trace and write it.

1.see

2.tree

3.feet

4.keep

5.bee

6.sea

7.eat

8.read

9.meat

10.leaf

Part B — Fill the gap

Choose the word from your list that fits each sentence and write it in the gap.

11.I can the moon tonight.

Answer: see

12.A bird built a nest in the .

Answer: tree

13.My got wet in the puddle.

Answer: feet

14.Please your room tidy.

Answer: keep

15.A buzzed near the flowers.

Answer: bee

16.We swam in the at the beach.

Answer: sea

17.It is time to lunch.

Answer: eat

18.I like to books at night.

Answer: read

19.Dad cooked the on the barbecue.

Answer: meat

20.A green fell from the branch.

Answer: leaf

Part C — Mixed up

The letters of each word are mixed up. Write the word correctly on the line.

21.ees →

Answer: see

22.eetr →

Answer: tree

23.etfe →

Answer: feet

24.epke →

Answer: keep

25.eeb →

Answer: bee

26.eas →

Answer: sea

27.ate →

Answer: eat

28.adre →

Answer: read

29.atme →

Answer: meat

30.afle →

Answer: leaf

Part D — Test yourself

Ask a parent to read each word aloud. Write each word without looking at your list, then check your answers together.

31.Listen and write word 1:

Answer: see

32.Listen and write word 2:

Answer: tree

33.Listen and write word 3:

Answer: feet

34.Listen and write word 4:

Answer: keep

35.Listen and write word 5:

Answer: bee

36.Listen and write word 6:

Answer: sea

37.Listen and write word 7:

Answer: eat

38.Listen and write word 8:

Answer: read

39.Listen and write word 9:

Answer: meat

40.Listen and write word 10:

Answer: leaf

Marking tips

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