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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 118 · 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 “tomb”? (a) b (b) t (c) m
  2. 2.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) kneel (b) gnome (c) tomb
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “half”? (a) f (b) h (c) l
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) g (b) f (c) r
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) t (b) l (c) s
  6. 6.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) gnome (b) comb (c) knife
  7. 7.Listen: which letter is silent in “half”? (a) l (b) h (c) f
  8. 8.Listen: which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) l (b) k (c) y
  9. 9.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) write (b) knight (c) rhyme
  10. 10.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) h (b) r (c) m
  11. 11.Listen: which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) n (b) b (c) k
  12. 12.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) n (b) m (c) g
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) r (b) w (c) s
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) f (b) k (c) n
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) r (b) b (c) c
  16. 16.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) m (b) l (c) b
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) m (b) r (c) h
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) lamb (b) foreign (c) knife
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) f (b) l (c) k
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) n (b) g (c) m
  21. 21.Listen: which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) f (b) t (c) s
  22. 22.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) doubt (b) half (c) yolk
  23. 23.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) talk (b) lamb (c) whole
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) rhino (b) comb (c) foreign
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) n (b) k (c) t
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) f (b) s (c) t
  28. 28.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) reign (b) write (c) kneel
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) l (b) k (c) n
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “would”? (a) w (b) l (c) d
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) b (b) m (c) t
  32. 32.Listen: which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) s (b) w (c) n
  33. 33.Listen: which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) w (b) l (c) h
  34. 34.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) write (b) talk (c) knife
  35. 35.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) knight (b) knit (c) walk
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “plumber”? (a) l (b) b (c) p
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) k (b) t (c) n
  38. 38.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) soften (b) would (c) yolk
  39. 39.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) s (b) g (c) d
  40. 40.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) honest (b) folk (c) write

Answer key

  1. b
  2. gnome
  3. l
  4. g
  5. t
  6. knife
  7. l
  8. l
  9. knight
  10. h
  11. k
  12. g
  13. w
  14. k
  15. b
  16. b
  17. h
  18. lamb
  19. l
  20. g
  21. t
  22. doubt
  23. whole
  24. comb
  25. k
  26. b
  27. t
  28. reign
  29. k
  30. l
  31. b
  32. w
  33. w
  34. write
  35. walk
  36. b
  37. k
  38. soften
  39. g
  40. folk

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