Mixed Silent E Worksheets

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

Grade: 1st Phase 3: Long Vowels & Silent E Pattern: Mixed silent e patterns (a_e, i_e, o_e, u_e)
cake make lake bike hike kite bone home nose cube cute huge

1 Decodable Reading Passage

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

Jake's Cake Ride
Skill: Silent E — Mixed  •  Sight Words: the, is, a, and, to, was
Jake got up. It was his mom's day! He had to bake a cake for her. But he did not know how to make it. He had a note at home. Jake said, “I will ride my bike home.” He got on his bike. He did not go fast. He rode past the lake. He had to go to his home. He must find the note. Jake got to his home. He went in. He got the note. It had the rule for the cake. He could make a huge cake! It would be so cute. Jake had hope. He would make the best cake!
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
cake
make
lake
bike
hike
kite
bone
home
nose
cube
cute
huge
name
game
ride
hide
note
hope
tune
rule
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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 cake on make
a make in lake
the lake and bike
a bike with hike
the hike on kite
a kite in bone
the bone and home
a home with nose
the nose on cube
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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 — Mixed
hike
cake
nose
nose
nose
cake
note
note
name
hike
note
name
cake
hike
cake
name
Target words: cake, hike, nose, name, note
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📖 Decodable Readers

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

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Free Printable Mixed Silent E Worksheets

These free mixed silent 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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