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Short a and Short e

 

Read the pairs of words below.

 

Listen for the difference between a and e.

 

bad – bed

peck – pack

Bal – bell

beg – bag

sat – set

hem – ham

fad – fed

Ted – tad

pan – pen

Ken – can

nack – neck

mess – mass

pal – pell

Meg – mag

pat – pet

ten – tan

man – men

led – lad

mat – met

end – and

rad – red

pep – pap

Jan – Jen

den – Dan

yap – yep

bet - bat