Long And Short E Words. So, if you want the very simple answer, long e is the better guess for the pronunciation of the ea spelling in an unfamiliar word. Some examples of Short Vowel "e" Words are: bed, beg, fed, gem, get, hen, hem, jet, led, leg, let, men, met, net, pen, peg, pet, red, set, ten, yet, wet.

Use this printable worksheet to practice recognizing the short and long E sounds.
Long vowel words are words that have the silent E at the end such as cake, hike, note, and flute.
You must include words that have the long (e) spelling pattern,(ee) or (-e). Lists of words starting with E including those most commonly written / spoken, definitions, part of speech, and a very long list arranged by word length. The short E sound, found in words such as leg, lemon and pen, is one of the most common vowel sounds in the English language, and one that first graders will often find in the texts they are learning.