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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 739 · 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 “design”? (a) s (b) g (c) d
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “half”? (a) h (b) f (c) l
  3. 3.Listen: which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  4. 4.Listen: which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) r (b) b (c) c
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) n (b) g (c) s
  6. 6.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) r (b) s (c) w
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) f (b) n (c) k
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) c (b) b (c) r
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) l (b) n (c) k
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “plumber”? (a) l (b) b (c) p
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  12. 12.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) g (b) n (c) t
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) s (b) w (c) r
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) h (b) s (c) n
  16. 16.Listen: which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) w (b) s (c) d
  17. 17.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) whole (b) half (c) gnat
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) knob (b) plumber (c) write
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “wrap”? (a) w (b) r (c) p
  20. 20.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) wrist (b) wrap (c) salmon
  21. 21.Listen: which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) n (b) l (c) k
  22. 22.Listen: which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) s (b) n (c) h
  23. 23.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) gnat (b) doubt (c) whole
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) rhino (b) kneel (c) debt
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “could”? (a) d (b) c (c) l
  26. 26.Listen: which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) n (b) k (c) b
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) n (b) k (c) t
  28. 28.Listen: which letter is silent in “write”? (a) w (b) t (c) r
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) c (b) s (c) t
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) l (b) b (c) m
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) r (b) m (c) h
  32. 32.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) knife (b) design (c) yolk
  33. 33.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) walk (b) foreign (c) half
  34. 34.Listen: which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
  35. 35.Listen: which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
  36. 36.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) comb (b) foreign (c) knit
  37. 37.Listen: which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) k (b) n (c) f
  38. 38.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) lamb (b) knit (c) design
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) s (b) g (c) h
  40. 40.Listen: which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) l (b) s (c) t

Answer key

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

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