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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 108 · 40 questions
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How to say it (Written but not said): kn- at the start: the k is silent — knife, knee, know. wr- at the start: the w is silent — write, wrong. After m, b is silent — lamb, comb, climb. l is silent in talk, walk, half, could; t in listen, castle, whistle; g in sign, design; h in honest, hour.

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  1. 1.Listen: which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) s (b) d (c) w
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) k (b) t (c) n
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) n (b) g (c) m
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) h (b) m (c) r
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) k (b) l (c) f
  6. 6.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) yolk (b) knight (c) foreign
  7. 7.Listen: which letter is silent in “half”? (a) h (b) f (c) l
  8. 8.Listen: which letter is silent in “could”? (a) d (b) l (c) c
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) s (b) t (c) f
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) g (b) s (c) h
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) l (b) k (c) n
  12. 12.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) folk (b) doubt (c) debt
  13. 13.Listen: which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) l (b) k (c) w
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) c (b) m (c) b
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) d (b) s (c) w
  16. 16.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) lamb (b) whistle (c) whole
  17. 17.Listen: which letter is silent in “write”? (a) r (b) t (c) w
  18. 18.Listen: which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) f (b) s (c) t
  19. 19.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) listen (b) knife (c) crumb
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “plumber”? (a) l (b) b (c) p
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) r (b) w (c) s
  22. 22.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) soften (b) knight (c) lamb
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) b (b) k (c) n
  24. 24.Listen: which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) t (b) m (c) b
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) t (b) s (c) c
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) f (b) r (c) g
  27. 27.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) reign (b) listen (c) foreign
  28. 28.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) s (b) d (c) g
  29. 29.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) foreign (b) answer (c) tomb
  30. 30.Listen: which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) s (b) w (c) n
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) r (b) g (c) n
  32. 32.Listen: which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) h (b) s (c) g
  33. 33.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) reign (b) half (c) gnat
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “could”? (a) c (b) d (c) l
  35. 35.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) plumber (b) ghost (c) answer
  36. 36.Listen: which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) n (b) s (c) h
  37. 37.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) gnat (b) tomb (c) salmon
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) n (b) t (c) g
  39. 39.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) gnome (b) half (c) soften
  40. 40.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) m (b) n (c) g

Answer key

  1. w
  2. k
  3. g
  4. h
  5. l
  6. yolk
  7. l
  8. l
  9. t
  10. h
  11. k
  12. folk
  13. l
  14. b
  15. w
  16. whistle
  17. w
  18. t
  19. knife
  20. b
  21. w
  22. knight
  23. k
  24. b
  25. t
  26. g
  27. listen
  28. g
  29. tomb
  30. w
  31. g
  32. h
  33. half
  34. l
  35. ghost
  36. h
  37. salmon
  38. g
  39. soften
  40. g

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