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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 683 · 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 “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) g (b) s (c) d
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) d (b) s (c) w
  4. 4.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) listen (b) plumber (c) foreign
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “wrap”? (a) p (b) r (c) w
  6. 6.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) salmon (b) gnat (c) sword
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) r (b) g (c) f
  8. 8.Listen: which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) b (b) c (c) r
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) r (b) b (c) c
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) h (b) n (c) s
  11. 11.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) sword (b) folk (c) tomb
  12. 12.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) talk (b) debt (c) gnat
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) f (b) k (c) n
  14. 14.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) whistle (b) foreign (c) yolk
  15. 15.Listen: which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) n (b) g (c) r
  16. 16.Listen: which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) k (b) l (c) f
  17. 17.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) knife (b) answer (c) could
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) rhyme (b) would (c) wrist
  19. 19.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) design (b) walk (c) fasten
  20. 20.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) fasten (b) crumb (c) folk
  21. 21.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) soften (b) yolk (c) reign
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) b (b) n (c) k
  23. 23.Listen: which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) g (b) h (c) s
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) salmon (b) tomb (c) whole
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “write”? (a) r (b) t (c) w
  26. 26.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) fasten (b) foreign (c) walk
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “plumber”? (a) p (b) l (c) b
  28. 28.Listen: which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) t (b) k (c) n
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  30. 30.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knife (b) wrist (c) fasten
  31. 31.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) answer (b) foreign (c) tomb
  32. 32.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) fasten (b) knob (c) whole
  33. 33.Listen: which letter is silent in “would”? (a) d (b) w (c) l
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) s (b) l (c) t
  35. 35.Listen: which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) s (b) l (c) t
  36. 36.Listen: which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) c (b) t (c) s
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) c (b) m (c) b
  38. 38.Listen: which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) l (b) k (c) y
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) r (b) n (c) h
  40. 40.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) soften (b) debt (c) knight

Answer key

  1. b
  2. g
  3. w
  4. plumber
  5. w
  6. sword
  7. g
  8. b
  9. b
  10. h
  11. folk
  12. gnat
  13. k
  14. whistle
  15. g
  16. l
  17. could
  18. rhyme
  19. design
  20. crumb
  21. yolk
  22. k
  23. h
  24. whole
  25. w
  26. walk
  27. b
  28. k
  29. k
  30. knife
  31. foreign
  32. fasten
  33. l
  34. t
  35. t
  36. t
  37. b
  38. l
  39. h
  40. knight

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