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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 953 · 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 “knot”? (a) n (b) k (c) t
  2. 2.Listen: which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) n (b) s (c) g
  3. 3.Listen: which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) r (b) c (c) b
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) w (b) l (c) h
  5. 5.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) reign (b) lamb (c) whistle
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) h (b) s (c) n
  7. 7.Listen: which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) r (b) g (c) f
  8. 8.Listen: which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) s (b) h (c) n
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) b (b) r (c) c
  10. 10.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) lamb (b) gnome (c) talk
  11. 11.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) m (b) n (c) g
  12. 12.Listen: which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “would”? (a) d (b) w (c) l
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) w (b) s (c) d
  15. 15.Listen: which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  16. 16.Listen: which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) l (b) k (c) w
  17. 17.Listen: which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
  18. 18.Listen: which letter is silent in “write”? (a) r (b) t (c) w
  19. 19.Which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) n (b) k (c) b
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  21. 21.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) castle (b) foreign (c) salmon
  22. 22.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) yolk (b) wrap (c) doubt
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) r (b) g (c) f
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) r (b) m (c) h
  25. 25.Which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) s (b) h (c) g
  26. 26.Listen: which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) g (b) n (c) r
  27. 27.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) knight (b) doubt (c) could
  28. 28.Listen: which letter is silent in “plumber”? (a) b (b) l (c) p
  29. 29.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) comb (b) salmon (c) wrist
  30. 30.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) b (b) l (c) m
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) t (b) k (c) n
  32. 32.Listen: which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
  33. 33.Which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) t (b) l (c) s
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  35. 35.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) reign (b) soften (c) would
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “write”? (a) t (b) r (c) w
  37. 37.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) knit (b) answer (c) ghost
  38. 38.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) could (b) rhyme (c) knife
  39. 39.Listen: which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) s (b) t (c) f
  40. 40.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) h (b) n (c) r

Answer key

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

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