Sounds of letter E
Here is the list of sounds that the vowel E and combinations with E can produce in stressed syllables.
1) /iː/
The long i can be produced by ee, ea, ei, ey, as well as a single e.
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/1.mp3{/mp3}equal, even, frequent, legal, metre, previous, recent, senior, vehicle, be, me, compete, extreme
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/2.mp3{/mp3}beat, clean, easy, leader, please, seal, team, weak
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/3.mp3{/mp3}agree, feed, keep, seed, three, week
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/4.mp3{/mp3}ceiling, deceive, receipt, key
2) /e/
You will often get this short sound when e or ea is stressed.
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/5.mp3{/mp3}bell, correct, desk, get, hotel, pen, suggest, went, yes
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/6.mp3{/mp3}dreadful, head, heavy, leather, pleasant, ready, sweat, weather
3) /ɜː/
This long sound often comes with er and ear.
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/7.mp3{/mp3}certain, German, her, perfect, service, term, were
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/8.mp3{/mp3}early, earn, earth, heard, learn, search
4) /ɪə/
The patterns ear, eer, as well as ere are likely to produce this long sound.
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/9.mp3{/mp3}appear, beard, clear, ear, gear
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/10.mp3{/mp3}beer, career, engineer, peer, volunteer
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/11.mp3{/mp3}sphere, here, severe, we're
5) /eə/
It also occurs in ear and ere but is less frequent than /ɪə/.
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/12.mp3{/mp3}bear, pear, swear, wear
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/13.mp3{/mp3}there, where
6) /ei/
/ei/ is a common pronunciation for eigh pattern. Sometimes this sound can occur in ey and ea.
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/14.mp3{/mp3}eight, neighbour, weight
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/15.mp3{/mp3}grey, survey, they
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/16.mp3{/mp3}break, great, steak
7) /juː/
The combination of ew results in this long sound, as a rule.
{mp3}/files/mp3/e-vowel/17.mp3{/mp3}dew, few, nephew, stew, view