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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 468 · 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.Listen: which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) g (b) r (c) f
  2. 2.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) answer (b) knife (c) tomb
  3. 3.Listen: which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) k (b) b (c) n
  4. 4.Listen: which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) s (b) t (c) l
  5. 5.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) design (b) write (c) knit
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) s (b) r (c) w
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) f (b) l (c) k
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) g (b) r (c) f
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) s (b) h (c) g
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) h (b) s (c) n
  11. 11.Listen: which letter is silent in “half”? (a) f (b) h (c) l
  12. 12.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) salmon (b) plumber (c) fasten
  13. 13.Listen: which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) n (b) k (c) t
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) t (b) k (c) n
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) r (b) n (c) h
  16. 16.Listen: which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) r (b) b (c) c
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) n (b) w (c) s
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) l (b) h (c) w
  19. 19.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) whole (b) knob (c) foreign
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) k (b) l (c) w
  21. 21.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) debt (b) talk (c) wrist
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “write”? (a) t (b) w (c) r
  23. 23.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knight (b) sword (c) doubt
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) walk (b) knob (c) knot
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) t (b) k (c) n
  26. 26.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) rhyme (b) half (c) knot
  27. 27.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) wrist (b) salmon (c) wrap
  28. 28.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) n (b) t (c) g
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  30. 30.Listen: which letter is silent in “write”? (a) t (b) r (c) w
  31. 31.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) listen (b) whole (c) answer
  32. 32.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) m (b) n (c) g
  33. 33.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) m (b) l (c) b
  34. 34.Listen: which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) l (b) y (c) k
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) k (b) l (c) t
  36. 36.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) soften (b) half (c) reign
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) n (b) g (c) m
  38. 38.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) listen (b) foreign (c) debt
  39. 39.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) plumber (b) foreign (c) knight
  40. 40.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) comb (b) honest (c) answer

Answer key

  1. g
  2. answer
  3. k
  4. t
  5. design
  6. w
  7. l
  8. g
  9. h
  10. h
  11. l
  12. fasten
  13. k
  14. k
  15. h
  16. b
  17. w
  18. w
  19. knob
  20. l
  21. wrist
  22. w
  23. knight
  24. walk
  25. k
  26. knot
  27. salmon
  28. g
  29. b
  30. w
  31. listen
  32. g
  33. b
  34. l
  35. l
  36. soften
  37. g
  38. debt
  39. plumber
  40. honest

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