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

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

Part A: Your words

All of these words have the long e sound, like the "ee" in see. Sometimes it is spelled 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 (answer space) the moon tonight.

Answer: see

12.A bird built a nest in the (answer space).

Answer: tree

13.My (answer space) got wet in the puddle.

Answer: feet

14.Please (answer space) your room tidy.

Answer: keep

15.A (answer space) buzzed near the flowers.

Answer: bee

16.We swam in the (answer space) at the beach.

Answer: sea

17.It is time to (answer space) lunch.

Answer: eat

18.I like to (answer space) books at night.

Answer: read

19.Dad cooked the (answer space) on the barbecue.

Answer: meat

20.A green (answer space) 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 space)

Answer: see

22.eetr → (answer space)

Answer: tree

23.etfe → (answer space)

Answer: feet

24.epke → (answer space)

Answer: keep

25.eeb → (answer space)

Answer: bee

26.eas → (answer space)

Answer: sea

27.ate → (answer space)

Answer: eat

28.adre → (answer space)

Answer: read

29.atme → (answer space)

Answer: meat

30.afle → (answer space)

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 space)

Answer: see

32.Listen and write word 2: (answer space)

Answer: tree

33.Listen and write word 3: (answer space)

Answer: feet

34.Listen and write word 4: (answer space)

Answer: keep

35.Listen and write word 5: (answer space)

Answer: bee

36.Listen and write word 6: (answer space)

Answer: sea

37.Listen and write word 7: (answer space)

Answer: eat

38.Listen and write word 8: (answer space)

Answer: read

39.Listen and write word 9: (answer space)

Answer: meat

40.Listen and write word 10: (answer space)

Answer: leaf

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