Make learning ei words fun with these worksheets to understand the concept of a digraph. This is a pattern of two letters representing one sound in English.
Also, the vowel team represents more than one vowel sound making it impossible to decode ei words. Therefore, ei words are sight words that must be learned, as they cannot be sounded out.
In the word receipt, ‘ei’ sounds like long ‘e’, but sounds like long ‘a’ in vein, and short ‘e’ in leisure.
Click here to see ‘ei words’ used in full sentences in EI Stories

Since there is so much to learn about ei words, you can use these free worksheets in learning environments for:
- Preschoolers
- Older children in remedial classes
- Adults in reading improvement classes
- Foreign language speakers learning English
Have fun with learning word lists, tracing and filling in the blanks with letters to spell ei words correctly.
Download 5 free worksheets to spell, trace and learn ei words
EI words worksheet – fill in the blanks

EI words worksheet – conceive, deceive, receive, perceive

EI words worksheet – either, neither, deceit, conceit, receipt

EI words worksheet – feist, heist, feisty, leisure

EI words worksheet: rein, vein, feign, reign, protein

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