Common spellings and symbols:
* ee: as in "see," "tree," "feet"
* ea: as in "sea," "meat," "read"
* ie: as in "lie," "tie," "pie"
* ey: as in "key," "they," "monkey"
* y: as in "baby," "happy," "city"
* e: as in "be," "me," "he" (this is often called the "silent e" because it influences the pronunciation of the preceding vowel)
Phonetic symbol:
* ɪ: The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) uses the symbol /ɪ/ to represent the "long e" sound.
Important to remember:
* The "long e" sound is just one type of vowel sound, and there are many other vowel sounds in English.
* The spelling of a word doesn't always determine how it's pronounced, so you need to be aware of different spellings for the same sound.
Let me know if you have any other questions about English pronunciation!