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 

As in - 

1. Be 
    
2. He 
    
3. She 
    
4. We 
    

3. ‘E’ –no pronunciation
If ‘e’ is at last in the word, ‘e’ hasn’t any 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  

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  
    

As in - 

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

• 5. ‘ea’ is pronounced as  
     

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 

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