Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 330 · 40 questions

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.

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

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