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The Sound of E, as in Eve
How to produce E: To produce the vowel sound E (as in Eve), place the tip of your tongue behind your lower front teeth and bunch the front of your tongue toward the front of the roof of the mouth while pressing the sides against your upper teeth. Slightly open your mouth and lips and expel your breath with a slight murmuring sound.
Practice the E (as in Eve) sound by repeating the following, making only the sound:
E, E, E
E, E, E
E, E, E
E, E, E
Repeat the following two times, exaggerating the E sound:
Ear, eager, easy, eon, each
Eagle, eel, east, eat, Eden
Eerie, equate, email, equal, eject
Me, tea, cheek, zeal, weep
Beach, leak, meek, weed, tree
Creek, keep, freedom, dream, green
Repeat the following sentences two times:
1) She eats three times a day, always with a cup of tea.
2) Lee dreams of going to the beach and of swimming in the sea.
3) The eagle flies freely and soars above the eager people watching her.
4) She seeks to make a deal with the Ethiopians.
5) Cheech feasted on the meat with zeal.
6) The cheat weaseled his way into the dealer’s game.
7) The steely-eyed lawyer agreed that the queen was hard to beat.
8) Eat your peas, beseeched the sleepy mother.
9) She feels that feeding the needy is something everyone should do.
10)The teak dresser had a tray of yeasty bread and cheese on it.
* Please note, different letters can make the same sound, such as hard C and K, and the same letter can make different sounds depending on context, like cat/cake.