Vowel Teams Worksheet — Long E (ee/ea) (Free PDF)

Long e has more spellings than any other vowel sound. This pack gives each one a page — ee, ea, ie, ei and ey — plus the ea words that break the rule.

What’s inside

• An instructions page.
• EE words (b-ee, b-eef, b-eet, n-eed, p-eel…) and EA words with long e (b-each, b-ean, b-eat, l-ean…).
• EA exception words (short e, like head), IE words, EI words (after c) and EY words (usually unstressed, as in key).

Every word in this PDF (102)

Handy for checking the list fits your child before printing, or for making your own games.

bee, need, beef, peel, beet, reef, bleed, seed, breed, seek, creek, deed, sheep, deep, sheet, sleep, feed, sleet, feel, speed, flee, steel, free, steep, green, greet, sweet, heel, teeth, keen, tree, keep, weed, knee, beach, lean, bean, leap, beat, meal, cheap, meat, clean, peach, cream, real, deal, seal, dream, sea, sneak, steam, feast, heat, teach, heap, team, leaf, treat, bread, tread, dead, dread, head, heavy, health, measure, spread, pleasure, thread, treasure, achieve, relief, belief, retrieve, brief, chief, field, siege, grief, thief, niece, yield, piece, ceiling, perceive, conceit, receipt, conceive, receive, deceive, abbey, monkey, money, chimney, parsley, donkey, turkey, honey, jockey, volley, key

How to use it

1. Start with ee — one of the 44 core sounds — then ea.
2. Blend and write each word on the page.
3. Save the exception page (head, bread) for later and teach those as a group of their own.
4. Keep a class or family list of long-e words sorted by spelling.

Who it’s for

Ages 5–7. ee is Stage 5; ea, ie, ei and ey come after the core 44.

Where it fits: Stage 5 — Vowel Teams & Tricky Words

Goes well with

• Vowel Teams List (Free PDF): ai, ay, ea, ee, oa, oo
• Long Vowels vs Short Vowels: List, Rules & Examples
• The ee sound, with audio