Short-e Word Changes - Practice 1

Read together, change one letter, then read again. These questions check letter changes, not spoken reading.

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Work with an adult who can model letter sounds. Learn any new sounds first. Point to each letter from left to right, join the sounds, and read the whole word. After a change, check every letter again. An adult may read the directions, but let the learner try the words. Pointing or saying an answer is fine; no timer or recording is needed. Questions check letter changes, not spoken reading.

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Hen becomes pen when h changes to p. Pen becomes pet when the last n changes to t. Read the middle e as well as the ends.

Three letter boxes spell hen in reading order, with a left-to-right arrow underneath. — Point from left to right. Join the sounds and say the whole word with your helper.

Would you believe it?

Ten and net use the same three letters in a different order. Their middle e stays put while the end letters trade places. Read each word from left to right.

Read together before the questions

hen, pen, pet, net. Ben can get wet. Read the chain slowly, then read it again. Tell what the sentence or phrases mean. Your helper can model a sound and let you try again. This reading is not automatically scored.

Question 1 Start with bed. Change the first letter to r. Which word? bed net red

Question 2 Start with hen. Change the last letter to m. Which word? pen hem hen

Question 3 Start with pin. Change the middle letter to e. Which word? pen pin pet

Question 4 Read net and wet. Which letter stays in the middle? n w e

Question 5 Start with leg. Change the first letter to p. Then change the last letter to t. Which word is last? leg pet peg

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