Worked example
Add a silent final e to cap. Which word results?
Answer & why
Answer: cape
Cap becomes cape; a changes to its long sound in this pair.
Grade 1 · Reading & language
Read a final-e vowel pattern
Connect selected short-vowel words with their long-vowel final-e partners.
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All 6 authored questions for this skill.
Question 1
Add a silent final e to hop. Which word results?
- hope
- hoop
- shop
- hop
A hint
In these examples, adding final e makes the earlier vowel say its long sound; the e is silent.
Answer & why
Answer: hope
Hop becomes hope, changing short o to long o.
Question 2
Add a silent final e to pin. Which word results?
- pine
- pink
- pin
- spin
A hint
In these examples, adding final e makes the earlier vowel say its long sound; the e is silent.
Answer & why
Answer: pine
Pine contains the final e pattern and has long i.
Question 3
Add a silent final e to cub. Which word results?
- cub
- curb
- cube
- club
A hint
In these examples, adding final e makes the earlier vowel say its long sound; the e is silent.
Answer & why
Answer: cube
Cub becomes cube; the final e changes the vowel sound here.
Question 4
Add a silent final e to tap. Which word results?
- tape
- trap
- tap
- tarp
A hint
In these examples, adding final e makes the earlier vowel say its long sound; the e is silent.
Answer & why
Answer: tape
Tape is tap with final e, and its a has the long sound.
Question 5
Add a silent final e to cap. Which word results?
- cape
- cap
- clap
- camp
A hint
In these examples, adding final e makes the earlier vowel say its long sound; the e is silent.
Answer & why
Answer: cape
Cap becomes cape; a changes to its long sound in this pair.
Question 6
Add a silent final e to kit. Which word results?
- knit
- kit
- kite
- kick
A hint
In these examples, adding final e makes the earlier vowel say its long sound; the e is silent.
Answer & why
Answer: kite
Kit plus final e makes kite, with long i.