1. "ee" spelling:
* Short Words: see, me, he, she, be, we, three, tree, free, sleep, deep, keep, sweep, week, feet, meet, greet
* Longer Words: believe, receive, relieve, achieve, retrieve, conceive, niece, piece, brief, chief, thief, field, shield, yield, fierce, pierce, shriek, freeze, seize
2. "ea" spelling:
* Short Words: tea, sea, eat, mean, deal, lean, clean, bean, cream, dream, scream
* Longer Words: read, reach, teach, preach, real, reveal, treat, neat, league, eagle, ocean, peace, tease, please, release
3. "ey" spelling:
* Short Words: they, say, hey, obey, prey, convey,
* Longer Words: monkey, donkey, turkey, journey, survey, whey, grey
4. "ie" spelling:
* Short Words: lie, tie, die, pie,
* Longer Words: achieve, believe, relieve, chief, field, shield, yield, brief, thief, piece
5. "y" spelling:
* Short Words: my, try, cry, fly, buy, sky,
* Longer Words: baby, happy, crazy, funny, busy, city, empty, pretty, party
6. "ei" spelling (less common)
* Short Words: their, heir,
* Longer Words: neighbor, weigh, rein, deign, feign, foreign, height, sleight
Bonus: The sound can also be spelled "ai" as in "rain", "wait", "said" and "sail".
Let me know if you'd like to see a specific type of word with the long e sound, like adjectives, verbs, or nouns!