This challenging worksheet tests whether first graders truly understand why silent e works. Four multiple-choice questions ask them to explain why hope has a long o, spot the non-CVCe word in mule, flame, grape, and help, predict what happens to the i when silent e is added to strip, and pick the CVC/CVCe pair man and mane.

Five fill-in-the-blank items then have students transform slid into slide, glob into globe, and prim into prime, name the long vowel in shrine and blame, and prove they can hear the vowel say its own name in every CVCe word.