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This page: Learn English words that end in a silent "e".

The Silent "e"

When the last three letters of a word are a vowel, followed by a consonant, and then the letter e, this e is not pronounced. These words are pronounced with the sound of the vowel located before the consonant. This vowel is pronounced like the name of its letter (A, E, I, O, U). We say that the vowel "says its name."

• cake - The vowel "a" is pronounced like the letter. A.
• kite - The vowel "i" is pronounced like the letter. I.
• wrote - The vowel "o" is pronounced like the letter. O.
• tube - The vowel "u" is pronounced like the letter. U.

 

Exercise - English words ending in a silent "e"

Select the word you hear.

1. Listen   hop hope
     

2. Listen   hop hope
     

3. Listen   tap tape
     

4. Listen   tap tape
     

5. Listen   tub tube
     

6. Listen   tub tube
     

7. Listen   kit kite
     

8. Listen   kit kite
     

 

Dictation

 

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