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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 574 · 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 “folk”? (a) l (b) k (c) f
  2. 2.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knife (b) fasten (c) lamb
  3. 3.Listen: which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) t (b) s (c) f
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  5. 5.Listen: which letter is silent in “could”? (a) d (b) l (c) c
  6. 6.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) yolk (b) salmon (c) crumb
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) l (b) w (c) h
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) s (b) t (c) f
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) s (b) w (c) d
  10. 10.Listen: which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) k (b) y (c) l
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) w (b) s (c) n
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) l (b) k (c) t
  13. 13.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) d (b) g (c) s
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) k (b) f (c) l
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) g (b) m (c) n
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) m (b) h (c) r
  17. 17.Listen: which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) s (b) n (c) g
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) wrist (b) kneel (c) knit
  19. 19.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knot (b) wrist (c) ghost
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) t (b) k (c) n
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) n (b) r (c) h
  22. 22.Listen: which letter is silent in “would”? (a) w (b) d (c) l
  23. 23.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) doubt (b) salmon (c) answer
  24. 24.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) h (b) r (c) n
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) r (b) w (c) s
  26. 26.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) rhino (b) gnome (c) folk
  27. 27.Listen: which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  28. 28.Listen: which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
  29. 29.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) b (b) m (c) l
  30. 30.Listen: which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) c (b) b (c) r
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) r (b) f (c) g
  32. 32.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrap”? (a) r (b) w (c) p
  33. 33.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) kneel (b) comb (c) ghost
  34. 34.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) comb (b) whole (c) soften
  35. 35.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) knob (b) lamb (c) castle
  36. 36.Listen: which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) l (b) t (c) s
  37. 37.Listen: which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) l (b) k (c) t
  38. 38.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) honest (b) plumber (c) foreign
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s

Answer key

  1. l
  2. knife
  3. t
  4. k
  5. l
  6. crumb
  7. w
  8. t
  9. w
  10. l
  11. w
  12. l
  13. g
  14. l
  15. g
  16. h
  17. g
  18. wrist
  19. knot
  20. k
  21. h
  22. l
  23. doubt
  24. h
  25. w
  26. folk
  27. b
  28. k
  29. b
  30. b
  31. g
  32. w
  33. kneel
  34. whole
  35. castle
  36. t
  37. l
  38. honest
  39. b
  40. l

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