The drop-e rule worksheets
Each print is a different sheet with its own answer key. You don't need to sign up.
A silent e usually steps aside before an ending that starts with a vowel: bake becomes baking, smile becomes smiled. It usually stays before an ending that starts with a consonant: hopeful.
Two grades, one set of sentences: both print from the same 80. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
Print by grade
-
2nd grade Core grade
Each print is a different sheet with its own answer key. You don't need to sign up.
Silent-e words drop the e before endings that begin with a vowel: bake, baking; smile, smiled; ride, riding. Second graders apply the rule to everyday verbs and learn to reject the kept-e misspellings (bakeing, rideing) on sight.
-
3rd grade
Third graders drop the e without thinking and navigate the pairs where the drop-e word has a doubled twin: hoping and hopping, taping and tapping. Context picks the word; the rule picks the spelling.
More on adding endings
All spelling worksheets →
Or all English worksheets: every grade, every topic.