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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 306 · 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 “knob”? (a) n (b) b (c) k
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  3. 3.Listen: which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) l (b) k (c) w
  4. 4.Listen: which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) t (b) l (c) k
  5. 5.Listen: which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  7. 7.Listen: which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) g (b) f (c) r
  8. 8.Listen: which letter is silent in “plumber”? (a) p (b) l (c) b
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) n (b) k (c) b
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  11. 11.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) n (b) m (c) g
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “would”? (a) d (b) w (c) l
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) n (b) g (c) t
  15. 15.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) walk (b) knit (c) knot
  16. 16.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) knot (b) kneel (c) rhyme
  17. 17.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) crumb (b) sign (c) wrist
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “half”? (a) h (b) l (c) f
  19. 19.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) crumb (b) sword (c) debt
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) h (b) r (c) n
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) s (b) t (c) l
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) n (b) l (c) k
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) g (b) r (c) f
  24. 24.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) n (b) g (c) t
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “write”? (a) t (b) r (c) w
  26. 26.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) wrist (b) knob (c) would
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) f (b) k (c) l
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) s (b) t (c) f
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) w (b) n (c) s
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  31. 31.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) r (b) m (c) h
  32. 32.Listen: which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) s (b) h (c) g
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) s (b) w (c) r
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) g (b) n (c) m
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) f (b) n (c) k
  36. 36.Listen: which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) n (b) k (c) f
  37. 37.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) crumb (b) comb (c) knot
  38. 38.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) tomb (b) comb (c) rhino
  39. 39.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) foreign (b) sword (c) knit
  40. 40.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) d (b) g (c) s

Answer key

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

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