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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 787 · 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 “could”? (a) c (b) d (c) l
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) b (b) c (c) r
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) f (b) t (c) s
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) k (b) w (c) l
  5. 5.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) foreign (b) answer (c) yolk
  6. 6.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) ghost (b) listen (c) kneel
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) l (b) k (c) f
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) n (b) s (c) w
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) k (b) l (c) n
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) s (b) g (c) h
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) l (b) s (c) t
  12. 12.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) whistle (b) gnat (c) lamb
  13. 13.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) would (b) knot (c) crumb
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) g (b) m (c) n
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  16. 16.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) salmon (b) foreign (c) ghost
  17. 17.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) foreign (b) soften (c) knife
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) fasten (b) whole (c) walk
  19. 19.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) wrap (b) knob (c) whole
  20. 20.Listen: which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
  21. 21.Listen: which letter is silent in “would”? (a) w (b) d (c) l
  22. 22.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) honest (b) reign (c) would
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “write”? (a) w (b) r (c) t
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) k (b) n (c) b
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) n (b) t (c) g
  26. 26.Listen: which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) t (b) m (c) b
  27. 27.Listen: which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) y (b) l (c) k
  28. 28.Listen: which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) l (b) s (c) t
  29. 29.Listen: which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) c (b) t (c) s
  30. 30.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) foreign (b) would (c) knit
  31. 31.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) wrap (b) walk (c) foreign
  32. 32.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) r (b) n (c) h
  33. 33.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) talk (b) whole (c) crumb
  34. 34.Listen: which letter is silent in “plumber”? (a) l (b) b (c) p
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) f (b) g (c) r
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “could”? (a) l (b) c (c) d
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) m (b) b (c) l
  38. 38.Listen: which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) l (b) s (c) t
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) t (b) m (c) b
  40. 40.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) r (b) h (c) m

Answer key

  1. l
  2. b
  3. t
  4. l
  5. answer
  6. kneel
  7. l
  8. w
  9. k
  10. h
  11. t
  12. gnat
  13. knot
  14. g
  15. b
  16. ghost
  17. soften
  18. fasten
  19. knob
  20. k
  21. l
  22. would
  23. w
  24. k
  25. g
  26. b
  27. l
  28. t
  29. t
  30. foreign
  31. walk
  32. h
  33. crumb
  34. b
  35. g
  36. l
  37. b
  38. t
  39. b
  40. h

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