Grade 3 · Pattern 43 of 70
Drop the silent e spelling words
Drop the silent e before adding -ing or -ed, as in bake and baking, or hope and hoped.
- Practice: makes a list of these words, then your child hears each one, spells it, checks it and fixes it.
- Print: makes the same list, then a test packet with an answer strip that folds out of sight.
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The words
15 Drop the silent e words for grade 3. A practice list uses some of them, and you can swap any word.
- having
- making
- based
- coming
- taking
- living
- giving
- writing
- moving
- moved
- loved
- named
- closed
- driving
- lived
How to practice
Spell it.
Hear the word in a sentence, then write the whole word from memory.
Check it.
Compare it with the right spelling, letter by letter.
Fix it.
Write any word you missed again, the right way.
Practice testing is one of the best-supported ways to learn spelling words: recalling the whole word, then checking and fixing it, works better than copying or word games.
Related patterns
- Easier · Grade 3Doubling ruleFor a one-syllable word with a short vowel and one ending consonant, double the consonant before adding -ing, -ed, or -er, as in hop and hopping.
- Next · Grade 3Change y to iIf a word ends in a consonant plus y, change the y to i before adding -es or -ed: cry, cries, cried.
For teachers
Mix this pattern with others from any grade and print up to 10 shuffled versions, each with its own answer strip.
Choose patterns to mixWord list uses the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University). View full license