If everyone laughs when you ask for a sheet of paper or say that you enjoyed the beach, chances are that you have a problem with this. This is especially true of Europeans.

The solution is relatively simple: i is a short sound and ee or ea is usually held for a longer time.

Most common mistakes:

Other mistakes:

bit & beet, bird & beard, chip & cheap, did & deed, filled & field, fit & feet, hid & he'd, hill & heel, hit & heat, it & eat, itch & each, mill & meal, pick & peak, pitch & peach, rich & reach, sick & seek, sin & scene or seen, still & steel, this & these, whip & weep, winner & wiener

Practise saying these:

Eat it!

Sit on this seat.

She bit the beet.

I scratch each itch.

It is done with ease.

The shoes fit my feet.

Will the wheel fall off?

The heat hit suddenly.

Only one chip is cheap.

He's his own worst enemy.

I seek help for a sick child.

Masters whip; slaves weep.

A bird lives among the leaves.

Mark eats his meal at the mill.

I did my good deed for the day.

The field was filled with flowers.

Pick a peak and we will ski there.

Before she hid, he'd see her often.

It is a sin to be seen in that colour.

This shirt doesn't match these pants.

Don't slip out of bed when you sleep.

Her heel pushed the brake on the hill.

The British sent sheep on a ship to Australia.

They feel good when they fill their stomachs.

Don't stir your coffee while you steer your car.