Spelling Rule 7

Rule 7 refers to the Silent Final E or as Secret Agent Silent Final E (SFE). The letter 'e' at the end of word can have five different jobs.

Job 1: SFE jumps over a consonant to make a vowel say its second sound such as in ‘time’.

Job 2: SFE stops ‘v’ and ‘u’ from being at the end of a word such as in ‘have’ and ‘blue’.

Job 3: SFE is making ‘c’ and ‘g’ say their second sound such as in ‘ice’ and ‘change’.

Job 4: SFE is there to make sure every syllable has a vowel such as in ‘lit tle’. (little)

Job 5: SFE is there for no good reason! SFE is an imposter and doesn’t really have any job to do such as in ‘are’.

Watch the tutorial videos below to see how the Spelling Tools, Spelling Rule 7 and Reading Tools are used to spell challenging words.

Special Note:

Not all words will follow the spelling rule. These are called exceptions. If 90% or more words follow this rule then this is still a great tool to help become a proficient speller. Language experience will deal with the rest.