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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 476 · 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 “whole”? (a) w (b) l (c) h
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) l (b) k (c) t
  3. 3.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) tomb (b) ghost (c) answer
  4. 4.Listen: which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) l (b) y (c) k
  5. 5.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) crumb (b) wrap (c) sign
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) n (b) k (c) t
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) b (b) l (c) m
  8. 8.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) doubt (b) knit (c) whole
  9. 9.Listen: which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) s (b) l (c) t
  10. 10.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) knob (b) lamb (c) whistle
  11. 11.Listen: which letter is silent in “plumber”? (a) b (b) l (c) p
  12. 12.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) b (b) m (c) l
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) m (b) h (c) r
  14. 14.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) wrist (b) wrap (c) rhino
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  16. 16.Listen: which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) k (b) b (c) n
  17. 17.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) wrist (b) knit (c) whole
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knight (b) soften (c) castle
  19. 19.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) sign (b) lamb (c) crumb
  20. 20.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) folk (b) comb (c) answer
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) l (b) s (c) t
  22. 22.Listen: which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) s (b) n (c) g
  23. 23.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) foreign (b) fasten (c) crumb
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) talk (b) design (c) could
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) t (b) n (c) g
  26. 26.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) ghost (b) salmon (c) answer
  27. 27.Listen: which letter is silent in “half”? (a) l (b) h (c) f
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “could”? (a) d (b) l (c) c
  29. 29.Listen: which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) f (b) r (c) g
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) s (b) c (c) t
  31. 31.Listen: which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) h (b) n (c) s
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) f (b) n (c) k
  33. 33.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) fasten (b) wrap (c) sign
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) l (b) k (c) t
  35. 35.Listen: which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) h (b) s (c) g
  36. 36.Listen: which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) s (b) w (c) d
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) w (b) s (c) d
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) n (b) t (c) g
  39. 39.Listen: which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) t (b) m (c) b
  40. 40.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) knob (b) wrist (c) debt

Answer key

  1. w
  2. l
  3. ghost
  4. l
  5. wrap
  6. k
  7. b
  8. whole
  9. t
  10. whistle
  11. b
  12. b
  13. h
  14. rhino
  15. l
  16. k
  17. knit
  18. knight
  19. sign
  20. comb
  21. t
  22. g
  23. foreign
  24. design
  25. g
  26. answer
  27. l
  28. l
  29. g
  30. t
  31. h
  32. k
  33. fasten
  34. l
  35. h
  36. w
  37. w
  38. g
  39. b
  40. wrist

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