How to Pronounce ‘e’

In this lesson, we shall see how to pronounce ‘e’.

There are some rules for pronunciation.

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The Rule for ‘E’ 

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• 1. ‘E’ is pronounced as
   

As in 

1. Men 
    
2. Met 
    
3. Net 
    
4. Wet 
    
5. Leg 
    
6. Sell 
     
7. Then 
     
8. When 

• 2. ‘E’ is pronounced as 
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As in

1. Be 
    
2. He 
    
3. She 
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4. We 
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3. ‘E’ – no pronunciation
If ‘e’ is at last in the word, ‘e’ has no pronunciation.

• a) If vowel ‘a’ is before ‘e’, pronunciation is
    

As in

1. Fame 
    
2. Game 
    
3. Lame 
    
4. Same 
5. Tame 
6. Blame 
7. Shame 
    

• b) If vowel ‘i’ is before ‘e’, pronunciation is  
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As in

1. Line 
2. Nine 
    
3. Wife 
    
4. Knife 
    
5. White 
    

• c) If vowel ‘o’ is before ‘e’, pronunciation is
    

As in

1. Coke 
2. Hope 
    
3. Joke  
    
4. Nose  
    
5. Smoke 

• d) If vowel ‘u’ is before ‘e’, pronunciation is 
    

As in

1. Rule 
    
2. June 
    
3. Tube 
    
4. Tune 
    

• 4. ‘ee’ is pronounced as  
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As in

1. Bee 
2. See 
    
3. Free 
4. Tree 
    
5. Sleep 
    
6. Weep 
    

• 5. ‘ea’ is pronounced as  
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As in

1. Sea 
2. Tea 
3. Clean 
    
4. Meat 
5. Seat 
6. Heat 

• 6. ‘ew’ is pronounced as 
   

As in

1. Dew 
2. Few 
3. Mew 
    
4. New 

Related lessons

1. Manners and etiquette   

1. How to pronounce ‘i’              
2. How to pronounce ‘o’   
3. How to pronounce ‘u’ and ‘y’
4. Greeting 
5. Manners and etiquette