Cursive e: How to Write a Lowercase e
Watch how a cursive e is written, then print a sheet to practise it alone and joined in words.
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How to write lowercase e in cursive
- Watch the animation See where lowercase e starts and the order of its strokes.
- Follow the strokes Swing up to the middle of the small-letter space, loop back over the top and down around, then swing up to finish.
- Join it e ends with an undercurve on the baseline, and the next letter starts from that undercurve.
- Practise Print the sheet: trace the model, then the dotted copies, then the words egg, elf, bed.
Step by step
Swing up to the middle of the small-letter space, loop back over the top and down around, then swing up to finish.
How lowercase e joins
e ends with an undercurve on the baseline, and the next letter starts from that undercurve.
Common mistake
Leave the loop open. A filled-in loop makes e look like an i without a dot.
Practice words
egg, elf, bed. Write each word without lifting the pencil, then go back to dot i and j and cross t and x.
See the full cursive alphabet, or compare with print letter Ee.
Frequently asked questions
How do you write lowercase e in cursive?
Swing up to the middle of the small-letter space, loop back over the top and down around, then swing up to finish.
Does cursive e connect to the next letter?
e ends with an undercurve on the baseline, and the next letter starts from that undercurve.
What is the most common mistake with cursive e?
Leave the loop open. A filled-in loop makes e look like an i without a dot.
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