IXL | Read silent e stories | 2nd grade language arts

Read the story.

Cole at the Stove

Cole is at the stove. He turns on the flame and puts a pan down to make some fish.

Just then, Eve comes in. She jokes, "The last time you made fish, there was so much smoke!"

"Not this time," says Cole.

When the fish is made, Cole grabs a knife and slices a lime. He puts the fish and lime on two plates. Cole and Eve each take a bite.

"How does it taste?" asks Cole.

"Quite nice!" says Eve. "Do we have any more?

What does Cole do after the fish is made?

He slices a lime.

He grabs some spice.

He puts down the pan.

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Read the story.

Ape

Ape wakes up and grabs his cape. He places it on his back and slides down the branch.

"I will help my pals today!" he says.

Ape helps Crane rake and pick up stones by the lake. He helps Snake dig a hole for his home. He also helps the little mice fix the gate at their place. "I like to help," Ape says with a smile.

At the end of the day, Ape goes home. "What is all this?" he asks.

All the pals he helped wrote him thank-you notes!

Who does Ape help by the lake?

Crane

Mouse

Snake

key idea

Some words end with a silent e. The silent e does not make a sound. Instead, the silent e can make the vowel before it have a long vowel sound. A long vowel sound means the vowel says its name.

cap

cape

In the word cap, the vowel does not say its name. It makes a short a sound, /ă/, instead. In the word cape, the vowel says its name because of the silent e.

solution

The story says, "Ape helps Crane rake and pick up stones by the lake." This tells you who Ape helped by the lake.

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