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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 951 · 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 “listen”? (a) s (b) l (c) t
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) s (b) h (c) n
  3. 3.Listen: which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) w (b) h (c) l
  4. 4.Listen: which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) y (b) k (c) l
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) f (b) n (c) k
  6. 6.Listen: which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) g (b) n (c) s
  7. 7.Listen: which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) w (b) s (c) d
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) l (b) w (c) h
  9. 9.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) half (b) wrist (c) salmon
  10. 10.Listen: which letter is silent in “plumber”? (a) p (b) b (c) l
  11. 11.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) write (b) knit (c) gnome
  12. 12.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) wrap (b) could (c) knife
  13. 13.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) sign (b) design (c) knot
  14. 14.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) crumb (b) gnat (c) kneel
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “design”? (a) g (b) s (c) d
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) k (b) n (c) l
  17. 17.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) m (b) r (c) h
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) s (b) f (c) t
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) n (b) w (c) s
  20. 20.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) s (b) r (c) w
  21. 21.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) wrap (b) rhino (c) yolk
  22. 22.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) c (b) b (c) r
  23. 23.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) d (b) g (c) s
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) design (b) doubt (c) talk
  25. 25.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) fasten (b) foreign (c) rhino
  26. 26.Listen: which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) c (b) t (c) s
  27. 27.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) n (b) m (c) g
  28. 28.Listen: which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) w (b) k (c) l
  29. 29.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) design (b) debt (c) whole
  30. 30.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) doubt (b) answer (c) would
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) f (b) r (c) g
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) h (b) s (c) n
  33. 33.Listen: which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  34. 34.Listen: which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) b (b) n (c) k
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) f (b) s (c) t
  36. 36.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) walk (b) honest (c) wrap
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
  38. 38.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) m (b) l (c) b
  39. 39.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) folk (b) gnat (c) sign
  40. 40.Listen: which letter is silent in “would”? (a) d (b) w (c) l

Answer key

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

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