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Silent Letters Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 9: Silent letters · Set 985 · 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 “l”? (a) write (b) knit (c) would
  2. 2.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) rhyme (b) yolk (c) crumb
  3. 3.Which letter is silent in “write”? (a) r (b) w (c) t
  4. 4.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) answer (b) foreign (c) whistle
  5. 5.Listen: which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) l (b) k (c) y
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  7. 7.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) would (b) foreign (c) castle
  8. 8.Which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) w (b) s (c) r
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) s (b) w (c) n
  10. 10.Which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) n (b) k (c) t
  11. 11.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) talk (b) fasten (c) write
  12. 12.Listen: which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  13. 13.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) w (b) r (c) s
  14. 14.Listen: which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) k (b) n (c) t
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
  16. 16.Which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) l (b) t (c) k
  17. 17.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) knight (b) answer (c) fasten
  18. 18.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) design (b) half (c) soften
  19. 19.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) knot (b) half (c) crumb
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) g (b) r (c) n
  21. 21.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) foreign (b) fasten (c) rhyme
  22. 22.Listen: which letter is silent in “write”? (a) r (b) w (c) t
  23. 23.Listen: which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) t (b) l (c) s
  24. 24.Which letter is silent in “half”? (a) h (b) f (c) l
  25. 25.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) l (b) b (c) m
  26. 26.Which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) m (b) l (c) b
  27. 27.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) lamb (b) debt (c) design
  28. 28.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) reign (b) knit (c) half
  29. 29.Listen: which letter is silent in “half”? (a) h (b) l (c) f
  30. 30.Which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) g (b) n (c) s
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) m (b) r (c) h
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) g (b) n (c) m
  33. 33.Listen: which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) s (b) h (c) g
  34. 34.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  35. 35.Listen: which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) k (b) l (c) f
  36. 36.Listen: which letter is silent in “design”? (a) d (b) s (c) g
  37. 37.Which letter is silent in “yolk”? (a) k (b) y (c) l
  38. 38.Listen: which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) n (b) h (c) r
  39. 39.Which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) t (b) l (c) s
  40. 40.Listen: which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) b (b) m (c) t

Answer key

  1. would
  2. crumb
  3. w
  4. whistle
  5. l
  6. b
  7. castle
  8. w
  9. w
  10. k
  11. talk
  12. b
  13. w
  14. k
  15. k
  16. l
  17. answer
  18. soften
  19. half
  20. g
  21. rhyme
  22. w
  23. t
  24. l
  25. b
  26. b
  27. design
  28. knit
  29. l
  30. g
  31. h
  32. g
  33. h
  34. b
  35. l
  36. g
  37. l
  38. h
  39. t
  40. b

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