Word Lists: Long Vowels, Vowel Team Rule

Word families (rimes) that include c, g, y, and w, digraphs, diphthongs, etc., are included in this list.

-ain speak stream tear

A E
lain Vowel
squeak team year
Vowel
Teams main Teams streak clear
pain tweak -ean shear
-aid rain -ea bean smear
laid vain pea -eal dean spear
maid wain sea deal Jean
paid brain tea heal lean -east
raid chain flea meal mean beast
braid drain plea peal wean feast
grain real clean least
-ail plain -ead seal glean yeast
bail slain bead teal
fail Spain lead veal -eap -eat
hail sprain read zeal heap beat
jail stain plead squeal leap feat
mail strain steal reap heat
nail train -eak cheap meat
pail beak -eam neat
quail -ait leak beam -ear peat
rail bait peak ream dear seat
sail gait teak seam fear bleat
tail wait weak cream gear cheat
wail strait bleak dream hear cleat
frail trait creak gleam near pleat
snail freak scream rear treat
trail sneak steam sear wheat

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-ee peek weep road -oast
bee seek cheep I toad boast
Vowel
fee week creep Teams coast
lee cheek sheep -oak roast
see creek sleep -ie oak toast
tee sleek steep die soak
wee sweep fie cloak -oat
flee -eel lie croak boat
free feel -eer pie coat
heel beer -oal goat
glee tie
keel deer coal moat
tree vie
peel jeer foal bloat
-eed reel leer -ied goal gloat
deed steel peer died shoal float
feed wheel queer lied throat
-oam
heed seer dried
-een foam -oe
need sneer fried
keen loam doe
reed steer tried
queen roam foe
seed
weed seen -eet hoe
O -oan
bleed teen beet Vowel
Joe
green feet Joan toe
breed Teams
screen meet loan woe
creed
sheen fleet -oach moan
freed
greet coach groan U
greed Vowel
-eep sheet poach
speed Teams
beep sleet roach -oar
steed
deep street broach boar -uit
treed
jeep sweet roar fruit
-eek keep tweet -oad soar suit
leek peep goad
meek seep load

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