1. Vowel, Consonant and Silent e
Inflected Endings:
–ed and -ing
Vowel, Consonant and Silent e

2. wave waved wave Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ed.
waved

3. rake raking rake Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ing.
raking

4. skate skating skate Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ing.
skating

5. sneeze sneezed sneeze Vowel, consonant, silent e!
How does the word end?
sneeze
Vowel, consonant, silent e!
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ed.
sneezed

6. vote voting vote Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ing.
voting

7. chase chasing chase Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ing.
chasing

8. bake baked bake Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ed.
baked

9. race raced race Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ed.
raced

10. smile smiled smile Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ed.
smiled

11. ride riding ride Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ing.
riding

12. move moved move Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ed.
moved

13. hide hiding hide Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ing.
hiding

14. slide sliding slide Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ing.
sliding

15. hope hoped hope Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ed.
hoped

16. like liked like Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ed.
liked

17. make making make Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ing.
making

18. hike hiked hike Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ed.
hiked

19. taste tasting taste Vowel, consonant, silent e! How does the word end?
This is the way the end must be . . .
Drop, drop, drop silent e,
Drop the e, add –ing.
tasting

20. Inflected Endings: –ed and -ing The End
If the word has a vowel, consonant and silent e, drop the silent e. Then add –ed or –ing.
The End