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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 941 · 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 “honest”? (a) n (b) s (c) h
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) t (b) l (c) k
  3. 3.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) sign (b) answer (c) rhino
  4. 4.Listen: which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) n (b) w (c) s
  5. 5.Listen: which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) t (b) k (c) n
  6. 6.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) knot (b) wrist (c) doubt
  7. 7.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) rhyme (b) listen (c) tomb
  8. 8.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) honest (b) folk (c) gnome
  9. 9.Listen: which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) s (b) d (c) w
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) n (b) w (c) s
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) t (b) m (c) b
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) m (b) n (c) g
  13. 13.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) knob (b) answer (c) doubt
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) c (b) t (c) s
  15. 15.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrap”? (a) r (b) p (c) w
  16. 16.Listen: which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) h (b) l (c) w
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) l (b) y (c) k
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) b (b) c (c) r
  20. 20.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) sword (b) listen (c) knife
  21. 21.Listen: which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) f (b) r (c) g
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) s (b) w (c) r
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) n (b) s (c) g
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) knight (b) comb (c) write
  25. 25.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) yolk (b) foreign (c) soften
  26. 26.Listen: which letter is silent in “could”? (a) c (b) d (c) l
  27. 27.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) comb (b) whistle (c) whole
  28. 28.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) n (b) h (c) r
  29. 29.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) t (b) k (c) n
  31. 31.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) folk (b) write (c) knob
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) n (b) h (c) r
  33. 33.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) tomb (b) lamb (c) honest
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “plumber”? (a) l (b) b (c) p
  35. 35.Listen: which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) m (b) b (c) c
  36. 36.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) walk (b) fasten (c) crumb
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) k (b) l (c) n
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) t (b) s (c) f
  39. 39.Listen: which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) s (b) l (c) t
  40. 40.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) write (b) debt (c) soften

Answer key

  1. h
  2. l
  3. rhino
  4. w
  5. k
  6. doubt
  7. rhyme
  8. gnome
  9. w
  10. w
  11. b
  12. g
  13. answer
  14. t
  15. w
  16. w
  17. l
  18. b
  19. b
  20. listen
  21. g
  22. w
  23. g
  24. write
  25. yolk
  26. l
  27. whistle
  28. h
  29. l
  30. k
  31. folk
  32. h
  33. honest
  34. b
  35. b
  36. walk
  37. k
  38. t
  39. t
  40. debt

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