English Highway Podcast

Pronunciation: The long /e/ (#0261)

Practice the long /e/ vowel sound using vocabulary words and
sentences.
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The first thing were going to do today is smile. Please smile for me. Now
say, eee.
Smile and say:
eee
Really big smile:
eee
Way to go! Youre practicing the long e, as in cheese and tea.
Every time we say the long e, we smile. So repeat after me:
cheese
e
cheese
Thats it. Repeat after me, once again:
Id like some cheese please.
please
cheese
One last time, repeat after me:
Id like some cheese please.
Thats it, you got it. Listen to the following sentence.
Would you like some coffee or tea to go with your cheese?
Now repeat after me:
coffee

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The e sound is at the end, coffee coffee.

So repeat after me:
coffee
And again:
coffee
Now repeat after me:
tea
coffee or tea
Good job. Now repeat after me:
Would you like some cream in your coffee or tea?
That was a long sentence, so lets break it up. Repeat after me:
Would you like some cream
cream
Good job. Heres the other part of the sentence. Repeat after me:
in your coffee or tea
Way to go. Now, lets try the whole sentence once again. Repeat after
me:
Would you like some cream with your coffee or tea?
Good job. Lets practice with another sentence. Repeat after me:
teacher
He teaches.
My friend Jeff teaches.
Way to go. Heres another example. Repeat after me:
green
He loves to use green.
The painter loves to use green.
Great job! Heres a similar example. Repeat after me:
The teacup is green.
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Thats it. Remember were practicing the e sound. So repeat after me:
teacup
green
Your teacup is green.
Way to go! Youre doing fantastic this lesson.
Repeat after me:

Lets keep practicing.

Chinese
Japanese
meet
she
Great! One more time:
Chinese
Japanese
meet
she
Good job. So repeat after me:
Meet Kim.
She is Chinese.
And again, come on:
Meet Kim. She is Chinese.
Way to go. One more time:
Meet Kim. She is Chinese.
She is Chinese, not Japanese.
That was tough. Lets practice it again:
She is Chinese, not Japanese.
That was great. I like the sound of the long e.
something in English, you can say, Its sweet.

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If you really like

Repeat after me. This is a common expression:

Its sweet.
If you like it, you say, Its sweet.
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Additional practice: Long e vowel sound

Words:
cheese
please
coffee
tea
cream
teacher
green
teacup
Chinese
Japanese
meet
she
Sentences:
Id like some cheese please.
Would you like some cream in your coffee or tea?
He teaches.
My friend Jeff teaches.
He loves to use green.
The painter loves to use green.
The teacup is green.
Your teacup is green.
Meet Kim. She is Chinese.
She is Chinese, not Japanese.
Its sweet.

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