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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 411 · 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) yolk (b) lamb (c) answer
  2. 2.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) gnat (b) fasten (c) could
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) s (b) t (c) l
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) t (b) k (c) n
  5. 5.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) b (b) m (c) l
  6. 6.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) foreign (b) crumb (c) listen
  7. 7.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) write (b) kneel (c) reign
  8. 8.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) sword (b) knight (c) wrist
  9. 9.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) walk (b) comb (c) ghost
  10. 10.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) talk (b) knot (c) knight
  11. 11.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) folk (b) design (c) rhyme
  12. 12.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) whole (b) debt (c) kneel
  13. 13.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knife (b) would (c) sign
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) n (b) h (c) s
  16. 16.Listen: which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) s (b) h (c) g
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) s (b) n (c) g
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) whole (b) design (c) sign
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) n (b) l (c) k
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) l (b) k (c) w
  21. 21.Listen: which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) s (b) t (c) f
  22. 22.Listen: which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) m (b) t (c) b
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) k (b) f (c) l
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) s (b) w (c) d
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) l (b) t (c) s
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) l (b) w (c) h
  27. 27.Listen: which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) d (b) w (c) s
  28. 28.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knob (b) plumber (c) foreign
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  30. 30.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) lamb (b) gnome (c) knit
  31. 31.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) n (b) m (c) g
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) f (b) n (c) k
  33. 33.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) folk (b) knot (c) sign
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) b (b) c (c) r
  35. 35.Listen: which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) f (b) r (c) g
  36. 36.Listen: which letter is silent in “write”? (a) r (b) t (c) w
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) n (b) g (c) m
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) y (b) k (c) l
  39. 39.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) yolk (b) knot (c) crumb
  40. 40.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knot (b) gnome (c) design

Answer key

  1. lamb
  2. could
  3. t
  4. k
  5. b
  6. listen
  7. write
  8. knight
  9. comb
  10. talk
  11. rhyme
  12. debt
  13. knife
  14. k
  15. h
  16. h
  17. g
  18. whole
  19. k
  20. l
  21. t
  22. b
  23. l
  24. w
  25. t
  26. w
  27. w
  28. knob
  29. b
  30. knit
  31. g
  32. k
  33. folk
  34. b
  35. g
  36. w
  37. g
  38. l
  39. crumb
  40. knot

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