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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 797 · 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 word has a silent “k”? (a) knob (b) rhyme (c) half
  2. 2.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) whistle (b) knob (c) kneel
  3. 3.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) design (b) ghost (c) tomb
  4. 4.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) comb (b) could (c) write
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) f (b) n (c) k
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “would”? (a) l (b) w (c) d
  7. 7.Listen: which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) s (b) d (c) w
  8. 8.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrap”? (a) r (b) w (c) p
  9. 9.Listen: which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) h (b) s (c) g
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) m (b) b (c) c
  11. 11.Listen: which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  12. 12.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) folk (b) ghost (c) knot
  13. 13.Listen: which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) s (b) t (c) l
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  15. 15.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) half (b) foreign (c) answer
  16. 16.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) w (b) r (c) s
  17. 17.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) design (b) knife (c) write
  18. 18.Listen: which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) n (b) f (c) k
  19. 19.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) whole (b) write (c) knife
  20. 20.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) g (b) m (c) n
  21. 21.Listen: which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  22. 22.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) wrist (b) sign (c) crumb
  23. 23.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) foreign (b) answer (c) tomb
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) knit (b) kneel (c) gnome
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) r (b) m (c) h
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  27. 27.Listen: which letter is silent in “half”? (a) h (b) l (c) f
  28. 28.Listen: which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) s (b) f (c) t
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) g (b) f (c) r
  30. 30.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) ghost (b) whole (c) knot
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  32. 32.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) folk (b) kneel (c) honest
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) t (b) m (c) b
  34. 34.Listen: which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) n (b) w (c) s
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) r (b) n (c) g
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) n (b) t (c) g
  37. 37.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) kneel (b) whistle (c) foreign
  38. 38.Listen: which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) k (b) l (c) t
  39. 39.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) salmon (b) rhyme (c) honest
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) w (b) l (c) h

Answer key

  1. knob
  2. whistle
  3. ghost
  4. comb
  5. k
  6. l
  7. w
  8. w
  9. h
  10. b
  11. k
  12. folk
  13. t
  14. b
  15. half
  16. w
  17. design
  18. k
  19. knife
  20. g
  21. l
  22. sign
  23. answer
  24. gnome
  25. h
  26. l
  27. l
  28. t
  29. g
  30. whole
  31. b
  32. honest
  33. b
  34. w
  35. g
  36. g
  37. kneel
  38. l
  39. salmon
  40. w

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