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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 960 · 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 word has a silent “w”? (a) salmon (b) foreign (c) sword
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) s (b) n (c) w
  4. 4.Listen: which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) m (b) b (c) t
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) n (b) r (c) g
  6. 6.Listen: which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) l (b) k (c) y
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) h (b) s (c) n
  8. 8.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) gnat (b) wrist (c) answer
  9. 9.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) knit (b) design (c) comb
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “plumber”? (a) p (b) l (c) b
  11. 11.Listen: which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) l (b) s (c) t
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
  13. 13.Which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) l (b) t (c) s
  14. 14.Which letter is silent in “soften”? (a) f (b) t (c) s
  15. 15.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knife (b) ghost (c) castle
  16. 16.Listen: which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) g (b) h (c) s
  17. 17.Which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) h (b) r (c) m
  18. 18.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) r (b) h (c) n
  19. 19.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) would (b) walk (c) listen
  20. 20.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) w (b) r (c) s
  21. 21.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) wrap (b) doubt (c) foreign
  22. 22.Listen: which letter is silent in “half”? (a) f (b) h (c) l
  23. 23.Which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) l (b) t (c) k
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) talk (b) walk (c) debt
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “could”? (a) l (b) d (c) c
  26. 26.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) doubt (b) wrist (c) talk
  27. 27.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) listen (b) crumb (c) gnome
  28. 28.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) foreign (b) tomb (c) whistle
  29. 29.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) write (b) could (c) rhino
  30. 30.Listen: which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) k (b) t (c) n
  31. 31.Listen: which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) n (b) k (c) t
  32. 32.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) reign (b) soften (c) knife
  33. 33.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) crumb (b) soften (c) plumber
  34. 34.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrap”? (a) r (b) w (c) p
  35. 35.Which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) n (b) b (c) k
  36. 36.Which letter is silent in “could”? (a) c (b) l (c) d
  37. 37.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) whistle (b) rhino (c) would
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) w (b) l (c) h
  39. 39.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) soften (b) salmon (c) gnome
  40. 40.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) k (b) f (c) n

Answer key

  1. sword
  2. b
  3. w
  4. b
  5. g
  6. l
  7. h
  8. gnat
  9. comb
  10. b
  11. t
  12. k
  13. t
  14. t
  15. knife
  16. h
  17. h
  18. h
  19. listen
  20. w
  21. doubt
  22. l
  23. l
  24. debt
  25. l
  26. talk
  27. crumb
  28. foreign
  29. rhino
  30. k
  31. k
  32. reign
  33. soften
  34. w
  35. k
  36. l
  37. whistle
  38. w
  39. salmon
  40. k

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