The Magic 'e'

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The magic e
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What is the magic e?

• It is the e added to the end of a CVC word
• This e changes the sound of the vowel before it
• This vowel sound becomes LONG

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What is the magic e?

• Lets have a look at some
• examples..

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cub
e
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tap
e
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cap
e
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mat
e
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Putting the magic e into practice

• What do these words mean?
• hat rip mad
• man pan fat
• hid din win bit

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Putting the magic e into practice

• What do they mean now? .
• hate ripe made
• mane pane fate
• hide dine wine bite

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Putting the magic e into practice

• What you have learned is-
• That adding an e at the end of a CVC word
  changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel
  sound

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Putting the magic e into practice

• It also changes the meaning of the
• word!