Words with a long vowel sound followed by a silent e:
* ate: (long a sound)
* bike: (long i sound)
* cube: (long u sound)
* hope: (long o sound)
* made: (long a sound)
* name: (long a sound)
* plane: (long a sound)
* smile: (long i sound)
* stone: (long o sound)
* time: (long i sound)
* write: (long i sound)
Words with a short vowel sound followed by a silent e:
* ache: (short a sound)
* cage: (short a sound)
* dance: (short a sound)
* face: (short a sound)
* give: (short i sound)
* have: (short a sound)
* live: (short i sound)
* love: (short u sound)
* make: (short a sound)
* nice: (short i sound)
* place: (short a sound)
* same: (short a sound)
* take: (short a sound)
* wave: (short a sound)
Important Note: The silent e rule applies to one-syllable words. For multi-syllabic words, the e at the end of a word is silent only if the vowel sound is short.
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