Students can learn ey words with these fun 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 ey words. Therefore, ey words are sight words that must be learned, as they cannot be sounded out.
In the word monkey, ‘ey’ sounds like long ‘e’, but sounds like long ‘a’ in grey.
Click here to see ‘ey words’ used in full sentences in EY Stories

Since there is so much to learn about ey 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 ey words correctly.
Download 5 free worksheets to spell, trace and learn ey words
EY words worksheet – fill in the blanks

EY words worksheet: they, obey, whey, prey, survey

EY words worksheet – alley, barley, valley, parsley, trolley

EY words worksheet – honey, money, kidney, chimney, journey

EY words worksheet – key, donkey, monkey, turkey, hockey

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