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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 443 · 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 “k”? (a) knife (b) listen (c) sword
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) b (b) r (c) c
  5. 5.Listen: which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) k (b) w (c) l
  6. 6.Listen: which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) c (b) m (c) b
  7. 7.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) yolk (b) wrap (c) wrist
  8. 8.Listen: which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) b (b) c (c) r
  9. 9.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) foreign (b) answer (c) could
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) t (b) c (c) s
  11. 11.Listen: which letter is silent in “would”? (a) w (b) l (c) d
  12. 12.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) d (b) g (c) s
  13. 13.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) soften (b) comb (c) write
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) n (b) w (c) s
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) r (b) w (c) s
  16. 16.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) honest (b) half (c) design
  17. 17.Listen: which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) g (b) s (c) n
  18. 18.Listen: which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) n (b) g (c) r
  19. 19.Listen: which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) s (b) w (c) d
  20. 20.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) g (b) m (c) n
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) l (b) b (c) m
  22. 22.Listen: which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) s (b) h (c) n
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) k (b) l (c) f
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) t (b) s (c) f
  26. 26.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) sign (b) castle (c) kneel
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  28. 28.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) debt (b) talk (c) wrist
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “would”? (a) d (b) w (c) l
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) l (b) s (c) t
  31. 31.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) ghost (b) castle (c) soften
  32. 32.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) h (b) r (c) n
  33. 33.Listen: which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) r (b) f (c) g
  34. 34.Listen: which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) n (b) h (c) s
  35. 35.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) l (b) m (c) b
  36. 36.Listen: which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
  37. 37.Listen: which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) b (b) t (c) m
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) l (b) k (c) w
  39. 39.Listen: which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) t (b) s (c) l
  40. 40.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) comb (b) knit (c) foreign

Answer key

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

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