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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 754 · 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 “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) m (b) l (c) b
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “wrap”? (a) p (b) r (c) w
  4. 4.Listen: which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) n (b) w (c) s
  5. 5.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) lamb (b) yolk (c) ghost
  6. 6.Listen: which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  7. 7.Listen: which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) r (b) w (c) s
  9. 9.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) r (b) h (c) n
  10. 10.Listen: which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) n (b) f (c) k
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) w (b) n (c) s
  12. 12.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) knot (b) foreign (c) honest
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) m (b) t (c) b
  14. 14.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) honest (b) fasten (c) comb
  15. 15.Listen: which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) f (b) k (c) l
  16. 16.Listen: which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) r (b) b (c) c
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  18. 18.Listen: which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) t (b) k (c) l
  19. 19.Listen: which letter is silent in “half”? (a) h (b) f (c) l
  20. 20.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) rhino (b) yolk (c) wrist
  21. 21.Listen: which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) h (b) s (c) n
  22. 22.Listen: which letter is silent in “would”? (a) w (b) d (c) l
  23. 23.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) rhyme (b) rhino (c) crumb
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) half (b) rhyme (c) gnat
  25. 25.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) knife (b) honest (c) would
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) s (b) n (c) g
  27. 27.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) debt (b) lamb (c) knight
  28. 28.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) could (b) kneel (c) wrap
  29. 29.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) talk (b) comb (c) knob
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) g (b) m (c) n
  31. 31.Listen: which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) b (b) k (c) n
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) w (b) s (c) d
  33. 33.Listen: which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) t (b) l (c) s
  34. 34.Listen: which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  35. 35.Listen: which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) s (b) f (c) t
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) l (b) y (c) k
  37. 37.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knife (b) sign (c) doubt
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) f (b) t (c) s
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “would”? (a) l (b) w (c) d
  40. 40.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) rhino (b) design (c) answer

Answer key

  1. l
  2. b
  3. w
  4. w
  5. ghost
  6. k
  7. b
  8. w
  9. h
  10. k
  11. w
  12. foreign
  13. b
  14. comb
  15. l
  16. b
  17. b
  18. l
  19. l
  20. wrist
  21. h
  22. l
  23. crumb
  24. half
  25. would
  26. g
  27. knight
  28. wrap
  29. talk
  30. g
  31. k
  32. w
  33. t
  34. k
  35. t
  36. l
  37. knife
  38. t
  39. l
  40. rhino

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