All of these long vowels use a fairy ‘e’ at the end of the word The fairy ‘e’ at the end makes the vowel longer Eg slim (vowel sound is short) slime (when the ‘e’ is added the sound becomes longer Let’s add a fairy ‘e’ to all of the words to see how they change dim - _ _ man - _ cub - slim - _ fin - shin - hat - sham - Write these words on flash cards and see how many of them you can spell correctly after practicing them for a while Record your mark below made face wake joke exercise space escape arrive alive stage hopeless strive close craze hikers bagpipe surprise diversion promote lately