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Pronouncing the various sounds of the
letter E
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There are three common sounds using the letter E. The ee sound is used with the
front part of the mouth, the eh sound is used with the middle portion of the
mouth, and the er sound is used with the rear portion of the mouth.
Here are some words that come from the front of the mouth using the sound ee.
Meat
Week
Beat
I
like my meat fully cooked
What
day of the week is it
If
you beat me tonight, I'll buy you dinner
An example of sounds coming from the middle portion of the mouth is seen
through eh.
Bet
Bread
Fed
I
will bet you that I will not lose tonight
We
need to go to the grocery store to buy some bread
I
am so fed up with him
For sounds that come from the back part of the mouth, we can look at the sound
er.
Earth
Purr
After
The
earth moves at a constant speed
The
purr of the cat was all anyone could hear
I
will go home after dinner
Like most vowels, the sound of E varies according to which consonant is next to
it. The R sound uses the middle to back portion of the mouth so combining the
letter E with R makes it so you use the back portion of the mouth. |