Silent Letters and -ed Endings Worksheet
How to say it (kn → n, wr → r, mb → m; silent h in hour, l in walk): Silent K, W, B: knife, know, knee (नाइफ़, नो); write, wrong; comb, climb, thumb. Don't say 'k-nife' or 'climb-b'. Silent T, L, H, G: listen, castle; walk, talk, half; hour, honest; sign, foreign. -ed: /t/ after p, k, s, sh, ch (helped, walked); /d/ after other voiced sounds (played, cleaned); /id/ after t or d (wanted, needed). -s / -es: /s/ after p, t, k (cups, books); /z/ after voiced sounds (pens, bags); /iz/ after s, sh, ch, z (buses, watches).
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- 1.What does “On Sunday, we climbed a small hill.” mean? (a) मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं। (b) रविवार को हम एक छोटी पहाड़ी पर चढ़े। (c) क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं?
- 2.Make a sentence: in / knee / the / match. / hurt / I / my
- 3.I ___ to music every day. (a) lisen (b) listen (c) listin
- 4.What does “I wrote the wrong number.” mean? (a) हमने गली में क्रिकेट खेला। (b) मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई। (c) मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।
- 5.In 'buses', the ending sounds like ___. (a) /z/ (b) /s/ (c) /iz/
- 6.He is an ___ man; he never lies. (a) honist (b) honest (c) onest
- 7.Choose the English for: “कृपया चाकू मुझे पकड़ा दीजिए।” (a) Please pass me the knife. (b) We played cricket in the lane. (c) Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- 8.Choose the English for: “वह एक ईमानदार दुकानदार है।” (a) She bought two pens and three books. (b) Please pass me the knife. (c) He is an honest shopkeeper.
- 9.Make a sentence: a / chai. / of / wanted / cup / I
- 10.The film is two and a ___ hours long. (a) halph (b) half (c) haf
- 11.What does “The train is half an hour late.” mean? (a) ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट है। (b) हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं। (c) मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई।
- 12.Make a sentence: kirana / shop. / to / walk / the / We
- 13.In 'buses', the ending sounds like ___. (a) /z/ (b) /iz/ (c) /s/
- 14.In 'played', the -ed sounds like ___. (a) /d/ (b) /t/ (c) /id/
- 15.Please ___ your name at the bottom. (a) sign (b) sighn (c) sine
- 16.Choose the English for: “मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं।” (a) My father watches the news. (b) I hurt my knee in the match. (c) I wrote the wrong number.
- 17.Make a sentence: lane. / We / cricket / in / the / played
- 18.Choose the English for: “हमने गली में क्रिकेट खेला।” (a) I wanted a cup of chai. (b) She bought two pens and three books. (c) We played cricket in the lane.
- 19.Choose the English for: “कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।” (a) Please listen to the announcement. (b) He is an honest shopkeeper. (c) We walk to the kirana shop.
- 20.Make a sentence: hurt / in / the / match. / knee / I / my
- 21.What does “Please sign the form here.” mean? (a) कृपया यहाँ फ़ॉर्म पर साइन कीजिए। (b) हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं। (c) कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।
- 22.What does “Please listen to the announcement.” mean? (a) हमने गली में क्रिकेट खेला। (b) उसे फ़ॉर्म भरने में मदद चाहिए थी। (c) कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।
- 23.What does “I wrote the wrong number.” mean? (a) मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया। (b) कृपया घोषणा सुनिए। (c) मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी।
- 24.What does “The buses are very crowded.” mean? (a) हमने गली में क्रिकेट खेला। (b) मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई। (c) बसों में बहुत भीड़ है।
- 25.Choose the English for: “मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी।” (a) I wanted a cup of chai. (b) We played cricket in the lane. (c) I hurt my knee in the match.
- 26.Choose the English for: “कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।” (a) I wrote the wrong number. (b) On Sunday, we climbed a small hill. (c) Please listen to the announcement.
- 27.Choose the English for: “मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी।” (a) I wanted a cup of chai. (b) I know the answer. (c) He needed help with the forms.
- 28.Please ___ your name at the bottom. (a) sighn (b) sign (c) sine
- 29.I ___ to music every day. (a) lisen (b) listin (c) listen
- 30.Choose the English for: “क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं?” (a) He needed help with the forms. (b) I hurt my knee in the match. (c) Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- 31.Choose the English for: “रविवार को हम एक छोटी पहाड़ी पर चढ़े।” (a) She bought two pens and three books. (b) The train is half an hour late. (c) On Sunday, we climbed a small hill.
- 32.Make a sentence: hour / an / The / is / late. / train / half
- 33.What does “My father watches the news.” mean? (a) कृपया घोषणा सुनिए। (b) कृपया चाकू मुझे पकड़ा दीजिए। (c) मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं।
- 34.Make a sentence: is / late. / train / The / half / an / hour
- 35.I ___ to music every day. (a) listin (b) lisen (c) listen
- 36.Cut the onion with a sharp ___. (a) knive (b) knife (c) nife
- 37.Make a sentence: with / the / He / needed / help / forms.
- 38.What does “We walk to the kirana shop.” mean? (a) ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट है। (b) हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं। (c) मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।
- 39.Make a sentence: shop. / walk / We / the / kirana / to
- 40.What does “The train is half an hour late.” mean? (a) कृपया यहाँ फ़ॉर्म पर साइन कीजिए। (b) ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट है। (c) क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं?
Answer key
- रविवार को हम एक छोटी पहाड़ी पर चढ़े।
- I hurt my knee in the match.
- listen
- मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।
- /iz/
- honest
- Please pass me the knife.
- He is an honest shopkeeper.
- I wanted a cup of chai.
- half
- ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट है।
- We walk to the kirana shop.
- /iz/
- /d/
- sign
- My father watches the news.
- We played cricket in the lane.
- We played cricket in the lane.
- Please listen to the announcement.
- I hurt my knee in the match.
- कृपया यहाँ फ़ॉर्म पर साइन कीजिए।
- कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।
- मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।
- बसों में बहुत भीड़ है।
- I wanted a cup of chai.
- Please listen to the announcement.
- I wanted a cup of chai.
- sign
- listen
- Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- On Sunday, we climbed a small hill.
- The train is half an hour late.
- मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं।
- The train is half an hour late.
- listen
- knife
- He needed help with the forms.
- हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं।
- We walk to the kirana shop.
- ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट है।
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