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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 916 · 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) d (b) c (c) l
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) c (b) b (c) r
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) c (b) r (c) b
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) t (b) c (c) s
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) k (b) y (c) l
  6. 6.Listen: which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) g (b) h (c) s
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) m (b) g (c) n
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) k (b) l (c) t
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) l (b) b (c) m
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) t (b) s (c) f
  11. 11.Listen: which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) m (b) c (c) b
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) r (b) h (c) m
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) n (b) s (c) w
  14. 14.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) tomb (b) soften (c) walk
  15. 15.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) foreign (b) debt (c) salmon
  16. 16.Listen: which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
  17. 17.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) whole (b) design (c) rhyme
  18. 18.Listen: which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) s (b) d (c) w
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) n (b) g (c) s
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  21. 21.Which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) k (b) n (c) b
  22. 22.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) debt (b) could (c) rhyme
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) soften (b) ghost (c) plumber
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) g (b) s (c) d
  26. 26.Listen: which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) s (b) f (c) t
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) s (b) w (c) d
  28. 28.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) ghost (b) knife (c) sword
  29. 29.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) listen (b) knife (c) gnat
  30. 30.Listen: which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) t (b) m (c) b
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “plumber”? (a) l (b) p (c) b
  32. 32.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) r (b) s (c) w
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) r (b) n (c) h
  34. 34.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) rhyme (b) foreign (c) wrap
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) s (b) w (c) r
  36. 36.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) folk (b) sword (c) fasten
  37. 37.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) reign (b) doubt (c) listen
  38. 38.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) half (b) foreign (c) wrist
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) r (b) g (c) f
  40. 40.Listen: which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) s (b) c (c) t

Answer key

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

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