What are the jobs of the silent e?

Answer 1

#1:Silent e can make the vowel before it long (note).

#2: Silent e can make c and g soft (race, page).

#3: Silent e keeps u and v from being the last letter in a word (clue, give).

#4: Every syllable must have a vowel. Silent e adds a vowel to words with the "consonant+le" pattern, such as handle.

#5: Adding a silent e can keep a singular word from ending in s, as in the word goose. Without the e, this would look like a plural word: goos.

#6: Other miscellaneous reasons for silent e include:

• The e used to be pronounced (come).

• To distinguish between two words (or and ore).