Long vowel sounds
The same long vowel sound can be written several ways, and a silent e at the end is one of them. Dropping that e turns the long sound short - "hope" becomes "hop".
Example words
- cake
- bike
- home
- cube
- rain
- feet
- seat
- night
- boat
- snow
- blue
- few
Practise this pattern
Dictation sentences
Read each one aloud and ask your child to write it down.
- I rode my bike home in the rain.
- The boat sailed on the blue sea at night.
- We made a cake with a few friends.
Quick check
Can they spell these without help?
- shine
- those
- tie
- grow
Keep going
- Printable spelling test sheet - for writing the words on paper
- Practise in Spelling.Live - add these words as a list, take a Skills Check, or play games built from them
Teaching this pattern
A short lesson idea with a starter, an activity, dictation sentences and words to check.DRAFT
Teaching guide