Let’s go through each word one by one and decide if it has the
long /e/ sound (like in “see” or “me”) or not.
The long /e/ sound is what you hear when you say:
- feet
- heat
- meat
- these
- heel
- knee
- peel
- leak
- veal
These all have the “ee”, “ea”, or “e_e” pattern that makes the long E sound.
Now let’s check each cloud:
1.
pet → short e (like in “bed”)
✘
2.
feet → long e
✔
3.
heat → long e
✔
4.
them → short e
✘
5.
smell → short e
✘
6.
meat → long e
✔
7.
shell → short e
✘
8.
these → long e
✔
9.
hen → short e
✘
10.
theme → long e
✔ (the “e” at the end makes the first “e” long)
11.
cent → short e
✘
12.
heel → long e
✔
13.
true → this is a trick! It sounds like “oo”, not long e
✘
14.
den → short e
✘
15.
knee → long e
✔ (silent k, but “ee” = long e)
16.
veal → long e
✔ (“ea” here says long e)
17.
leak → long e
✔
18.
peel → long e
✔
So the words with long /e/ are:
→ feet, heat, meat, these, theme, heel, knee, veal, leak, peel
That’s 10 clouds to color blue.
Final Answer:
Color these clouds blue:
feet, heat, meat, these, theme, heel, knee, veal, leak, peel
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of long vowel e worksheet.
