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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 222 · 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.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) kneel (b) write (c) fasten
  2. 2.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) gnome (b) wrist (c) talk
  3. 3.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) sword (b) gnome (c) half
  4. 4.Listen: which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) l (b) k (c) y
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) l (b) t (c) s
  6. 6.Listen: which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  7. 7.Listen: which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) s (b) t (c) f
  8. 8.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) wrist (b) knot (c) design
  9. 9.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knife (b) foreign (c) castle
  10. 10.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) folk (b) doubt (c) honest
  11. 11.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) yolk (b) whole (c) lamb
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) b (b) k (c) n
  13. 13.Listen: which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) w (b) k (c) l
  14. 14.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) sign (b) rhyme (c) tomb
  15. 15.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) g (b) s (c) d
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) l (b) f (c) k
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) k (b) t (c) l
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) knot (b) foreign (c) yolk
  19. 19.Listen: which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) n (b) f (c) k
  20. 20.Listen: which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) s (b) w (c) n
  21. 21.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) soften (b) foreign (c) sword
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) g (b) n (c) r
  24. 24.Listen: which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) w (b) l (c) h
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) s (b) d (c) w
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) f (b) t (c) s
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) l (b) k (c) w
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) n (b) s (c) g
  29. 29.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knit (b) soften (c) salmon
  30. 30.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) g (b) n (c) t
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) l (b) k (c) y
  33. 33.Listen: which letter is silent in “write”? (a) w (b) r (c) t
  34. 34.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) s (b) w (c) r
  35. 35.Listen: which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) s (b) t (c) l
  36. 36.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) knife (b) reign (c) lamb
  37. 37.Listen: which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) w (b) d (c) s
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) b (b) m (c) l
  39. 39.Listen: which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) s (b) g (c) h

Answer key

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

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