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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 852 · 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 “fasten”? (a) f (b) s (c) t
  2. 2.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) foreign (b) wrap (c) listen
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) r (b) g (c) f
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) d (b) w (c) s
  5. 5.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) b (b) l (c) m
  6. 6.Listen: which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) r (b) g (c) n
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) t (b) s (c) f
  8. 8.Listen: which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) l (b) k (c) f
  10. 10.Listen: which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) n (b) b (c) k
  11. 11.Listen: which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  12. 12.Listen: which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) s (b) n (c) w
  13. 13.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) yolk (b) lamb (c) wrap
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) t (b) k (c) n
  15. 15.Listen: which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) f (b) s (c) t
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) t (b) n (c) g
  17. 17.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) fasten (b) wrap (c) lamb
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) walk (b) knight (c) answer
  19. 19.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) rhino (b) knife (c) folk
  20. 20.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) g (b) d (c) s
  21. 21.Listen: which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) b (b) c (c) r
  22. 22.Listen: which letter is silent in “would”? (a) d (b) w (c) l
  23. 23.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) rhyme (b) crumb (c) write
  24. 24.Listen: which letter is silent in “could”? (a) c (b) d (c) l
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) l (b) k (c) n
  26. 26.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) listen (b) design (c) salmon
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  28. 28.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) ghost (b) sign (c) crumb
  29. 29.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) n (b) g (c) m
  30. 30.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) lamb (b) answer (c) crumb
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “would”? (a) l (b) d (c) w
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) n (b) l (c) k
  33. 33.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) ghost (b) knight (c) half
  34. 34.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) gnome (b) reign (c) comb
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) h (b) s (c) g
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  38. 38.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) soften (b) honest (c) would
  39. 39.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) answer (b) tomb (c) wrist
  40. 40.Listen: which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) t (b) l (c) s

Answer key

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

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