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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 320 · 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 “whole”? (a) h (b) l (c) w
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) r (b) s (c) w
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “could”? (a) d (b) l (c) c
  4. 4.Listen: which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) k (b) y (c) l
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  6. 6.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) s (b) g (c) d
  7. 7.Listen: which letter is silent in “would”? (a) w (b) d (c) l
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) n (b) s (c) h
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
  10. 10.Listen: which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) s (b) t (c) l
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) s (b) w (c) n
  12. 12.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) sword (b) talk (c) debt
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) y (b) l (c) k
  14. 14.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) talk (b) write (c) debt
  15. 15.Listen: which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) c (b) r (c) b
  16. 16.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) honest (b) rhyme (c) wrap
  17. 17.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) yolk (b) foreign (c) sword
  18. 18.Listen: which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) t (b) k (c) n
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) n (b) k (c) f
  20. 20.Listen: which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) k (b) l (c) n
  21. 21.Listen: which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) c (b) t (c) s
  22. 22.Listen: which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) n (b) s (c) w
  23. 23.Listen: which letter is silent in “plumber”? (a) b (b) l (c) p
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “would”? (a) d (b) w (c) l
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  26. 26.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) n (b) g (c) t
  27. 27.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) castle (b) lamb (c) knife
  28. 28.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) fasten (b) knob (c) design
  29. 29.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) castle (b) lamb (c) kneel
  30. 30.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) yolk (b) sign (c) whistle
  31. 31.Listen: which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) s (b) g (c) h
  32. 32.Listen: which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  33. 33.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) knob (b) ghost (c) salmon
  34. 34.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) lamb (b) wrist (c) yolk
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) h (b) s (c) g
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) s (b) w (c) d
  37. 37.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) rhino (b) honest (c) talk
  38. 38.Listen: which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) r (b) n (c) g
  39. 39.Listen: which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) h (b) l (c) w
  40. 40.Listen: which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) g (b) r (c) f

Answer key

  1. w
  2. w
  3. l
  4. l
  5. k
  6. g
  7. l
  8. h
  9. k
  10. t
  11. w
  12. sword
  13. l
  14. debt
  15. b
  16. wrap
  17. foreign
  18. k
  19. k
  20. k
  21. t
  22. w
  23. b
  24. l
  25. l
  26. g
  27. knife
  28. design
  29. castle
  30. sign
  31. h
  32. b
  33. salmon
  34. wrist
  35. h
  36. w
  37. talk
  38. g
  39. w
  40. g

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