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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 373 · 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 “b”? (a) ghost (b) comb (c) whistle
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) s (b) n (c) h
  3. 3.Listen: which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) c (b) b (c) r
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) s (b) t (c) f
  5. 5.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) r (b) n (c) h
  6. 6.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrap”? (a) w (b) p (c) r
  7. 7.Listen: which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) h (b) l (c) w
  8. 8.Listen: which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) r (b) c (c) b
  10. 10.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) n (b) g (c) t
  11. 11.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) wrap (b) knife (c) fasten
  12. 12.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) walk (b) kneel (c) rhino
  13. 13.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) answer (b) knit (c) doubt
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) l (b) k (c) y
  15. 15.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) folk (b) wrist (c) crumb
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) k (b) b (c) n
  17. 17.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) design (b) knight (c) debt
  18. 18.Listen: which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) s (b) w (c) n
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “half”? (a) f (b) l (c) h
  20. 20.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) salmon (b) sword (c) crumb
  21. 21.Listen: which letter is silent in “would”? (a) w (b) d (c) l
  22. 22.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) write (b) design (c) foreign
  23. 23.Listen: which letter is silent in “could”? (a) d (b) c (c) l
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) d (b) s (c) w
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) b (b) c (c) m
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “write”? (a) t (b) w (c) r
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) l (b) n (c) k
  29. 29.Listen: which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) l (b) w (c) k
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) t (b) f (c) s
  31. 31.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) design (b) knife (c) reign
  32. 32.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) sign (b) could (c) castle
  33. 33.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) wrist (b) half (c) doubt
  34. 34.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) r (b) w (c) s
  35. 35.Listen: which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) k (b) t (c) l
  36. 36.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) honest (b) castle (c) whole
  37. 37.Listen: which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  38. 38.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) honest (b) doubt (c) half
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) s (b) r (c) w
  40. 40.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) h (b) m (c) r

Answer key

  1. comb
  2. h
  3. b
  4. t
  5. h
  6. w
  7. w
  8. k
  9. b
  10. g
  11. fasten
  12. rhino
  13. answer
  14. l
  15. folk
  16. k
  17. debt
  18. w
  19. l
  20. crumb
  21. l
  22. write
  23. l
  24. w
  25. b
  26. w
  27. k
  28. k
  29. l
  30. t
  31. knife
  32. sign
  33. half
  34. w
  35. l
  36. whole
  37. b
  38. doubt
  39. w
  40. h

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