Usually, when you have a vowel-consonant-e pattern in a word like "ace", the 'e' is silent and the other vowel makes a long sound.
But not all words follow this rule. Here are three words that end with a vowel-consonant-e, but have a short vowel sound.
have
give
love
You just need to memorize those. They're called sight words.
Let's learn a few more words.
from
live
friend
much
such
old
told
Complete the practice, so you can spell these on your own. 😺