Shorty - magic 'e' silent 'e'

That's why it's called the magic 'e'! Even though it's silent it makes a huge difference to the meaning and sound of words. So be careful with this little "magic" letter.

But there are always exceptions with spelling rules. These words aren’t ‘magic’- don’t have a long vowel sound: have, give, live, love, above, glove, come, some, gone

Can you see that most end in -ve? That's because centuries ago they didn't like words ending in -v. But these exceptions have exceptions. There’s a long vowel sound in gave, save, clove, live, live wire, alive. 

Careful: live (the verb) is short: I live by the sea and seeing it makes me feel alive.  But live/alive is long.

Read these sentences.

I hope Pete doesn't bring his pet tarantula.

She built a kite from a kit she got from the internet.

I took a bite of the cake and a bit of my tooth broke off.

When kiwi fruit are ripe you can easily rip the skin off them easily.

Write some sentences like this with these words. 

Now try this exercise magic 'e' silent 'e' exercise