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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 647 · 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 “knot”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) s (b) h (c) g
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) t (b) k (c) n
  4. 4.Listen: which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) n (b) g (c) s
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  6. 6.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) tomb (b) crumb (c) write
  7. 7.Listen: which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) s (b) w (c) n
  8. 8.Listen: which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) w (b) s (c) d
  9. 9.Listen: which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) c (b) m (c) b
  10. 10.Listen: which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) f (b) s (c) t
  11. 11.Listen: which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) s (b) t (c) l
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “plumber”? (a) b (b) l (c) p
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) t (b) f (c) s
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) s (b) w (c) r
  15. 15.Listen: which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) r (b) g (c) f
  16. 16.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) comb (b) folk (c) gnat
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) b (b) m (c) t
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) c (b) s (c) t
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) k (b) n (c) f
  20. 20.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) yolk (b) sign (c) write
  21. 21.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) salmon (b) doubt (c) rhino
  22. 22.Listen: which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  23. 23.Listen: which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) t (b) s (c) f
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) folk (b) wrist (c) ghost
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) r (b) m (c) h
  26. 26.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) fasten (b) talk (c) knife
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) r (b) n (c) h
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) s (b) h (c) n
  29. 29.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) wrist (b) knit (c) foreign
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “half”? (a) f (b) h (c) l
  31. 31.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) soften (b) rhino (c) sword
  32. 32.Listen: which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) l (b) w (c) h
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) r (b) g (c) n
  34. 34.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) whole (b) knight (c) plumber
  35. 35.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) soften (b) could (c) foreign
  36. 36.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) knit (b) doubt (c) gnat
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) w (b) s (c) n
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) k (b) n (c) l
  39. 39.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) sign (b) crumb (c) yolk
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) b (b) k (c) n

Answer key

  1. k
  2. h
  3. k
  4. g
  5. b
  6. write
  7. w
  8. w
  9. b
  10. t
  11. t
  12. b
  13. t
  14. w
  15. g
  16. gnat
  17. b
  18. t
  19. k
  20. yolk
  21. salmon
  22. k
  23. t
  24. ghost
  25. h
  26. talk
  27. h
  28. h
  29. knit
  30. l
  31. sword
  32. w
  33. g
  34. knight
  35. could
  36. doubt
  37. w
  38. k
  39. crumb
  40. k

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