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#16. Silent -E Rules

Wednesday

1. MAG. E: Tap-Tape/win-wine/fir-fire/cut-cute/Breath-Breathe/Bath-Bathe/Cloth-Clothe

4 words

Tap /tæp/ Tape /teɪp/ win /wɪn/ wine /waɪn/

2. -E making min. 3-letter word: Bae/bee/wee/fee/hie/dye/Do/doe/foe/ore/fore/Us/use/sue

7 words

Bae /beɪ/ bee /bi/ fee /fi/ hie /haɪ/ Us /ʌs/ use /juz/ wee /wi/

3. -E makes last syllable: Love/move/Antique/title/angle/mile/hire

3 words

Antique /æn.tik/ hire /haɪ.ər/ Love /lʌv/

4. Keep -CE/-GE: Act-ace/nick-nice/puck-puce/Rag-rage/hug-huge/log-loge

10 words

hug /hʌg/ huge /hjudz,/ log /lɑːg/ loge /lou'z,/ nice /naɪs/ nick /nɪk/ puce /pjus/ puck /pʌk/ Rag /ræg/ rage /reɪdz,/

5. Keep word singular: Dense/tense/tease/cleanse

4 words

cleanse /klenz/ dense /dens/ tease /tiz/ tense /tens/

6. -E has V. sounds: Same/sesame/smile/simile/resume/fiancee/recipe/finale/safe-cafe/we

8 words

fiancee /fi.an.seɪ/ finale /fə.næ.li/ recipe /re.sə.pi/ Same /seɪm/ sesame /se.sə.mi/ simile /sɪ.mə.li/ smile /smaɪ.əl/ we /wi/

7. Are/care/save/have/behave/have to/here/there/were/where/dive/give/live/dove/love/move/home/come/dose/nose/lose/those/whose

13 words

behave /bɪ.heɪv/ dive /daɪv/ dose /dou's/ dove /dʌv/ have /hæv/ have to /hæf.tu/ home /hou'm/ live /laɪv/ lose /luz/ move /muv/ nose /nou'z/ there /d'er/ those /d'ou'z/