Orthography / As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois

by Elmer W. Cavins

heaven	oaken	happen	burden	leaven
often	leaden	seven	garden	brazen
widen	golden	even	eleven	christen

But in the following words e should be sounded:

hyphen	chicken	marten	lichen	sudden
linden	linen	gluten	mitten	aspen

E should also be sounded in any word (not a participle) in which terminal en is immediately preceded by l, m, n, or r.

women	Ellen	Helen	omen	pollen
barren	linen	woolen	Allen	Warren

[Sixth Month.]

“E before terminal l should usually be sounded.”

Abel	model	morsel	cancel	marvel
level	travel	rebel	gravel	barrel
nickel	apparel	towel	channel	kennel
chapel	citade	revel	Mabel	libel
camel	laurel	bevel	funnel	parcel

But in the following words and in their derivatives e before terminal l should not be sounded:

easel	weasel	ravel	mantel	shekel
navel	chattel	shrivel	drivel	snivel
shovel	grovel	mussel	hazel	teasel