Silent Letters and -ed Endings Worksheet

English speaking lesson 14: Silent letters and -ed / -s endings · Set 32 · 40 questions

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).

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

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