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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 744 · 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 “design”? (a) s (b) d (c) g
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) t (b) l (c) s
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) s (b) d (c) w
  4. 4.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) soften (b) knob (c) would
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “wrap”? (a) p (b) w (c) r
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) w (b) n (c) s
  8. 8.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) design (b) whistle (c) fasten
  9. 9.Listen: which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) n (b) k (c) t
  10. 10.Listen: which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) l (b) k (c) n
  11. 11.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) rhino (b) write (c) knit
  12. 12.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) gnat (b) gnome (c) answer
  13. 13.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) honest (b) knot (c) yolk
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) l (b) h (c) w
  15. 15.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) r (b) s (c) w
  16. 16.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) wrap (b) foreign (c) gnome
  17. 17.Listen: which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) w (b) k (c) l
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) castle (b) doubt (c) wrist
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) s (b) r (c) w
  20. 20.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) kneel (b) knife (c) fasten
  21. 21.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) half (b) debt (c) knife
  22. 22.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) knob (b) whole (c) listen
  23. 23.Listen: which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) h (b) n (c) s
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) t (b) s (c) l
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) r (b) h (c) n
  26. 26.Listen: which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) n (b) g (c) s
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “design”? (a) s (b) d (c) g
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) f (b) t (c) s
  29. 29.Listen: which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) l (b) t (c) k
  30. 30.Listen: which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) f (b) l (c) k
  31. 31.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) wrap (b) knight (c) reign
  32. 32.Listen: which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) h (b) g (c) s
  33. 33.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) b (b) m (c) l
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) l (b) m (c) b
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) g (b) s (c) h
  36. 36.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) could (b) gnome (c) listen
  37. 37.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) sword (b) knob (c) listen
  38. 38.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) knit (b) design (c) walk
  39. 39.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) whole (b) sign (c) knob
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) l (b) k (c) n

Answer key

  1. g
  2. t
  3. w
  4. would
  5. k
  6. w
  7. w
  8. design
  9. k
  10. k
  11. rhino
  12. answer
  13. yolk
  14. w
  15. w
  16. wrap
  17. l
  18. doubt
  19. w
  20. fasten
  21. knife
  22. listen
  23. h
  24. t
  25. h
  26. g
  27. g
  28. t
  29. l
  30. l
  31. knight
  32. h
  33. b
  34. b
  35. h
  36. gnome
  37. knob
  38. walk
  39. sign
  40. k

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