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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 415 · 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 “soften”? (a) s (b) f (c) t
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) m (b) c (c) b
  3. 3.Listen: which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) n (b) s (c) w
  4. 4.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) yolk (b) rhino (c) soften
  5. 5.Listen: which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) r (b) g (c) f
  6. 6.Listen: which letter is silent in “would”? (a) w (b) d (c) l
  7. 7.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) g (b) n (c) t
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) h (b) n (c) r
  9. 9.Listen: which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) g (b) s (c) n
  10. 10.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) wrist (b) gnat (c) knit
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) k (b) l (c) y
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) d (b) w (c) s
  13. 13.Listen: which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) f (b) n (c) k
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “would”? (a) w (b) d (c) l
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) t (b) f (c) s
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) n (b) g (c) m
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) plumber (b) fasten (c) sign
  19. 19.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) yolk (b) plumber (c) honest
  20. 20.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) salmon (b) knob (c) gnat
  21. 21.Listen: which letter is silent in “write”? (a) t (b) w (c) r
  22. 22.Listen: which letter is silent in “could”? (a) l (b) d (c) c
  23. 23.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) walk (b) soften (c) debt
  24. 24.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) b (b) l (c) m
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) f (b) k (c) l
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “wrap”? (a) p (b) w (c) r
  27. 27.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) s (b) g (c) d
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) m (b) c (c) b
  29. 29.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) foreign (b) listen (c) debt
  30. 30.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) reign (b) soften (c) whole
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) w (b) n (c) s
  32. 32.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) lamb (b) sign (c) reign
  33. 33.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) r (b) m (c) h
  34. 34.Listen: which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  35. 35.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) rhyme (b) listen (c) talk
  36. 36.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) n (b) m (c) g
  37. 37.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) debt (b) soften (c) ghost
  38. 38.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) n (b) r (c) h
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “half”? (a) h (b) f (c) l

Answer key

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

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