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E Sounds Lists

For these words, stress the 1st syllable.

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Short E	Long E
benchmark	colleagues
debt	freelance
flexible	heal
jeopardize	keyboard
says*	lead
said*	teamwork
temper	weird
wreck	year-end
zealous	zeal
zest	zero

Stress the 3rd syllable: informality

* These common words show exceptions (see also "again" below). Short E is not usually spelled with "ai" or "ay."

For these words, stress the 2nd syllable.

Short E	Long E
aesthetic	defeat
again*	dishonesty**
effect	industrial***
finesse	release
reject	repeat
respect	vicinity
The Long E sound occurs on the Y in dishonesty and also vicinity. * In this word, the I has a long E sound. In the "ia" combination, the I usually sounds like E.


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