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Word Families & Rhyming WordsLesson 2

Created by: Jenna for English Sharing Experience 8.18.2009

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Word families the letter “e”

“eal” - deal, heal, meal, real, steal, seal.

“ear” - clear, dear, ear, fear, gear, hear, near, rear, tear, appear.

“eat” - eat, beat, heat, meat, neat, pleat, seat, treat, wheat.

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“eel” - eel, heel, keel, peel, reel, steel, wheel.

“eep” - beep, creep, deep, keep, peep, seep, sheep, sleep, steep, sweep, weep.

“eet” - beet, greet, meet, sheet, street.

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“eft” – cleft, deft, heft, left, theft.

“elt” - belt dealt dwelt felt knelt pelt smelt welt melt.

“ell” - bell, cell, dwell, fell, shell, smell, swell, tell, well, yell.

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“ent” - bent, cent, dent, lent, scent, sent, spent, went, event.

“est” - best, crest, chest, guest, nest, pest, rest, test, vest, west, zest.

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“eft” - cleft deft heft left theft.

“elp” - help kelp yelp.

“elf” – elf, self, shelf.