short e (ɛ)
Resources, activity lists, and more
| Name | short e |
|---|---|
| IPA symbol | ɛ |
| Arpabet symbol | EH |
| Alternative notation 1 | /e/ |
| Alternative notation 2 | ĕ |
| Sound category | Short Vowel (Vowel) |
| Vowel height | Open-mid |
| Vowel backness | Front |
| Voiced? | |
| Rounded? | |
| Examples | egg, met, bed, pen, hen, lend |
Appears in the following high frequency words (top 30):
- as (conjunction)
- their (possessive pronoun)
- said (verb)
- as (preposition)
- there (existential there)
- when (conjunction)
- them (pronoun)
- then (adverb)
- get (verb)
- says (verb)
- well (adverb)
- very (adverb)
- many (determiner)
- us (pronoun)
- any (determiner)
- there (adverb)
- as (adverb)
- when (adverb)
- never (adverb)
- president (noun)
- every (article)
- where (conjunction)
- american (adjective)
- again (adverb)
- against (preposition)
- percent (noun)
- where (adverb)
- next (number)
- tell (verb)
- yes (interjection)
Appears in the following activity lists:
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7th Grade Vocabulary words and definitions
Shaylee Garrett
A list of 7th grade vocabulary words and the definitions.
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9th Grade Vocabulary words and definitions
Shaylee Garrett
A list of vocabulary words and the definitions.
3
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11th Grade Vocabulary words and definitions
Shaylee Garrett
A list of vocabulary words and the definitions.
3
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6th Grade Vocabulary words and definitions
Shaylee Garrett
A list of vocabulary words and the definitions for each.
3
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10th Grade Vocabulary words and definitions
Shaylee Garrett
A list of vocabulary words and the definitions.
2
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12th Grade Vocabulary words and definitions
Shaylee Garrett
A list of vocabulary words and the definitions.
3
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Figurative Language: Jokes - a shaggy dog story
Virginia Ingram
A Shaggy Dog Story is an exceedingly long story with many details, often extraneous, that is finished without a clear punchline.
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My Morning Routine: Directions for Movements
Dana Parker
A collection of paragraphs with directions for acting out morning routine activities. Use this activity list alone or pair with My Morning Routine PDF Resource. Target physical therapy goals for gr...
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Comparative and Superlative lists
Shaylee Garrett
A list of adjectives, comparatives, and superlatives.
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December Holiday Multisyllabic Word Paragraphs
Virginia Ingram
A collection of multisyllabic words in Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and December paragraphs.
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Inferencing Story (Kara Goes to a Party)
Emily Bultman
A short story (2 paragraphs) about a girl preparing for and going to a party, following by 14 inferencing questions. Target 3rd-6th grade.
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The Rainbow Passage
Ian Quillen
The Rainbow Passage text. Can be used for assessment, targeting conversation, and intelligibility.
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Vocabulary for Story Starters
Virginia Ingram
This is a list of 165 words related to school, household, professions, playground, and cafeteria students can use to write stories. School, household, professions, playground, and cafeteria are...
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My Afternoon and Reading Routine: Directions for movements
Dana Parker
A collection of paragraphs with directions for acting out afternoon and evening activities. Use this activity list alone or pair with the Afternoon and Evening Routine PDF Resource. Target physical...
2
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Reading Comprehension: Predictions for a Car Story
Anonymous
This resource is geared towards a student on a 2nd grade reading level interested in cars who is working on making predictions and expanding vocabulary. Short story is adapted from Josef, the Indy ...
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Spring Figurative Language
Virginia Ingram
11 Spring idioms are provided. Each idiom is in a sentence then the meaning of each idiom is provided. Use this activity list to teach idioms and also test knowledge of idioms after teaching.
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Thanksgiving Inference Story "Holiday to Remember"
Janette Hreish
A short story about Thanksgiving that has 10 inferencing questions about the story.
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