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Long Vowels: Magic E
cap → cape, kit → kite: the silent e makes the vowel say its name.
About the Long Vowels: Magic E worksheets
This free phonics pack has 13 printable A4 pages: cap → cape, kit → kite: the silent e makes the vowel say its name. You can edit the words on every page, print it or save it as a PDF, and there's a matching PowerPoint lesson to teach it with. It's made for English teachers in Korea and works for kindergarten and elementary classes, hagwons and tutoring.
The rule
When a word ends in a silent e, the vowel before it says its own name. The e makes no sound.
What's inside
- Learn It: Magic E
- Magic E: long a: The e is silent. The a says its name.
- Magic E: long i: The e is silent. The i says its name.
- Magic E: long o: The e is silent. The o says its name.
- Magic E: long u: The e is silent. The u says its name.
- Short or Long? 1: Look at the picture. Circle the word that matches it.
- Short or Long? 2
- Add the Vowel and E 1: Write the missing vowel and the magic e.
- Add the Vowel and E 2
- Sort It: Short or Long Vowel?: Read each word. Write it in the right box.
- Trace Magic E Words: Trace each word. Then write it on your own.
Words in this pack
cake, snake, plane, whale, game, skate, kite, bike, slide, smile, dice, rice, bone, rope, nose, rose, home, phone, cube, flute, tube, dune, can, kit, pine, cap, cape, pin, cub, not
Example sentences
- The cake is on the plate.
- I can ride my bike.
- The dog has a bone.
How to use it in class
Introduce the sound with the picture pages and have students say every word out loud before they write. Then move on to the circling, matching and writing pages. Short daily practice works better than one long session, so two or three pages a class is plenty.
