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Made at homeroomtools.comWord boxSort the words of the word box. Write each word under its heading.Spelling: sort by listList 1: long e, eeList 2: long e, eaList 3: long e, ywheatkneescreambabypennyteenfreestoryspeakteasunnystreetcheapsteelforty
Made at homeroomtools.comSort the words of the word box. Write each word under its heading.Spelling: sort by listAnswer keyList 1: long e, eeList 2: long e, eaList 3: long e, ysteelfreestreetteenkneecheapscreamteaspeakwheatstoryfortybabysunnypenny
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List 1: long e, ee 8

  • free The word ends in two e's.
  • knee A silent k comes first, and the word ends in two e's.
  • meet Two e's side by side. Meat, with ea, sounds the same.
  • screen Two e's side by side, after s, c and r.
  • steel Two e's side by side. Steal, with ea, sounds the same.
  • street Two e's side by side, after s, t and r.
  • teen Two e's side by side, between t and n.
  • weed Two e's side by side, between w and d.

List 2: long e, ea 8

  • beam The long e is ea, between b and m.
  • cheap The long e is ea, between ch and p.
  • east The word starts with ea.
  • scream The long e is ea, after s, c and r.
  • speak The long e is ea, before k.
  • stream The long e is ea, after s, t and r.
  • tea The word ends in ea. Tee, with two e's, sounds the same.
  • wheat The long e is ea, after wh.
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List 3: long e, y 8

  • baby The last letter, y, says long e. One b in the middle, after a long a.
  • forty The last letter, y, says long e. Four has a u, and forty has none.
  • happy The last letter, y, says long e. The a is short and the p is doubled.
  • lady The last letter, y, says long e. One d in the middle, after a long a.
  • party The last letter, y, says long e, after part.
  • penny The last letter, y, says long e. The e before the double n is short.
  • story The last letter, y, says long e, after stor.
  • sunny The last letter, y, says long e. Sun doubles its n.

List 4: long e, e_e 8

  • athlete The long e comes after thl: e, then t, then a silent e.
  • compete The long e comes after p: e, then t, then a silent e.
  • complete The long e comes after pl: e, then t, then a silent e.
  • delete The long e is the second e: e, then t, then a silent e.
  • extreme The long e comes after tr: e, then m, then a silent e.
  • gene One e, then n, then a silent e. Jean sounds the same.
  • stampede The long e comes after p: e, then d, then a silent e.
  • these This turns into these: the e is long, and one more e ends the word.

List 5: long e, e alone 8

  • be Only two letters: the e is long, as in me and we.
  • equal The word starts with e, and the e says long e: e + qual.
  • legal The first e says long e, at the end of le: le + gal.
  • me One e ends the word and says long e.
  • secret The first e says long e, at the end of se: se + cret.
  • she One e ends the word, after sh.
  • we One e ends the word, after w.
  • zebra The e says long e, at the end of the first part, ze.

List 6: long e, ey 8

  • alley It ends in ey, after a double l. Take off the v and valley turns into alley.
  • barley It ends in ey, after rl.
  • honey It ends in ey, not in y alone.
  • key The word ends in ey, which says long e.
  • money It ends in ey, not in y alone. It rhymes with honey.
  • parsley It ends in ey, after sl.
  • trolley It ends in ey, after a double l.
  • valley It ends in ey, after a double l.

List 7: long e, ie 8

  • brownie The word ends in ie, which says long e.
  • chief The long e is ie: i comes before e, after ch.
  • cookie The word ends in ie, which says long e.
  • field The long e is ie: i comes before e.
  • movie The word ends in ie, which says long e.
  • niece The long e is ie, before ce.
  • piece The long e is ie. Peace, with ea, sounds the same.
  • thief The long e is ie: i comes before e, after th.

How this list was compiled: Our own selection and grouping of 56 English words with a long e, seven lists of eight, one spelling of the sound to a list (ee, ea, y, e_e, e alone, ey, ie), with our own hints. The letters left out of every word are the letters that spell long e. Every word was checked by script on 2026-10-01 in two places: its entry in the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (https://www.ahdictionary.com/), where every full pronunciation given must have a long e, and the Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary, a record of General American pronunciation (https://github.com/cmusphinx/cmudict), where every listed pronunciation must have the same sound. Creek, donkey and twenty are among the words left out for a second pronunciation in at least one of the two sources. Each hint that says two words sound the same names a pair with the same pronunciation in the pronouncing dictionary, and each hint that splits a word (se + cret) follows the division printed in the American Heritage entry. Spellings are American. No published word list or reading program was copied. Licence: own work

How it works

These long e worksheets sort words by the letters that spell the sound. The sheet on show has fifteen words for three headings: ee, ea and y. Seven lists cover ee, ea, y, e_e, e alone, ey and ie.

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Pick the three spellings to sort

A sorting sheet takes five words from the list on show and five from each of the next two. Open More options and choose a Word list: List 4 sorts e_e, e alone and ey (these, secret, honey). List 7 sorts ie against ee and ea (thief, street, wheat).

Long vowel e worksheets with missing letters

Under What goes on the sheet, choose Missing letters. Only the letters that spell long e are blanked: str__t for street, happ_ for happy, th_s_ for these. The eight words of the list sit in a box at the top.

  • Lists 3 (y) and 6 (ey) never land on one sorting sheet, so happy and honey are not sorted against each other.
  • Under the tool every word has a hint for the adult: meet and meat sound the same, and forty has no u.

Questions and answers

What are the ways to spell long e?

These lists use seven: ee as in street, ea as in wheat, y at the end of happy, e_e as in these, e alone as in me and secret, ey as in honey, and ie as in field and cookie.

Does y say long e?

In happy, baby and penny it does: the last letter, y, says long e. In my, sky and reply the y says long i, so those words are left off these lists.

Do the long e worksheets have an answer key?

Yes. The sort, Missing letters, Word shapes, Unscramble and ABC order print a key as the last page. Trace and write and Write a sentence have nothing to mark. Untick the key under More options to leave it off.

Can I print long e worksheets with my own words?

Yes. Type up to 20 words in Your spelling words, one to a line, and they replace our list. The sort needs our lists, so on that sheet typed words print to trace instead.

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