English Pronunciation | The Letter ’E’ | 11 Ways to Pronounce the Letter E in English!
📌 In this English Pronunciation lesson, we are going to learn all the different ways to pronounce the letter E in English. We will also learn about the Silent E and the Magic E! ! How many ways are there pronounce the letter E in English? ANSWER: THERE ARE LOTS!
The Letter E in English is a VOWEL letter and is pronounced in the alphabet as /i:/. It is the second Vowel Letter in English after the Letter A. If you want to know how to pronounce the letter A you can check my video here....
📌 Letter A:
The Letter E is the most common sound in all of English! Over 14% of English writing is just the letter E! That’s why it is so important to master all of the different ways to pronounce this Letter E in English. I really hope my video can help you to master this sound!
In the video lesson we will look at all the ways to pronounce the Letter E and also take a quick look at other things like what sound we pronounce when we see combinations of letters such as double e (ee) or (ea) or (ei). I hope you enjoy the lesson and you learn a lot from it! Check out the chapters below if you wish to skip to a different part of the video for more practice!
00:00 Intro
00:37 About the Letter E
02:07 e = i:
11:17 e = ɛ
16:26 e = ɜː
21:21 e = ɪə
27:11 e = ɪ
32:34 e = ə
37:45 e = eɪ
41:09 e = aɪ
42:52 e = eə
45:40 e = a:
46:22 Silent E
51:18 Magic E
55:24 Summary
56:36 Practice Words
59:14 11 E Sentence
I recommend watching this video more than once and trying to repeat every D word after me until you feel super happy with your pronunciation!
The letter E can also be pronounced in English with any of the following sounds....
As /i:/ in He, We, She, See
As /ɛ/ in Bet, Dead, Get, Breakfast
As /ɜː/ in Her, Were, Person, Perfect
As /ɪə/ in Here, Near, Fear, Idea
As /ɪ/ in English, Pretty, Women
As /ə/ Movement, Happen, Open, Often
As /eɪ/ in They, Grey, Weight, Freight
As /aɪ/ in Eyes, Sleight, Height
As /eə/ Bear, Where, There, Pear
As /a:/ in Sergeant
As a silent E in Movement, Excitement, Something
As a magic E in Care, Hope, Pete, Rate
That is an amazing 11 ways we can pronounce the E letter in English! I know! English pronunciation is crazy! The lesson includes both monophthongs (i: ɛ ɜː ɪ ə a:) and diphthongs (ɪə, eɪ, aɪ, eə).
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To see the other lessons in this Pronunciation course then check out the videos below.
Letter A --
Letter B --
Letter C --
Letter D --
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Also, for anyone wondering, I’m James, an English teacher from the UK so in this video I’m speaking with a British English (Modern RP) accent.
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