Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 722 · 40 questions

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.

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

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