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Special Category:
other "ea" sounds
The short e sound spelled "ea" shows up in many frequently
used words. Often these are forms of a verb which still keeps
the long ebreak breaker great steak yea bear bugbear forebear
pear wear swear tear .
You will want to choose words from this list to read and spell;
some of these words include "special category" syllables
such as -ous; others (such as sergeant and ocean) have even
more unusual patterns.
EA Words with less common
sounds
long a sound |
-eau words - long o |
eau -- long u |
break |
beau |
beauty |
breaker |
beaux |
beautiful |
great |
flambeau |
beautify |
steak |
bureau |
beauteous |
yea |
bureaucrat |
beautician |
-ear- |
chapeau |
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bear |
chateau |
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bugbear |
plateau |
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forbear |
trousseau |
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swear |
Rousseau |
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pear |
tableau |
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wear |
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tear(to rip, not
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leaven |
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