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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 748 · 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 “wrist”? (a) r (b) s (c) w
  2. 2.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) knight (b) foreign (c) talk
  3. 3.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) walk (b) reign (c) knob
  4. 4.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) listen (b) comb (c) yolk
  5. 5.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) sign (b) folk (c) soften
  6. 6.Listen: which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) s (b) n (c) g
  7. 7.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) yolk (b) crumb (c) ghost
  8. 8.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) honest (b) sword (c) folk
  9. 9.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) rhyme (b) kneel (c) reign
  10. 10.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) soften (b) whole (c) comb
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) g (b) r (c) f
  12. 12.Listen: which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) t (b) f (c) s
  13. 13.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) ghost (b) sign (c) answer
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) b (b) m (c) c
  15. 15.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) would (b) doubt (c) sign
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) f (b) t (c) s
  17. 17.Listen: which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) crumb (b) knit (c) write
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) n (b) k (c) f
  20. 20.Listen: which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) k (b) y (c) l
  21. 21.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knight (b) whistle (c) foreign
  22. 22.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) rhyme (b) crumb (c) gnome
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) salmon (b) gnome (c) wrap
  25. 25.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) doubt (b) wrap (c) rhino
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) k (b) n (c) b
  27. 27.Listen: which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) t (b) m (c) b
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “would”? (a) w (b) d (c) l
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) y (b) k (c) l
  32. 32.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) fasten (b) whistle (c) tomb
  33. 33.Listen: which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) b (b) r (c) c
  34. 34.Listen: which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) l (b) h (c) w
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “half”? (a) h (b) l (c) f
  36. 36.Listen: which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) s (b) h (c) n
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) s (b) t (c) l
  38. 38.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) m (b) h (c) r
  39. 39.Listen: which letter is silent in “half”? (a) h (b) l (c) f
  40. 40.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) knife (b) half (c) whole

Answer key

  1. w
  2. talk
  3. walk
  4. comb
  5. folk
  6. g
  7. crumb
  8. sword
  9. kneel
  10. soften
  11. g
  12. t
  13. answer
  14. b
  15. sign
  16. t
  17. l
  18. write
  19. k
  20. l
  21. knight
  22. rhyme
  23. b
  24. salmon
  25. rhino
  26. k
  27. b
  28. l
  29. k
  30. l
  31. l
  32. tomb
  33. b
  34. w
  35. l
  36. h
  37. t
  38. h
  39. l
  40. whole

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