Question

listen
the sound of long e /ē/ has seven spelling patterns. listen and repeat
the words.

e
we
ea
leap
ei
ceiling
y
busy
ee
week
ie
chief
ey
donkey

listen to the paragraph. circle the words with the long e sound.

think of a very large object that is shaped like
a giant cigar and travels in the sky. it can carry
as many as fifty passengers. it is a blimp. this
airship is lifted into the air by a special gas that
is lighter than air. some of the old blimps were
up to eight hundred feet long. they could reach a
speed of seventy miles an hour. blimps were once
a popular means of travel. then travelers received news of several
bad accidents, and the passenger service ended. today, some
experts believe that blimps should be tried again. they think blimps
can be flown safely now. other key reasons are also important.
blimps run quietly. they need only a small landing field. they cost
less money to run than airplanes.

★ write
on the line in front of each definition, write the correct circled word from above.

________________ 1 a cleared area of land
________________ 2 half of one hundred
________________ 3 something used to pay costs
________________ 4 a measure of movement
________________ 5 got

Explanation:

1. "a cleared area of land" corresponds to "field" (from "small landing field").
2. "half of one hundred" is "fifty" (from "fifty passengers").
3. "something used to pay costs" is "money" (from "less money").
4. "a measure of movement" is "speed" (from "speed of seventy").
5. "got" is "received" (from "received news").

Answer:

1. field
2. fifty
3. money
4. speed
5. received