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Advanced Taught in this book:

Book 4
More about the Silent E –
Silent E variations on the rule and the
Variations common exceptions to the rule.

That the Silent E can make the

letter “O” make different sounds.
cheese
love Words taught in this book:
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Gone, give, live, alive.

Please, cheese, sneeze, tease, leave,

sleeve, goose, moose, loose, choose,
chose, snooze, juice.

Prince, since, rinse, twelve, waste,

taste.

Done, come, some, none, one, once,

glove, love.
Miz Katz N. Ratz Son, won, from.
A Progressive Phonics book T.M.

Copyright (c) 2004–2009 by Miz Katz N. Ratz, patent pending Lose, move.
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Quick Start Guide

Read the book WITH your child. You
read the “regular” text, and he/she reads
the big, red words, sort of like reading
the different parts in a play.
c-a-t
Help your child sound out cat
the words as needed.
Words that a child should
be able to read by now are The new words
printed with BLUE ink – if
being learned are
your child can’t read them “big, red words”.
easily, go back and review
the earlier books.

Read the book several times. This

helps develop the eye muscles and
Is my clock sick ?
left-to-right reading patterns that are
necessary for reading. It only says tick .
ABC
Don’t rush it. Body builders ABC
don’t train in a day – neither
does a child. Words or grammatical
constructions that a child has not
learned yet are written in black ink.
If your child is having difficulty, he/she These words are supposed to be
t might need more practice with simple read by the parent/teacher. **
Ca short vowel words. Read or re-read the
t
ra Progressive Phonics Beginner Books a
few times, and then try this book again. ** Your child can try to read them, but don’t
worry too much about them. They are taught
later, either in later Progressive Phonics
books, or in spelling or grammar at school.
And most important of
all, HAVE FUN!
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Silent E
In an earlier book, we learned
about the Silent E – this is a
little “e” at the end of a word
that is very, very naughty.
The Silent E reaches around
and pinches the first vowel,
making it call out its name.
cap
cap
A
cap
5
The letter “e” at the end makes
no sound of its own, which is why
it is called a Silent E .
cap
d
The Silent E also does a few more
tricks – and sometimes a silent E
does nothing at all. This is what
we will learn in this book.
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Silent E
exc e p ti o n s

In these four words, the Silent E

does not pinch the first vowel:

gone have
give
live I need to put my sock on ,
but my silly sock is gone .

Has it gone away ?

gon Has it gone to bed ?

Or has my sock gone

from green to red ? b

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The word “live” sometimes
! sounds like “give” and some-
times sounds like “five.”

If I a gift to a I live in a house with five

girly cat , I will give fake fish , and my five fake
a gift of a girly hat . fish live in a dish . If I had
And the girly hat that I b live fish , I would keep them
give to the cat will be in a pot . Are my fish alive ?
stolen by a girly rat . b I think not . b
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S i l e n t E a f te r
two vowe l s

When two vowels are next to each

other, one of the vowels calls out
its name (usually the first vowel,
but not always), so the Silent E
doesn’t do anything. It just sits
there, saying nothing.
“Please pass the
pleas
E
cheese , ” said the rat
with a sneeze . But there
was no cheese , just pepper
if you please , and the pepper
made the rat go sneeze ,
sneeze , sneeze .
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My bad , bad brother is such a b Oh , no ! Thegoose is

tease . He tries to wipe his loose ! The moose too ?
nose on my sleeve . I say The moose is loose ! The
to him , “ Please leave moose and the goose are
me be , ” but my bad , bad b loose at the zoo , and I think
brother says , “ Tee , hee , hee .” b they want to dance with you . b

“Tee, hee, hee” is a silly laugh.

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A goose can choose Fruit juice is good to

to snooze . A goose drink . Fruit juice is
can choose to snooze good , I think . Fruit b
in shoes. And if a goose juice is in my cup ,
chose to snooze too so shall I drink it down , b
much , my clock can b or shall I drink it up ? b
choose to wake her up .
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S i l e n t E a f te r
two c o n so n a n ts
When there are two consonants
between the first vowel and the
Silent E at the end, the Silent E
can’t reach around to pinch the
vowel – his arm is too short – so
the first vowel makes its normal
sound.
I A prince went to the shop
pric to buy a pig , but the price
of the pig was much too big . b
pri n c The prince came home with
just a pie because the price
princ
of a pig was much too high. b
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It has been nine hours since
I went to bed – and look at all b
these bubbles on my head. Did I b
forget to rinse my hair? Did
I forget to rinse my teeth ? Or
did I grow bubbles in my sleep ? b
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I have twelve books upon
my shelf . I can read all b
twelve all by myself .
And if you wish to read b
twelve too , then I will
loan all twelve to you .
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E xc e p ti o n s to
th e two - c o n so n a n t
r ule
Normally, a Silent E can’t reach
around two consonants to pinch
a vowel, but there are a few
words where the Silent E gets
stretchy enough to reach around
and pinch the first vowel. This
happens in only a few words, like If I hold my nose , it is b
“waste” and “taste.”
A
hard to taste . I did it

wast on the day that I turned eight b

– what a waste not to
A
taste my birthday cake .
tast
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S i l e n t E a n d th e This usually happens when the

l e tte r “ o ” middle consonant is a “V,” an
“M” or an “N.”
Uh-oh! The Silent E can make
the letter “O” say “uh!” or “oh!” uh oh

uh o o
lov love
glove
drove
cove
above wove
oh a a
some dome
bon come home
become
a
a
done bone
Note: “Uh, oh!” is an expression of dismay, none stone
used when something bad has happened or one cone
is about to happen.
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Late at night , when the
sun is done , the stars
come out to have some
fun . Some stars twinkle ,
some stars laugh , and when
it rains , some take a bath .
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I have some gum –
come and see – some
for you and some for me .
And because I am so nice , b
nice , nice , give me back the b
gum so I can share it twice . b
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z z
zz
zz

I have some books

I call my dog , but he b that I like to read . b
will not come – he Some are hard ,
will not run , and he some are easy and
is no fun . I want my some are much too
dog to come and play , easy peasy . b
but he will not come ;
“Easy peasy” is a silly way of saying that
he will only stay . b
something is really, really easy. “Peasy”
doesn”t actually mean anything
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My brother has some My cat has a home up in

candy , but I have none . that tree , and my cat will not b
I have no candy nor bubble b come home with me .
gum . I wish he would share I say , “ Come home ,
his candy with me – none cat . Come home ,
for him and all for me . b please .” But my cat will not b
come home with me .
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I lost my glove . I love to cook ,

MyI glove is gone . and I love to eat .
Where is my glove ? I love this cake –
I want to put it on . b it is so sweet . b
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T h e wo r d “ o n e ”

“One” is a weird word. It sounds

like there is a “W” at the beginning
of the word, but there isn’t a “W”
anywhere in the word.

wuh
Three fish swam in the b
on One
deep , blue sea .
was tiny , one was
small , and one was as
wide as he was tall .
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I want to eat one Oh , no what have I done ?

apple ;one apple just I ate a hundred donuts instead b
for me . But none of just one . My tummy got
are in the bowl – well , b stone ,
as big as a big , big
none that I can see . and my mommy had to come
and roll me home .
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An d eve n w h e n
th e r e i sn’t a
si l e n t “ e ”
Sometimes the letter “O” says
“uh” when there isn’t a Silent E
at the end of the word.

uh
If the sun had a
son son , and he came
uh to my school , would b
from the son of the sun
swim in the pool ? b
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“From” is a changeable
! word. Sometimes it can
sound like “drum.”

A big soundb
came from
the drum .

This gum is from And sometimes “from” sounds

my dog . He got it b ! like “Tom.” Both ways to say

it are correct.

from the cat . She

got it from the garbage – Where is
Tom
what do you think of that ? b Tom from ? b
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The words “one” and “won”
! sound exactly the same
but mean different things.

“ My son won , ” said The number six and the b

the sun in the sky . number one had a race ,
“ My son won , oh , me , and the number one won .
oh , my . My son won The number one won
when he ran a race – b because he was fast . The b
just look at the smile b number six lost because he b
on his happy face .” b was last . b
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The word “once” means
! one time. “Twice” means
two times.

The number one and The number one ate

his son were happy that
the one had won .
But the number six and b
his son wished that the
six had won .
a bug just once . He
b
did not eat it twice .
Once was bad ; once
was enough; once did
not taste nice . b
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S i l e n t E a n d th e
“ o o ” so u n d

And sometimes the Silent E

makes the “O” say, “Oo!”

oo

los
“ I must move the
oo
moose , ” said the man
mov in the tree . “ I must move
the moose , or the
moose will move me .”
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How do you lose My nose is loose ,

a loose tooth ? and I lose it a lot .
How do you get it out? b I lose it if I sneeze ,
And when you lose and I lose it if I cough.
a loose tooth ,
do you also lose THE END
your mouth? b