In the Deep <ee>
Practice Words
Words containing the 'ee' vowel team, consistently producing the long /iː/ sound.
Anika wants to go in the sea, but she is scared. Her mum tells her to give it a try.
She jumps in and then needs to stand back up. The sea went in the spout. She spits it out.
She can see a lot of shells. She counts them as she gets the hang of the spout.
Anika spots a turtle! It went from the beach to the sea, just like Anika did!
She sees a fish that can fly! She swims with it. It jumps up. Splash!
She dives deep in the sea. She swims by a big, gold rock.
It is not a rock! Its legs come out and it jets off. It is an octopus! The octopus can turn red. What will it do next?
It turns blue! Then... ouch! The octopus nips Anika with its beak.
She sinks to the bed of sand. What lives in this reef?
A long eel! It darts out. Anika backs off so that the eel can flee. It just wants to be safe.
As she starts to go back, she sees a manta ray. She peers at it. It seems like it can fly.
The last thing that she sees is dolphins. They help take her back to her mum.
Her mum asks what it was like. Anika tells all. She is a big fan of the deep.