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.Please ___ your name at the bottom. (a) sign (b) sighn (c) sine
- 2.Make a sentence: very / are / buses / crowded. / The
- 3.Choose the English for: “कृपया चाकू मुझे पकड़ा दीजिए।” (a) We walk to the kirana shop. (b) My father watches the news. (c) Please pass me the knife.
- 4.What does “We played cricket in the lane.” mean? (a) मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं। (b) हमने गली में क्रिकेट खेला। (c) उसे फ़ॉर्म भरने में मदद चाहिए थी।
- 5.What does “My father watches the news.” mean? (a) मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया। (b) मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं। (c) मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई।
- 6.Choose the English for: “मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।” (a) We walk to the kirana shop. (b) I wrote the wrong number. (c) I know the answer.
- 7.Make a sentence: chai. / cup / a / of / I / wanted
- 8.Make a sentence: She / walked / to / bus / the / stop.
- 9.Make a sentence: hurt / match. / knee / my / I / the / in
- 10.In 'helped', the -ed sounds like ___. (a) /d/ (b) /id/ (c) /t/
- 11.Choose the English for: “मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई।” (a) We walk to the kirana shop. (b) Do you talk to your grandparents daily? (c) I hurt my knee in the match.
- 12.What does “He is an honest shopkeeper.” mean? (a) क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं? (b) कृपया चाकू मुझे पकड़ा दीजिए। (c) वह एक ईमानदार दुकानदार है।
- 13.Make a sentence: Do / grandparents / to / daily? / your / you / talk
- 14.In 'wanted', the -ed sounds like ___. (a) /t/ (b) /d/ (c) /id/
- 15.Make a sentence: me / the / pass / Please / knife.
- 16.Make a sentence: I / the / know / answer.
- 17.Choose the English for: “हम पैदल किराना दुकान तक जाते हैं।” (a) On Sunday, we climbed a small hill. (b) We walk to the kirana shop. (c) The train is half an hour late.
- 18.Make a sentence: answer. / know / I / the
- 19.Make a sentence: a / cup / wanted / of / I / chai.
- 20.Make a sentence: with / forms. / needed / help / He / the
- 21.Cut the onion with a sharp ___. (a) knife (b) knive (c) nife
- 22.What does “She walked to the bus stop.” mean? (a) कृपया चाकू मुझे पकड़ा दीजिए। (b) ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट है। (c) वह पैदल बस स्टॉप तक गई।
- 23.What does “I wrote the wrong number.” mean? (a) मैच में मेरे घुटने में चोट लग गई। (b) रविवार को हम एक छोटी पहाड़ी पर चढ़े। (c) मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।
- 24.Choose the English for: “मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं।” (a) My father watches the news. (b) On Sunday, we climbed a small hill. (c) The buses are very crowded.
- 25.Choose the English for: “बसों में बहुत भीड़ है।” (a) Please pass me the knife. (b) The buses are very crowded. (c) Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- 26.Choose the English for: “मुझे एक कप चाय चाहिए थी।” (a) I wanted a cup of chai. (b) Do you talk to your grandparents daily? (c) I hurt my knee in the match.
- 27.Make a sentence: kirana / to / shop. / the / walk / We
- 28.He is an ___ man; he never lies. (a) honest (b) onest (c) honist
- 29.Choose the English for: “वह पैदल बस स्टॉप तक गई।” (a) He needed help with the forms. (b) She walked to the bus stop. (c) Please listen to the announcement.
- 30.In 'played', the -ed sounds like ___. (a) /t/ (b) /id/ (c) /d/
- 31.What does “Do you talk to your grandparents daily?” mean? (a) क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं? (b) मुझे जवाब पता है। (c) कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।
- 32.Choose the English for: “कृपया घोषणा सुनिए।” (a) Please listen to the announcement. (b) He is an honest shopkeeper. (c) On Sunday, we climbed a small hill.
- 33.Make a sentence: daily? / to / grandparents / Do / your / talk / you
- 34.Make a sentence: bus / the / She / to / walked / stop.
- 35.In 'buses', the ending sounds like ___. (a) /z/ (b) /iz/ (c) /s/
- 36.Make a sentence: Please / form / sign / the / here.
- 37.Choose the English for: “मुझे जवाब पता है।” (a) I wanted a cup of chai. (b) My father watches the news. (c) I know the answer.
- 38.Make a sentence: knife. / me / pass / the / Please
- 39.Make a sentence: played / cricket / the / in / We / lane.
- 40.Make a sentence: knife. / pass / the / Please / me
Answer key
- sign
- The buses are very crowded.
- Please pass me the knife.
- हमने गली में क्रिकेट खेला।
- मेरे पापा समाचार देखते हैं।
- I wrote the wrong number.
- I wanted a cup of chai.
- She walked to the bus stop.
- I hurt my knee in the match.
- /t/
- I hurt my knee in the match.
- वह एक ईमानदार दुकानदार है।
- Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- /id/
- Please pass me the knife.
- I know the answer.
- We walk to the kirana shop.
- I know the answer.
- I wanted a cup of chai.
- He needed help with the forms.
- knife
- वह पैदल बस स्टॉप तक गई।
- मैंने ग़लत नंबर लिख दिया।
- My father watches the news.
- The buses are very crowded.
- I wanted a cup of chai.
- We walk to the kirana shop.
- honest
- She walked to the bus stop.
- /d/
- क्या आप रोज़ अपने दादा-दादी से बात करते हैं?
- Please listen to the announcement.
- Do you talk to your grandparents daily?
- She walked to the bus stop.
- /iz/
- Please sign the form here.
- I know the answer.
- Please pass me the knife.
- We played cricket in the lane.
- Please pass me the knife.
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