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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 259 · 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 letter is silent in “sign”? (a) g (b) n (c) s
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) y (b) k (c) l
  3. 3.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) honest (b) comb (c) wrap
  4. 4.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) tomb (b) write (c) folk
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) g (b) r (c) n
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) s (b) t (c) l
  7. 7.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) listen (b) write (c) rhyme
  8. 8.Listen: which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) w (b) r (c) s
  10. 10.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knife (b) would (c) foreign
  11. 11.Listen: which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) f (b) r (c) g
  12. 12.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) l (b) m (c) b
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) n (b) g (c) m
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) f (b) l (c) k
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) t (b) k (c) n
  16. 16.Listen: which letter is silent in “could”? (a) c (b) l (c) d
  17. 17.Listen: which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) t (b) s (c) c
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) whistle (b) design (c) knife
  19. 19.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) wrist (b) answer (c) would
  20. 20.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) salmon (b) knight (c) wrap
  21. 21.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) tomb (b) foreign (c) knob
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) b (b) l (c) m
  23. 23.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) comb (b) knob (c) wrist
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) wrist (b) folk (c) wrap
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) t (b) n (c) g
  26. 26.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) debt (b) foreign (c) half
  27. 27.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) half (b) knit (c) gnome
  28. 28.Listen: which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) l (b) k (c) w
  29. 29.Listen: which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) n (b) s (c) w
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “half”? (a) l (b) f (c) h
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) r (b) c (c) b
  32. 32.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) g (b) d (c) s
  33. 33.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) knife (b) folk (c) sword
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) h (b) s (c) g
  35. 35.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) rhyme (b) soften (c) salmon
  36. 36.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) castle (b) design (c) wrap
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) w (b) n (c) s
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) s (b) l (c) t
  39. 39.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) wrist (b) foreign (c) talk
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) n (b) k (c) f

Answer key

  1. g
  2. l
  3. honest
  4. write
  5. g
  6. t
  7. rhyme
  8. k
  9. w
  10. knife
  11. g
  12. b
  13. g
  14. l
  15. k
  16. l
  17. t
  18. whistle
  19. would
  20. knight
  21. foreign
  22. b
  23. wrist
  24. folk
  25. g
  26. half
  27. gnome
  28. l
  29. w
  30. l
  31. b
  32. g
  33. sword
  34. h
  35. soften
  36. design
  37. w
  38. t
  39. talk
  40. k

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