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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 86 · 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 “rhyme”? (a) h (b) m (c) r
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) k (b) y (c) l
  3. 3.Listen: which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) r (b) c (c) b
  4. 4.Listen: which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) c (b) r (c) b
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) w (b) d (c) s
  8. 8.Listen: which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  9. 9.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) design (b) fasten (c) could
  10. 10.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) wrist (b) design (c) castle
  11. 11.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) sign (b) whistle (c) kneel
  12. 12.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) b (b) l (c) m
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “would”? (a) l (b) w (c) d
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) s (b) w (c) n
  15. 15.Listen: which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) l (b) t (c) s
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “could”? (a) c (b) d (c) l
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) m (b) h (c) r
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) write (b) could (c) crumb
  19. 19.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) n (b) m (c) g
  20. 20.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) wrist (b) rhyme (c) knight
  21. 21.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) kneel (b) wrist (c) honest
  22. 22.Listen: which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) h (b) s (c) n
  23. 23.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) ghost (b) crumb (c) knight
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) debt (b) knit (c) wrist
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) b (b) m (c) c
  26. 26.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) s (b) g (c) d
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) s (b) l (c) t
  28. 28.Which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) s (b) h (c) g
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) g (b) f (c) r
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) s (b) w (c) r
  31. 31.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) gnome (b) castle (c) folk
  32. 32.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) folk (b) would (c) foreign
  33. 33.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) salmon (b) knot (c) doubt
  34. 34.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) knob (b) yolk (c) rhyme
  35. 35.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) could (b) whole (c) gnat
  36. 36.Listen: which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) w (b) n (c) s
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) s (b) n (c) h
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) h (b) l (c) w
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) f (b) l (c) k
  40. 40.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) knife (b) wrist (c) ghost

Answer key

  1. h
  2. l
  3. b
  4. k
  5. l
  6. b
  7. w
  8. b
  9. could
  10. design
  11. whistle
  12. b
  13. l
  14. w
  15. t
  16. l
  17. h
  18. write
  19. g
  20. wrist
  21. honest
  22. h
  23. crumb
  24. debt
  25. b
  26. g
  27. t
  28. h
  29. g
  30. w
  31. castle
  32. foreign
  33. doubt
  34. yolk
  35. gnat
  36. w
  37. h
  38. w
  39. l
  40. ghost

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