This document provides examples of word families that contain the letter "e" in the rime or final part of the word. It lists common word families such as "eal", "ear", "eat", "eel", "eep", "eet", "eft", "elt", "ell", "ent", and "est". For each family, it provides 2-10 examples words that follow the spelling pattern. The purpose is to expose the reader to common rhyming word patterns to help with spelling and vocabulary.

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Word Families & Rhyming Words
Lesson 2
Created by: Jenna for
English Sharing Experience
8.18.2009

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Word families the letter “e”
“eal” - deal, heal, meal, real, steal, seal.
“ear” - clear, dear, ear, fear, gear, hear, near,
rear, tear, appear.
“eat” - eat, beat, heat, meat, neat, pleat, seat,
treat, wheat.

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“eel” - eel, heel, keel, peel, reel, steel, wheel.
“eep” - beep, creep, deep, keep, peep, seep,
sheep, sleep, steep, sweep, weep.
“eet” - beet, greet, meet, sheet, street.

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“eft” – cleft, deft, heft, left, theft.
“elt” - belt dealt dwelt felt knelt pelt smelt welt
melt.
“ell” - bell, cell, dwell, fell, shell, smell, swell,
tell, well, yell.

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“ent” - bent, cent, dent, lent, scent, sent,
spent, went, event.
“est” - best, crest, chest, guest, nest, pest,
rest, test, vest, west, zest.

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“eft” - cleft deft heft left theft.
“elp” - help kelp yelp.
“elf” – elf, self, shelf.