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"Magic e"
An e at the end of a short word often changes the vowel before it: cap becomes cape, kit becomes kite, hop becomes hope. Many schools call this "magic e"; some call it a split vowel.
It is one of a handful of patterns children learn after the single sounds. Each new pattern unlocks a set of words.
Add a "magic e" to "pin". What word do you get?
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