Keeping Final Silent E

Silent E

Silent E is a very important letter in the alphebet.

A Vowel

The letter E is one of the vowels. Vowels are some letters in the alphebet that make noises like ow and ay.

Vowel Letters

The other vowels in the alphabet are A, E, I, O, and U. Sometimes the letter Y is also considered a vowel.

Silent E

The letter E may be used for special purposes. Silent E is one of them. Silent E makes the vowel nearest to the letter E sound different. Silent E is normally at the end of a word. Some words that use Silent E are make, dine, excite, and debate.

QUIZ TIME!!!

Time to do a quiz on Silent E!

Multiple Choice

Silent E is used to

• make an E sound

• make the vowel first before the E sound different

• make the vowel before the letter E sound like the letter "E"

• make the letter right before the E sound different

Multiple Choice

Some words using Silent E are:

• perfect, different, words, smart, using

• loot, listen, errupt, now, quiz

• remove, make, shake, shame, blame, are, some