Silent E (u_e) Worksheets

Free printable silent e — long u phonics worksheets. Four practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, and rapid naming chart.

Grade: 1st Phase 3: Long Vowels & Silent E Pattern: u_e (magic e / silent e making long U)
cube tube cute mute huge fuse muse rude dude dune tune rule

1 Decodable Reading Passage

A short, decodable story embedding silent e — long u words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.

Jane's Huge Fort
Skill: Silent E — Long U  •  Sight Words: the, is, a, and, to, was
Jane wants to make a huge home. She has big boxes. She has a long tube from Dad. Jane can not make the boxes stand. Her little bud, Jud, is a rude brute. He wants her best cube box. Jane had a cute plan. She got her flute. She made a sad tune. Jud did not like the tune. He ran to his home. Jane made her home stand. She had a rule: Use a tube. She had Dad's old tube. She made the boxes hold fast. "Now it will not fall," said Jane. She gave a smile. It was a good day.
Circle or highlight all the silent E words where the vowel says its name (long sound). How many did you find?
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2 Word Sort

Cut out the word cards and sort them into the correct columns: Real Words vs Nonsense Words.

Real Words
Nonsense Words
cube
tube
cute
mute
huge
fuse
muse
rude
dude
dune
tune
rule
mule
flute
prune
brute
duke
lure
pure
cure
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3 Phrasing Practice Cards

Practice reading these phrases for fluency. Cut out the cards and read them quickly and smoothly.

the cube on tube
a tube in cute
the cute and mute
a mute with huge
the huge on fuse
a fuse in muse
the muse and rude
a rude with dude
the dude on dune
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4 RAN Chart (Rapid Naming)

Read each word in the grid as quickly as you can. Time yourself and try to beat your best time!

Decodable RAN Chart — Silent E — Long U
huge
huge
mule
cube
cube
cube
mule
huge
duke
duke
dude
duke
dude
mule
dude
cube
Target words: cube, huge, dude, mule, duke
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📖 Decodable Readers

Printable mini-books for Silent E — Long U practice. Each reader includes a story + coloring page illustration.

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Free Printable Silent E (u_e) Worksheets

These free silent e (u_e) worksheets provide structured phonics practice aligned with the Science of Reading. Activities include a decodable passage embedding target words in a fun story, a word sort activity, phrasing practice cards for fluency building, and a rapid naming (RAN) chart for automaticity. Each worksheet prints cleanly on standard US Letter paper.

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