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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 841 · 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 letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) b (b) t (c) m
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) l (b) w (c) k
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) h (b) r (c) m
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) m (b) b (c) l
  5. 5.Listen: which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) r (b) c (c) b
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) w (b) s (c) r
  9. 9.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) gnome (b) knight (c) wrap
  10. 10.Listen: which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) t (b) f (c) s
  11. 11.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) n (b) g (c) t
  12. 12.Listen: which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
  13. 13.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) would (b) doubt (c) knit
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  15. 15.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) n (b) h (c) r
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  17. 17.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) comb (b) answer (c) knot
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) r (b) g (c) n
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) m (b) c (c) b
  21. 21.Listen: which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) f (b) g (c) r
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) f (b) r (c) g
  23. 23.Listen: which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) k (b) f (c) n
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) f (b) k (c) n
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
  26. 26.Listen: which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  27. 27.Listen: which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) g (b) h (c) s
  28. 28.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) foreign (b) kneel (c) tomb
  29. 29.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) kneel (b) listen (c) gnat
  30. 30.Listen: which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) n (b) b (c) k
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) k (b) n (c) b
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “would”? (a) w (b) d (c) l
  33. 33.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) salmon (b) soften (c) whole
  34. 34.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) listen (b) doubt (c) rhyme
  35. 35.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) half (b) foreign (c) comb
  36. 36.Listen: which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) n (b) g (c) r
  37. 37.Listen: which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) k (b) l (c) t
  38. 38.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) reign (b) fasten (c) gnome
  39. 39.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) talk (b) crumb (c) reign
  40. 40.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) lamb (b) honest (c) knot

Answer key

  1. b
  2. l
  3. h
  4. b
  5. k
  6. b
  7. b
  8. w
  9. knight
  10. t
  11. g
  12. k
  13. doubt
  14. b
  15. h
  16. k
  17. comb
  18. g
  19. k
  20. b
  21. g
  22. g
  23. k
  24. k
  25. k
  26. b
  27. h
  28. kneel
  29. gnat
  30. k
  31. k
  32. l
  33. whole
  34. rhyme
  35. half
  36. g
  37. l
  38. fasten
  39. talk
  40. lamb

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