Short e words

Grade 1 · Day 26 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 16 · p.23–24 · 26.9 min · student sheet
tongue herevoice ON/ɛ/short e · front-mid vowel
/ɛ/ · short e

Our new sound: /ɛ/   written short e

Mouth open about half as wide as for short a. Lips still spread. Tongue in the middle — /e/, as in 'bed'.

Check yourself: Say 'bad' then 'bed' with a hand under your chin. Feel the jaw come UP.

Read these · 40 words

Ed
egg
ell
Deb
beck
bed
Jeff
beg
bell
web
deck
fed
keg
cell
neck
led
leg
dell
peck
Ned
Meg
fell
red
peg
Ted
sell
wed
tell
well
yell
Continued
gem
hem
den
fen
hen
Jen
Ken
Len
men

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