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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 56 · 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 “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “write”? (a) t (b) w (c) r
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) k (b) l (c) n
  4. 4.Listen: which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “design”? (a) g (b) d (c) s
  6. 6.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) s (b) w (c) r
  7. 7.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) talk (b) could (c) lamb
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) m (b) b (c) l
  9. 9.Listen: which letter is silent in “could”? (a) l (b) c (c) d
  10. 10.Listen: which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) k (b) l (c) f
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) c (b) b (c) r
  12. 12.Listen: which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) k (b) l (c) t
  13. 13.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrap”? (a) r (b) w (c) p
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) s (b) w (c) d
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) k (b) t (c) n
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) b (b) c (c) m
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) n (b) s (c) g
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) b (b) m (c) t
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  20. 20.Listen: which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) r (b) g (c) f
  21. 21.Listen: which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) t (b) c (c) s
  22. 22.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) plumber (b) foreign (c) soften
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) l (b) h (c) w
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) sword (b) comb (c) castle
  25. 25.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) rhino (b) reign (c) whole
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) s (b) t (c) l
  27. 27.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knit (b) whole (c) honest
  28. 28.Listen: which letter is silent in “half”? (a) h (b) f (c) l
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “half”? (a) h (b) f (c) l
  30. 30.Listen: which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) n (b) k (c) l
  31. 31.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) lamb (b) reign (c) knife
  32. 32.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) fasten (b) doubt (c) ghost
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) d (b) s (c) w
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) f (b) k (c) n
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) k (b) l (c) t
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  37. 37.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) knight (b) design (c) half
  38. 38.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) h (b) r (c) m
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) n (b) h (c) r
  40. 40.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) answer (b) fasten (c) gnome

Answer key

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

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