Irregular Vowel
"ea"

Phonics 99C

ea

"ea" has two sounds.
It can sound like long e.
It can sound like short e.

deal
each
mean

long ea

ahead
breath
feather

short ea

leaf (long)

heaven (short)

Write L for long or S for short (ea).

1.  weather  S

2.  clean  ___

3. measure  ___

4.  feather  ___

5.  dream  ___

6. meadow  ___

7.  beam  ___

8.  heavy  ___

9.  instead  ___