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Long Vowels: Silent E Worksheets

  • CCSS RF.1.3.c
  • 16 items per set
  • Answer key included

What this skill is

Recognizing that a silent e at the end of a word makes the vowel say its own name — cap becomes cape.

When it comes up: First grade, right after short vowels and blends are solid.

The mistake to watch for

Pronouncing the silent e as its own syllable, or forgetting it changes the vowel at all and reading "cape" as "cap".

How to help

Show the pair side by side and ask what changed. Naming the rule ("silent e jumps back and changes the vowel") sticks better than drilling word lists alone.

Next: Vowel teams, where two vowels together make one sound.

A worked example

Add a silent e to 'cap'. The e says nothing, but it makes the a say its own name: cap becomes cape. The same thing turns kit into kite and hop into hope.

Words to know

vowel
The letters a, e, i, o and u. Every syllable has a vowel sound.
silent
Not said out loud. The e in cake is silent.
letter
One of the symbols we use to write words, like a, b or c.
sound
What you hear when you say a letter or a word.
word
A group of letters that has a meaning.

Practice

Add a silent e to change the vowel sound.

Showing Set 1 · 16 items

  1. Add a silent e to change the word: hug → ___
  2. Add a silent e to change the word: fin → ___
  3. Add a silent e to change the word: tub → ___
  4. Add a silent e to change the word: cut → ___
  5. Add a silent e to change the word: pin → ___
  6. Add a silent e to change the word: tap → ___
  7. Add a silent e to change the word: kit → ___
  8. Add a silent e to change the word: hop → ___
  9. Add a silent e to change the word: rip → ___
  10. Add a silent e to change the word: cap → ___
  11. Add a silent e to change the word: rid → ___
  12. Add a silent e to change the word: rob → ___
  13. Add a silent e to change the word: dim → ___
  14. Add a silent e to change the word: plan → ___
  15. Add a silent e to change the word: cub → ___
  16. Add a silent e to change the word: mad → ___

Download this set16 items · answer key included PDF

Answer key
  1. huge
  2. fine
  3. tube
  4. cute
  5. pine
  6. tape
  7. kite
  8. hope
  9. ripe
  10. cape
  11. ride
  12. robe
  13. dime
  14. plane
  15. cube
  16. made

All 10 sets

Each set is a different list of 16 items with its own answer key. Use the buttons above to look at one on this page, or download any of them as a PDF.

How these sheets were made
  • Problems are generated for each set and checked against RF.1.3.c before the sheet is built — no duplicates, and every problem falls inside the standard's number range.

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